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None of the fights at UFC 40 went the distance, making it the only event without a single decision.
Benji Radach vs. Steve Berger at UFC 37 resulted in the UFC's first ever No Contest.
Frank Mir has the only wins via toehold (UFC 41 vs. Tank Abbot) and kneebar (UFC 81 vs. Brock Lesnar) in UFC history.
Only two middleweight fights have ended via split decision (Thales Leites vs. Nate Marquardt at UFC 85 and Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida at UFC 86).
Only 16 light heavyweight fights have ever ended via submission. In comparison, Jeremy Horn alone has 16 submission victories since UFC 31—though not all have come inside the octagon.
In 2002 and 2004, no heavyweight fight went the distance.
The most effective submission has been the rear naked choke with 40 victories. The armbar and guillotine follow with 24 and 23 victories, respectively.
The only draws in UFC history were BJ Penn vs. Caol Uno at UFC 41, Ian Freeman vs. Vernon White at UFC 43, and Tito Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans at UFC 73.
BJ Penn vs. Caol Uno was also the only draw in title fight history.
Between UFC 45 and UFC 57, no title fight went the distance (the longest streak in UFC history).
In title fights, the defending champion has been victorious 64% of the time.
BJ Penn vs. Jens Pulver at UFC 35 resulted in the only majority decision in lightweight history. It was also the only majority decision in title fight history.
No title fight has ever been decided by split decision.
Joe Riggs (UFC 56) and Travis Lutter (UFC 67) are the only fighters to miss weight before a title fight. In Riggs' defense, he was a late replacement for Karo Parisyan.
Josh Barnett, Tim Sylvia, and Sean Sherk are the only champions to be stripped of their titles due to steroid use.
Tony DeSouza has the only successful Peruvian Necktie in UFC history. This does not include the Ultimate Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin event, when C.B. Dolloway used the hold to submit Jesse Taylor.
There have been more submissions due to strikes (12) than submissions due to triangle choke (10).
With the exception of UFC 31 (Carlos Newton vs. Pat Militich), Matt Hughes and/or Georges St. Pierre have been involved in every welterweight title fight.
BJ Penn has defeated every other man who has ever held the lightweight title.
53 of the 63 PPV events have included at least one title fight. UFC 37.5, UFC 47, UFC 60, UFC 70, UFC 72, UFC 76, UFC 78, UFC 85, UFC 88, and UFC 89 have not included title fights.
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