February 4, 2024 10: 30 am ET
The UFC opened its four-event February schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 235, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Nassourdine Imavov (13-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) achieved his first octagon main event win to close out the card when he outworked Roman Dolidze (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) to a majority decision in their matchup of ranked UFC middleweights.
For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 235.
Event stats
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $170,500.
Debuting fighters went 1-1 at the event.
Randy Brown, Molly McCann, Charles Johnson and Azat Maksum earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 235 fight-night bonuses.
The UFC sold VIP tickets to fans for UFC Fight Night 235, but the promotion did not make public the total number of tickets sold or the gate.
Betting favorites went 7-5 on the card. One fight ended in a no contest.
Betting favorites improved to 3-0 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 2: 23: 38.
Nassourdine Imavov def. Roman Dolidze
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 03: (L-R) Nassourdine Imavov of Russia punches Roman Dolidze of Georgia in a middleweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on February 03, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Imavov has earned three of his five UFC victories by decision.
Dolidze fell to 4-3 since he dropped to the middleweight division in March 2020.
Dolidze has suffered all three of his career losses by decision.
Renato Moicano def. Drew Dober
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 03: (R-L) Renato Moicano of Brazil punches Drew Dober in a lightweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on February 03, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Renato Moicano (18-5-1 MMA, 10-5 UFC) improved to 5-1 since he moved up to the UFC lightweight division in March 2020.
Randy Brown def. Muslim Salikhov
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 03: (L-R) Randy Brown of Jamaica punches Muslim Salikhov of Russia in a welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on February 03, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Brown (18-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) improved to 6-1 in his past seven fights dating back to April 2021.
Brown has earned 12 of his 18 career victories by stoppage. That includes six of his 12 UFC wins.
Muslim Salikhov (19-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) has suffered four of his five career losses by stoppage.
Natalia Silva def. Viviane Araujo
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 03: (R-L) Natalia Silva of Brazil kicks Viviane Araujo of Brazil in a flyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on February 03, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Natalia Silva’s (17-5-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak at women’s flyweight is the tied for the third-Longest active streak in the division behind Erin Blanchfield (six) and Manon Fiorot (six).
Silva has earned three of her five UFC victories by decision.
Viviane Araujo (12-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC) has suffered all five of her UFC losses by decision.
Charles Radtke def. Gilbert Urbina
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 03: (R-L) Charles Radtke punches Gilbert Urbina in a welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on February 03, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Gilbert Urbina (8-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.
Molly McCann def. Diana Belbita
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 03: (L-R) Molly McCann of England punches Diana Belbita of Romania in a strawweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on February 03, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
McCann (14-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) was successful in her UFC strawweight debut.
McCann earned the first submission victory of her career.
McCann has earned a fight-night bonus for her past four UFC wins.
Diana Belbita (13-9 MMA, 2-5 UFC) has suffered six of her nine career losses by stoppage.
Belbita has suffered all six of her career stoppage losses by submission.
Charles Johnson def. Azat Maksum
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 03: (L-R) Charles Johnson punches Azat Maksum of Kazakstan in a flyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on February 03, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Johnson (14-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC) has earned two of his three UFC victories by decision.
Maksum (17-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had his 17-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.
Jeong Yeong Lee def. Blake Bilder
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 03: (L-R) JeongYeong Lee of South Korea punches Blake Bilder in a featherweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on February 03, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Jeong Yeong Lee (11-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.
Blake Bilder (8-2-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered consecutive losses after starting his career 8-0-1.
Bilder has suffered both of his career losses by decision.
Jamal Pogues def. Thomas Petersen
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 03: (R-L) Jamal Pogues punches Thomas Petersen in a heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on February 03, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Jamal Pogues (11-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.
Thomas Petersen (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 235.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
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