UFC 275 went down Saturday in Singapore and the 11-fight card will go in the books as one of the best events of the year.
The headlining act produced a historic result. Jiri Prochazka (29-3-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) came out on the winning end of a brutal battle with Glover Teixeira (33-8 MMA, 16-6 UFC) to claim the light heavyweight title with a fifth-round submission.
In the co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko (23-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) faced the toughest test of her women’s flyweight title reign. Brazilian challenger Taila Santos (19-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) pushed the champion to a split decision, but ultimately couldn’t claim the strap.
For more on the numbers behind the event, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts to come out of UFC 275.
Event stats
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $258,000.
Prochazka, Teixeira, Zhang Weili, Jake Matthews, Jack Della Maddalena, Hayisaer Maheshate and Silvana Gomez Juarez earned $50,000 UFC 275 fight-night bonuses.
Debuting fighters went 1-0 on the card.
UFC 275 drew an announced attendance of 10,787 for a live gate of $1,546,732.
Betting favorites went 8-3 on the card.
Betting favorites improved to 13-6 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 2: 09: 32.
Jiri Prochazka def. Glover Teixeira
Prochazka improved to 22-1-1 in his past 24 fights dating back to June 2013.
Prochazka earned his first submission victory since Mar. 21, 2014 – a span of 3,005 days and 22 fights.
Prochazka has earned 28 of his 29 career victories by stoppage.
Prochazka’s victory at the 4: 32 mark of Round 5 marked the second-latest finish in UFC championship fight behind Demetrious Johnson’s win over Kyoji Horiguchi at 4: 59 of Round 5 at UFC 186.
Teixeira suffered the first submission loss of his career.
Valentina Shevchenko def. Taila Santos
Shevchenko’s nine-fight UFC winning streak is _ longest among active fighters in the company behind _.
Shevchenko improved to 9-0 since she dropped to the UFC flyweight division in February 2018.
Santos has suffered both of her career losses by split decision.
Zhang Weili def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Zhang Weili (22-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has earned 18 of her 22 career victories by stoppage.
Zhang earned the 10th knockout in UFC history stemming from a spinning backfist. She was the first female to accomplish the feat.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) retired from MMA competition following her loss.
Jedrzejczyk fell to 2-5 in her past seven fights dating back to when