Sean Ross Stats For UFC 253
– Paulo Costa vs. Israel Adesanya was only the second male UFC Title fight between two undefeated fighters. Rashad Evans vs. Lyoto Machida was the first.
– There were no male title fights in the UFC between two undefeated fighters at all in the 2010s.
– Joanna Jędrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey were two women’s title fights between undefeated fighters.
– Jan Blachowicz became UFC Light Heavyweight Champion at 37 years old.
– The last UFC Light Heavyweight Champion that wasn’t Daniel Cormier or Jon Jones before UFC 253 was Shogun Rua, way back in March 2011.
– Diego Sanchez has competed in the UFC every year since 2005.
– Brad Riddell moved to 3-0 in the UFC. After all of his first six fights being finishes, the last four have went to the scorecards.
– Shane Young has been in the UFC since 2017, but has competed only once a year in the UFC.
– Hakeem Dawodu is on a five fight winning streak in the UFC. He’s won three split decisions.
– Ketlen Viera moves to 5-1 in her UFC career.
– Jake Mathews is on a three-fight winning streak and has won six of his last seven. Each of his last four wins have been in different countries.
– Jan Blachowicz is the first Polish male UFC Champion.
– Just three years ago, Blachowicz’s back was against the wall. He’d lost four of five fights. He’s won eight of nine since then.
– Israel Adesanya has competed in UFC Title fights in three different countries in the past year.
– Adesanya moves to 9-0 in his UFC career, with all of those wins coming since February 2018.
– Sijara Eubanks has never won three consecutive fights in her pro MMA career, though she did on The Ultimate Fighter in exhibition bouts.
