By The Numbers: UFC Fight Night 228

The UFC Fight Night 228 main event was just starting to heat up when it ended in anticlimactic fashion.

Rafael Fiziev suffered an apparent knee injury early in Round 2 of his lightweight showdown with Mateusz Gamrot, collapsing to the canvas in agony after throwing a kick. Gamrot pounced with ground-and-pound on his wounded foe, and the fight was called off at the 2:03 mark of the period. It was a disappointing conclusion to what was shaping up to be a tactical battle, but Gamrot is the beneficiary, winning for the sixth time in his last seven outings.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Fight Night 228, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

16: Significant strikes landed by Fiziev in the opening stanza. Gamrot, meanwhile, landed 12. Fiziev also successfully defended all three of his foe’s takedown attempts in the frame.

1: Takedown landed in six attempts overall for Gamrot in the abbreviated contest. “Gamer” has landed at least one takedown against all eight of his UFC opponents.

5: Takedowns landed in 15 attempts by Bryce Mitchell in a unanimous decision victory over Dan Ige in the featherweight co-main event. “Thug Nasty” landed 2 of 6 atttempts in Round 1, 1 of 5 in Round 2 and 2 of 4 in Round 3.

7:33: Total control time for Mitchell. By comparison, Ige logged 2:11 of total control time in the fight. Mitchell also held a 23-to-18 edge in significant strikes landed.

57: Significant strikes by which Marina Rodriguez outlanded Michelle Waterson-Gomez en route to a second-round stoppage at strawweight. The Brazlian muay thai specialist outlanded her for 51 to 10 in Round 1 and 19 to 3 in Round 2 before the fight was halted at the 2:42 mark of Round 2.

53: Significant clinch strikes for Rodriguez. By comparison, Waterson-Gomez landed just seven significant strikes in the clinch. In their five-round fight at flyweight in 2021, Rodriguez outlanded Waterson by just a 19-to-7 count in the clinch over 25 minutes.

1: Takedown landed in 11 attempts for Waterson-Gomez in two meetings with Rodriguez. That included a 1-for-6 effort on Saturday night.

1-6: UFC record for Waterson-Gomez since October 2019. The former Invicta FC atomweight title holder began her promotional tenure with victories in five of her first seven appearances.

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7: Finishes for Tim Means, who defeated Andre Fialho via technical knockout 1:15 into Round 3 of their preliminary welterweight encounter. That ties him with Gunnar Nelson and Neil Magny for third most among active 170-pound competitors behind only Matt Brown (15) and Vicente Luque (13).

104: Significant strikes landed by Means, the third most of his 28-bout UFC tenure. By comparison, Fialho landed 51 significant strikes in defeat.

2: Knockdowns landed by Means in victory. “The Dirty Bird” has landed two knockdowns on three occasions in his UFC career. The other two instances occurred against Justin Salas at UFC on FX 3 and against Dhiego Lima at UFC 184.

41: Total strike advantage for Jacob Malkoun before he was disqualified for landing an illegal elbow to the back of Cody Brundage’s head 4:15 into the opening round of their middleweight scrap. Malkoun also had a 28-to-2 edge in significant strikes and enjoyed 3:39 of Octagon control time in the abbreviated bout.

3: Consecutive victories for Mohammed Usman, tying him with Jailton Almeida and Alexander Volkov for the third-longest active winning streak in the heavyweight divison. Only Sergei Pavlovich (five) and Martin Buday (four) have longer streaks. Usman defeated Jake Collier via unanimous decision in their preliminary clash.

85: Significant strikes landed by Usman in victory. In his last Octagon appearance, a three-round verdict over Junior Tafa at UFC Fight Night 222, “The Motor” landed just seven significant strikes over 15 minutes.

1,127: Days since Mizuki Inoue’s last Octagon appearance, a unanimous decision defeat to Amanda Lemos at UFC on ESPN 15 on Aug. 22, 2020. The Japanese strawweight made a successful return on Saturday with a three-round verdict over Hannah Goldy.