UFC on ESPN+ 12 post-event facts: 'Korean Zombie' makes history with quick TKO
The UFC made its debut in South Carolina on Saturday with UFC on ESPN+ 12, which went down at Bon Secours Wellness Center in Greenville with a main card that streamed on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN.
In the main event, Chan Sung Jung (15-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) delivered a reminder than he’s still a major threat in the featherweight division, when he stopped Renato Moicano (13-3-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC) with a devastating series of strikes just 58 seconds into the fight.
Although “The Korean Zombie” had the most high-profile win on the card, it wasn’t the only notable outcome. For more on the numbers, check below for 35 post-event facts to come out of UFC on ESPN+ 12.
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General
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $95,500.
Debuting fighters went 1-0 at the event.
Jung, Jair Rozenstruik, Deron Winn and Eric Spicely earned $50,000 UFC on ESPN+ 12 fight-night bonuses.
UFC on ESPN+ 12 drew an announced attendance of 7,682 for a live gate of $567,930.80.
Betting favorites went 7-4 on the card.
Betting favorites fell to 7-12 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 12-bout card was 2:10:15.
Main card
Jung has alternated wins and losses in his past five fights.
Jung improved to 2-1 since he returned from a more than three-year layoff from competition in February 2017.
Jung has earned 14 of his 16 career victories by stoppage. That includes all five of his UFC wins.
Jung is the only featherweight in UFC/WEC combined history to earn multiple knockout wins in less than one minute.
Jung has received seven fight-night bonus in seven UFC fights.
Jung’s seven fight-night bonuses for UFC featherweight bouts are tied with Max Holloway and Cub Swanson for most in divisional history.
Moicano suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since August 2018.
Moicano has suffered all three of his career losses by stoppage.
Bryan Barberena (14-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) fell to 4-4 since he moved up to the UFC welterweight division in January 2016.
Anderson dos Santos (20-8 MMA, 0-2 UFC) was unsuccessful in his UFC bantamweight debut.
Dos Santos has suffered both of his UFC losses by decision.
Andrea Lee (11-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has earned all three of her UFC victories by decision.
Lee’s three-fight UFC winning streak in women’s flyweight competition is tied with Valentina Shevchenko for the longest active streak in the division.
Preliminary card
Kevin Aguilar (17-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) had his nine-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since December 2013.
Aguilar suffered the first decision loss of his career.
Ashley Yoder (7-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) was awarded the first 30-24 scorecard in a women’s UFC fight.
Syuri Kondo (6-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) has suffered three consecutive losses after starting her career 6-0.
Luis Pena (7-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) successfully returned to the lightweight division after a one-fight stint at featherweight where he missed weight.
Matt Wiman (16-8 MMA, 10-6 UFC) was unsuccessful in his first fight since November 2014.
Rozenstruik (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned seven of his eight career victories by stoppage.
Rozenstruik’s nine-second knockout was the second fastest in UFC heavyweight history behind Todd Duffee’s seven-second finish at UFC 102.
Allen Crowder (10-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered all four of his career losses by knockout.
Molly McCann (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of her UFC victories by decision.
Ariane Lipski (11-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered both of her UFC losses by decision.
Winn (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) landed 169 significant strikes in his victory, a new single-fight record for a UFC middleweight bout.
Spicely (12-5 MMA, 2-5 UFC) was unsuccessful in his return to he UFC for a second stint.
Spicely suffered the first decision loss of his career.
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UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.