Stats: Gaethje earns first career UFC takedown at UFC 286
A running tally of important stats and records for all UFC events in 2023
After his majority decision win over Rafael Fiziev, Justin Gaethje had a couple of messages he wanted to deliver. The first was that he expects to make one more run at the UFC lightweight belt before he hangs up his gloves and his unofficial “most exciting fighter in the UFC” title. The second was that he doesn’t want to hear about his lack of takedowns again.
“I got my takedown, and everybody can shut the f—k up now,” Gaethje told UFC commentator Daniel Cormier after the fight before adding, “I’m taking one more run at the title, but I ain’t gonna be around much longer. So I’m so glad you guys got to enjoy this with me.”
Following Gaethje’s “Fight of the Night” battle with Fiziev, Leon Edwards successfully defended his UFC welterweight title with a majority decision win over the man he took the belt from, Kamaru Usman.
Before both those contests, UFC veteran Gunnar Nelson put his name in the promotional record books with his UFC welterweight record seventh submission win. Nelson forced a tap from Bryan Barberena in the first round of their 170-pound scrap.
UFC 286’s main card streamed on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.
Below, we look at all the significant UFC stats for 2023.
Total Fights: 113
Title Fights: 7
Unanimous Decisions: 35
Split Decisions: 10
Majority Decisions: 5
Majority Draws: 2
KOs/TKOs: 28
Submissions: 33
The king of 170 lbs #UFC286 pic.twitter.com/zAKHSJq5lU
— UFC (@ufc) March 19, 2023
Types of Finishes
Submissions
- Rear Naked Choke: 16
- Guillotine Choke after Drop to Guard: 2
- Arm Triangle from Half Guard: 2
- Triangle Choke from Bottom Guard: 2
- Guillotine Choke on Ground: 1
- Guillotine Choke from Bottom Guard: 1
- Kneebar on Ground: 1
- Arm Triangle from Mount: 1
- Arm Triangle on Ground: 1
- Armbar from Side Control: 1
- Triangle Armbar from Bottom Guard: 1
- Guillotine Choke from Half Guard: 1
- Inverted Triangle from Bottom Side Control: 1
- Armbar from Mount: 1
- Neck Crank from Back Control: 1
How it started... How it ended #UFC286 pic.twitter.com/Gc2r0WMB7L
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 18, 2023
Knockouts and Technical Knockouts
- Punch to Head at Distance: 6
- Punches to Head at Distance: 3
- Elbows to Head from Mount: 2
- Doctor Stoppage: 2
- Punches to Head in Clinch: 2
- Punches to Head on Ground: 2
- Punches to Body at Distance: 2
- Flying Knee to Head: 1
- Kick to Body at Distance: 1
- Knees to Body at Distance: 1
- Knees to Head in Clinch: 1
- Punches to Head from Back Control: 1
- Punches to Head from Guard: 1
- Punches to Body at Distance: 1
- Punches to Head from Corner Stoppage: 1
- Punches to Head from Mount: 1
- Leg injury: 1
WHAT A COMBO BY ASHMOUZ #UFC286 pic.twitter.com/kdYGr4nkuE
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 18, 2023
Fights by Weight Division
- Heavyweight: 9
- Light heavyweight: 11
- Middleweight: 11
- Welterweight: 12
- Lightweight: 19
- Featherweight: 11
- Women’s Featherweight: 1
- Bantamweight: 13
- Catchweight: 2
- Women’s bantamweight: 2
- Flyweight: 10
- Women’s Flyweight: 10
- Women’s strawweight: 2
This ending was tough #UFC286 pic.twitter.com/Lkp63SsiZd
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 18, 2023
UFC Stat Totals in 2023
- Total Knockdowns Landed: 32
- Total Submission Attempts: 80
- Total Reversals: 35
- Total Significant Strikes Attempted: 19,952
- Total Significant Strikes Landed: 9,883
- Total Significant Head Strikes Attempted: 14,985
- Total Significant Head Strikes Landed: 5,965
- Total Significant Body Strikes Attempted: 3,032
- Total Significant Body Strikes Landed: 2,317
- Total Significant Leg Strikes Attempted: 1,935
- Total Significant Leg Strikes Landed: 1,588
- Total Significant Distance Strikes Attempted: 17,346
- Total Significant Distance Strikes Landed: 7,866
- Total Significant Clinch Strikes Attempted: 1,682
- Total Significant Clinch Strikes Landed: 1,285
- Total Significant Ground Strikes Attempted: 924
- Total Significant Ground Strikes Landed: 723
- Total Strikes Attempted: 24,754
- Total Strikes Landed: 14,008
- Total Takedowns Attempted: 725
- Total Takedowns Landed: 260
Hey he did get that takedown! #UFC286 pic.twitter.com/eT5Z5An0eG
— UFC (@ufc) March 18, 2023
Memorable Fight Stats in 2023
Shortest Five-Round Fight: Jon Jones submits Ciryl Gane at 2:04 of Round 1 via guillotine choke at UFC 285.
Shortest Three-Round Fight: Rinya Nakamura KOs Toshiomi Kazama at 0:33 of Round 1 via punch to head at distance at UFC Vegas 68.
Latest Finish in a Three-Round Fight: Davey Grant submits Raphael Assuncao via inverted triangle from bottom side control at 4:43 of Round 3 at UFC Vegas 71.
Most Takedowns Landed: Loik Radzhabov lands 11 takedowns on 21 attempts vs. Esteban Ribovics at UFC 285 and Merab Dvalishvili lands 11 takedowns on 49 attempts vs. Petr Yan (five round fight) at UFC Vegas 71.
Most Submission Attempts: HyunSung Park three submission attempts against SeungGuk Choi, Jimmy Crute three submission attempts against Alonzo Menifield, Clayton Carpenter with three submission attempts vs. Juancamilo Ronderos and Joe Solecki with three submission attempts vs. Carl Deaton.
Most Knockdowns Landed: Rinya Nakamura scores two knockdowns on Toshiomi Kazama , Alonzo Menifield scores two knockdowns on Jimmy Crute and Trevor Peek with two knockdowns vs. Erick Gonzalez.
Most Significant Strikes Landed in a Three-Round Fight: Jessica Andrade lands 231 of 369 significant strike attempts in unanimous decision win over Lauren Murphy.
Shutouts: Serghei Spivac prevents Derrick Lewis from landing any strikes or takedowns during their UFC Vegas 68 main event fight.
First career UFC takedown: Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev at UFC 268.
He's just too crafty on the ground @GunniNelson with the armbar finish! #UFC286 pic.twitter.com/qDOp1FwtLm
— UFC (@ufc) March 18, 2023
New UFC records in 2023
Jon Jones became the eighth double-champion in UFC history.
Jon Jones broke his own UFC record with 15 title fight wins.
Shavkat Rakhmonov became the first UFC welterweight to open his run with the promotion with five straight finishes.
Jamahal Hill lands 232 significant strikes in a UFC light heavyweight fight for a new UFC LHW single-fight record. Hill defeated Glover Teixeira to by unanimous decision to win the UFC light heavyweight title.
Jessica Andrade lands 231 significant strikes in a UFC women’s flyweight fight for a new UFC women’s flyweight record. Andrade defeated Lauren Murphy via unanimous decision.
Jessica Andrade tied Amanda Nunes for most wins in women’s UFC history with her 15th victory with the promotion.
Jim Miller participated in his 41st fight in the UFC. Andrei Arlovski is second to Miller with 39 UFC bouts.
With his one submission attempt vs. Alexander Hernandez, Jim Miller has the most submission attempts in UFC history with 47. Charles Oliveira is second with 40 submission attempts.
Jim Miller has 38 fights in the UFC lightweight division. Three other fighters: Clay Guida, Gleison Tibau and Joe Lauzon are tied for second with 27 fighters each.
Jim Miller has 6:18:59 of UFC lightweight fight time. Clay Guida is second with 5:10:50.
Jim Miller has 44 submission attempts in UFC lightweight fights. Joe Lauzon is second with 29.
Erin Blanchfield has a control time percentage of 55.4 percent in UFC flyweight fights. Taila Santos is second with 46.3 percent.
Erin Blanchfield has a top position percentage of 48.6 percent in UFC flyweight fights. Gillian Robertson is second at 41.9 percent.
Erin Blanchfield averages 1.57 submissions per 15 minutes of UFC women’s flyweight fight time. Taila Santos is second at 1.5.
Mayra Bueno Silva secures first kneebar submission in UFC women’s bantamweight history.
Gunnar Nelson sets UFC welterweight record with seven career submission wins.
Stats via UFC Stats