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UFC Fight Night 129 post-event facts: Demian Maia’s takedown struggles hit historic territory

The UFC’s first event in Chile took place Saturday with UFC Fight Night 129. Movistar Arena in Santiago hosted the card, which aired on FS1 following prelims on FS2 and UFC Fight Pass.

In the main event, Kamaru Usman (13-1 MMA, 8-0 UFC) made history in the welterweight division when he outworked former title challenger Demian Maia (25-9 MMA, 19-9 UFC) for a unanimous-decision win to stay unbeaten inside the octagon.

Usman’s victory closed out a 13-fight card that saw seven fights end in a decision. For more on the numbers to come out of the UFC’s latest showcase, check below for 55 post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 129.

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General

Movistar Arena

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $135,000.

Debuting fighters went 1-0 at the event.

Andrea Lee, Veronica Macedo, Gabriel Benitez and Claudio Puelles earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 129 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 129 drew an announced attendance of 11,082. No live gate was disclosed for the event.

Betting favorites went 9-3 on the card. One fight had even odds.

Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 2:18:30.

Main card

Usman extended his winning streak to 12 fights. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since May 2013.

Usman’s eight-fight UFC winning streak in welterweight competition is the longest active streak in the division.

Usman’s eight-fight UFC winning streak in welterweight competition is the second longest streak in divisional history behind ex-champ Georges St-Pierre (12).

Usman has earned six of his eight UFC victories by decision.

Maia’s three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since March 2017.

Maia fell to 10-5 since he dropped to the UFC welterweight division in July 2012.

Maia is a combined 0-for-49 on takedown attempts over his past three UFC appearances. It’s the longest streak of failed attempts in UFC history without a takedown landed.

Maia has suffered eight of his nine UFC losses by decision.

Tatiana Suarez’s (6-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in strawweight competition is tied with champ Rose Namajunas for the longest active streak in the division.

Suarez’s two submission victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for second most in divisional history behind Namajunas (three).

Alexa Grasso (10-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) suffered the first stoppage loss of her career.

Dominick Reyes (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in light heavyweight competition is tied with Mauricio Rua, Jan Blachowicz and Jordan Johnson for the longest active streak in the division.

Reyes has earned eight of his nine career victories by first-round stoppage. That includes all three of his UFC wins.

Jared Cannonier (10-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) fell to 2-3 since he dropped to the UFC light-heavyweight division in December 2016.

Guido Cannetti (8-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.

Diego Rivas (7-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered consecutive losses after starting his career 7-0.

Rivas has suffered both of his career losses by decision.

Macedo (5-2-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) is winless in her past three fights after starting her career 5-0.

Macedo was unsuccessful in her debut in the UFC women’s flyweight division.

Macedo suffered the first decision loss of her career.

Vicente Luque (13-6-1 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has earned 12 of his 13 career victories by stoppage. That includes all six of his UFC wins.

Luque’s six stoppage victories since 2015 in UFC welterweight competition are most in the division.

Chad Laprise (13-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) fell to 8-1 in welterweight fights (3-1 in the UFC) during his career.

Laprise has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout.

Preliminary card

Michel Prazeres (25-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) was successful in his return to the UFC welterweight division.

Prazeres has earned seven of his nine UFC victories by decision.

Prazeres has landed 41 takedowns in his 11 UFC appearances. He’s scored at least one takedown against all of his UFC opponents.

Zak Cummings (21-6 MMA, 6-3 UFC) fell to 6-3 since he dropped to the welterweight division in August 2013.

Brandon Moreno (14-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since April 2017.

Moreno has suffered all five of his career losses by decision.

Poliana Botelho (7-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned six of her seven career victories by stoppage.

Botelho’s 33-second victory marked the fastest finish in UFC strawweight history.

Syuri Kondo (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had her six-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of her career.

Benitez (21-6 MMA, 5-2 UFC) earned the 10th knockout in UFC history stemming from a slam.

Humberto Bandenay (14-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has suffered all of his career losses by stoppage.

Bandenay suffered the first knockout loss of his career

Enrique Barzola (15-3-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) has earned all five of his UFC victories by decision.

Barzola became the fifth fighter in history to earned 10 or more takedowns in a UFC/WEC featherweight bout.

Barzola has landed 36 takedowns in his five UFC victories.

Brandon Davis (9-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered both of his UFC losses by decision.

Frankie Saenz (13-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned all five of his UFC victories by decision.

Henry Briones (16-8-1 MMA, 1-4 UFC) suffered his fourth consecutive loss to extend the longest skid of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since November 2014.

Puelles (8-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned seven of his eight career victories by stoppage.

Puelles earned the first kneebar submission in UFC competition since Iuri Alcantara at UFC 209 in March 2016.

Puelles earned the greatest statistical comeback in UFC lightweight history by finishing his opponent despite a -54 significant strike differential.

Felipe Silva (8-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered consecutive losses after starting his career 8-0.

Silva suffered the first submission loss of his career.

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 129, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

FightMetric research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.

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