The UFC made its debut in Argentina on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 140. The event took place at Parque Roca Arena in Buenos Aires and aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Argentina’s own Santiago Ponzinibbio (27-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) further elevated his stock in the welterweight division in the main event when he dominated Neil Magny (21-7 MMA, 14-6 UFC) en route to a fourth-round knockout that extended his winning streak to seven.

Ponzinibbio’s victory capped off a card on which Argentinian fighters went 2-1. For more on the numbers, check below for more than 40 post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 140.

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General

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $150,000.

Debuting fighters went 4-1 at the event.

Ponzinibbio, Johnny Walker, Laureano Staropoli and Hector Aldana earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 140 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 140 drew an announced attendance of 10,245. No live gate was announced.

Betting favorites went 7-3 on the card.

Betting favorites improved to 19-14 in UFC headliners this year.

Total fight time for the 12-bout card was 2:03:21.

Main card

Ponzinibbio’s seven-fight UFC winning streak in welterweight competition is the second longest active streak in the division behind Kamaru Usman (eight).

Ponzinibbio has earned 21 of his 27 career victories by stoppage. That includes six of his 10 UFC wins.

Ponzinibbio’s victory at the 2:36 mark of Round 5 was the fifth latest stoppage in a UFC welterweight fight.

Ricardo Lamas’ (19-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) 10 victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Max Holloway (14) and Darren Elkins (13).

Lamas’ seven stoppage victories in UFC featherweight competition are second most in divisional history behind Holloway (nine).

Darren Elkins’ (24-7 MMA, 14-6 UFC) total fight time of 3:54:04 in UFC featherweight competition is most in divisional history.

Elkins has landed 1,739 total strikes in UFC featherweight competition, the most in divisional history.

Elkins’ 40 takedowns landed in UFC featherweight competition are second most in divisional history behind Dennis Bermudez (46).

Walker (15-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned 14 of his 15 career victories by stoppage.

Khalil Rountree (7-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Cezar Ferreira (13-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) fell to 5-2 since he returned to the UFC middleweight division in April.

Marlon Vera (12-5-1 MMA, 6-4 UFC) has earned five of his six UFC victories by stoppage.

Guido Cannetti (8-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has suffered all four of his career losses by submission.

Cynthia Calvillo’s (7-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) three submission victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied with Rose Namajunas for most in company history.

Calvillo has completed at least one takedown in all five of her UFC appearances.

Poliana Botelho (7-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of her career.

Preliminary card

Michel Prazeres’ (26-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) eight-fight UFC winning streak is tied for the fifth longest active streak in the company behind Max Holloway (12), Khabib Nurmagomedov (11), Tony Ferguson (11) and Robert Whittaker (nine).

Prazeres improved to 2-0 since he returned to the UFC welterweight division in May.

Prazeres’ 62-second victory was the fastest of his career.

Prazeres has earned all of his UFC stoppage victories by submission.

Prazeres has landed 42 takedowns in his 12 UFC appearances. He’s scored at least one takedown against all of his UFC opponents.

Bartosz Fabinski (14-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) had his seven-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since March 2014.

Fabinski fell to 1-1 since he returned to competition after a nearly three-year layoff.

Fabinski suffered his first submission loss since Nov. 24, 2012 – a span of 2,184 days (nearly six years) and 12 fights.

Alexandre Pantoja (20-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has earned 14 of his 20 career victories by stoppage.

Pantoja has earned both of his UFC stoppage victories by submission.

Ulka Sasaki (21-6-2 MMA, 4-5 UFC) fell to 3-3 since he dropped to the UFC flyweight division in May 2016.

Sasaki has suffered four of his five UFC losses by stoppage.

Austin Arnett (16-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) snapped his three-fight losing skid for his first victory since June 2017.

Humberto Bandenay (14-6 MMA, 1-2 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career. He was finished in his previous five defeats.

Staropoli (8-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.

Aldana (4-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Devin Powell (9-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC) has suffered all four of his career losses by decision.

Nad Narimani (12-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.

Anderson dos Santos (19-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered his first decision loss since Apr. 13, 2012 – a span of 2,409 days (more than six years) and 22 fights.

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 140, 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.