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UFC on ESPN+ 7 post-event facts: Some rare feats in Russia

The UFC hosted its second event in Russia on Saturday with UFC on ESPN+ 7, which took place at Yubileyniy Arena in St. Petersburg, with a main card that streamed on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN2.

In the main event, Alistair Overeem (45-17 MMA, 10-6 UFC) proved he’s still among the world’s most dangerous heavyweights when he survived an early storm from Aleksei Oleinik (57-12-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC) to win by first-round TKO for his 40th career stoppage.

“The Reem” wasn’t the only one to rack up a finish, though, because six fights overall ended inside the distance. For more on the numbers, check below for 45 post-event facts to come out of UFC on ESPN+ 7.

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General

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $111,500.

Debuting fighters went 1-3 at the event.

Islam Makhachev, Arman Tsarukyan, Sergei Pavlovich and Magomed Mustafaev earned $50,000 UFC on ESPN+ 7 fight-night bonuses.

UFC on ESPN+ 7 drew an announced attendance of 7,236. No live gate was revealed for the card.

Betting favorites went 7-3 on the card. One fight had even odds.

Betting favorites improved to 6-6 in UFC headliners this year.

Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 1:39:26.

Main card

Overeem became the 11th heavyweight in UFC history to earn 10 octagon victories.

Overeem improved to 9-3 in his past 12 UFC appearances dating back to December 2014.

Overeem has earned 40 of his 45 career victories by stoppage. That includes seven of his 10 UFC wins.

**Overeem lands 73.1 percent of his significant strike attempts in UFC competition, the highest rate in company history.

Oleinik was unsuccessful in his first UFC headliner.

Oleinik has suffered both of his UFC stoppage losses by knockout.

Makhachev’s (17-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak in lightweight competition is tied for the fifth longest active streak in the division behind Tony Ferguson (11), Khabib Nurmagomedov (10), Gregor Gillespie (six) and Mairbek Taisumov (six).

Tsarukyan (13-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his 12-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since December 2015.

Tsarukyan suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Pavlovich (13-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned 10 of his 13 carer victories by stoppage. He’s finished all of those wins by knockout.

Marcelo Golm (6-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) has suffered three consecutive losses after starting his career 6-0.

Golm suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Roxanne Modafferi (23-15 MMA, 2-3 UFC) improved to 8-4 since her initial UFC release in November 2013.

Modafferi has earned 14 of her 23 career victories by decision.

Antonina Shevchenko (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had her seven-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of her career.

Krzysztof Jotko (20-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) snapped his three-fight losing skid for his first victory since November 2016.

Jotko has earned six of his seven UFC victories by decision.

Alen Amedovski (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his eight-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

Preliminary card

Seungwoo Choi (7-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Sultan Aliev (15-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.

Keita Nakamura (34-10-2 MMA, 4-7 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over his past eight fights.

Nakamura has suffered all seven of his UFC losses by decision.

Alexander Yakovlev (24-8-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC) was successful in his return to the UFC lightweight division. He’s 2-0 in the weight class overall under the UFC banner.

Yakovlev improved to 2-0 in UFC lightweight competition and earned his first victory in the weight class since April 2015.

Yakovlev earned his first submission victory since April 28, 2011 – a span of 2,914 days (nearly eight years) and 13 fights.

Alex Da Silva (20-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his career.

Shamil Abdurakhimov’s (20-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in heavyweight competition is tied with Junior Dos Santos for the second longest active streak in the division behind Daniel Cormier (four).

Abdurakhimov has earned all three of his UFC stoppage victories by knockout.

Marcin Tybura (17-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC) fell to 1-3 in his past four fights. He has just one victory since June 2017.

Tybura has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by knockout.

Michal Oleksiejczuk (14-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) extended his unbeaten streak to 12 fights. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since November 2014.

Oleksiejczuk has earned 11 of his 14 career victories by stoppage. That includes both of his UFC wins.

Oleksiejczuk’s three knockdowns landed tied the single-fight record for second most in a UFC light heavyweight bout behind Khalil Rountree’s four knockdowns landed at UFC 236.

Oleksiejczuk’s three knockdowns landed in 44 seconds are the most in the least amount of octagon time in a single UFC fight.

Gadzhimurad Antigulov (20-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered all six of his career losses by stoppage.

Antigulov has suffered both of his UFC losses by knockout.

Mustafaev (14-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned all 14 of his career victories by stoppage. He’s finished all three of his UFC wins by knockout.

Mustafaev earned the third knockout in UFC history stemming from a spinning back kick to the head. Renan Barao and Uriah Hall also accomplished the feat.

Rafael Fiziev (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his six-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

For complete coverage of UFC on ESPN+ 7, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

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

Check out all the facts, figures and footnotes from UFC on ESPN+ 7, which took place Saturday in St. Petersburg.

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