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UFC 299 was the biggest event of the year so far, and the fights at Kaseya Center in Miami largely delivered.
In the main event, bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) registered the first defense of his title reign and avenged his lone career loss when he beat Marlon Vera (21-9-1 MMA, 15-8 UFC) by lopsided unanimous decision.
For more on the numbers to come out of the title fight, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 299.
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Event stats
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $359,000.
O’Malley, Dustin Poirier, Benoit Saint Denis, Jack Della Maddalena, Curtis Blaydes, Michel Pereira and Robelis Despaigne earned $50,000 UFC 299 fight-night bonuses.
Debuting fighters went 1-0 on the card.
UFC 299 drew an announced attendance of 19,165 for a live gate of $14,142,904.
Betting favorites went 9-5 on the card.
Betting favorites improved to 4-4 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 14-bout card was 2:53:10.
Sean O’Malley def. Marlon Vera
O’Malley has earned four of his 10 UFC victories by decision.
O’Malley landed 220 significant strikes, the single-fight record for a UFC bantamweight championship bout.
O’Malley’s nine fight-night bonuses for UFC bantamweight bouts are most in divisional history.
Vera has suffered all nine of his career losses by decision.
Dustin Poirier def. Benoit Saint Denis
Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC) improved to 14-4 (with one no contest) since he moved up to the UFC lightweight division in April 2015.
Poirier’s 22 victories in UFC competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Jim Miller (26), Andrei Arlovski (23) and Donald Cerrone (23).
Poirier’s 15 stoppage victories in UFC competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Charles Oliveira (20), Miller (18) and Cerrone (16).
Poirier’s 11 knockout victories in UFC competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Derrick Lewis (14) and Matt Brown (13).
Poirier’s nine knockout victories in UFC lightweight competition are tied with Drew Dober for most in divisional history.
Poirier became the seventh fighter in UFC history to receive 13 career fight-night bonuses.
Saint Denis (13-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) suffered the first stoppage loss of his career with a knockout defeat.
Michael Page def. Kevin Holland
Michael Page (22-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was successful in his promotional debut.
Kevin Holland (25-11 MMA, 12-8 UFC) fell to 4-3 since he dropped to the UFC welterweight division in March 2022.
Holland has suffered five of his eight UFC losses by decision.
Jack Della Maddalena def. Gilbert Burns
Della Maddalena (18-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) extended his winning streak to 17 fights after starting his career 0-2.
Della Maddalena’s seven-fight UFC winning streak at welterweight is tied with Ian Machado Garry for the longest active streak in the division.
Della Maddalena has earned 14 of his 17 career victories by stoppage. That includes five of his seven UFC wins.
Gilbert Burns (22-7 MMA, 15-7 UFC) fell to 3-4 in his past seven fights dating back to February 2021.
Burns fell to 7-4 since he returned to the welterweight division in August 2019.
Burns has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by knockout
Petr Yan def. Song Yadong
Petr Yan (17-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) snapped his three-fight losing skid for his first victory since March 2021.
Song Yadong (21-8-1 MMA, 10-3-1 UFC) has suffered four of his five career losses by decision.
Curtis Blaydes def. Jailton Almeida
Blaydes (18-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) has earned 13 of his 18 career victories by stoppage. He’s finished all of those wins by knockout.
Jailton Almeida (19-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout.
Maycee Barber def. Katlyn Cerminara
Maycee Barber’s (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) six-fight UFC winning streak at women’s flyweight is tied with Erin Blanchfield and Manon Fiorot for the longest active streak in the division.
Barber’s eight victories in UFC women’s flyweight competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Valentina Shevchenko (nine) and Katlyn Cerminara (nine).
Barber improved to 8-2 since she moved up to the UFC women’s flyweight division in March 2019.
Katlyn Cerminara (18-6 MMA, 11-6 UFC) fell to 9-5 since she dropped to the UFC flyweight division in January 2018.
Cerminara has suffered four of her six career losses by decision.
Mateusz Gamrot def. Rafael dos Anjos
Mateusz Gamrot (24-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has earned five of his seven UFC victories by stoppage.
Rafael dos Anjos (33-16 MMA, 21-14 UFC) has suffered nine of his 14 UFC losses by decision.
Dos Anjos total fight time of 8:41:49 in UFC competition is the most in company history.
Kyler Phillips def. Pedro Munhoz
Kyler Phillips (12-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) has earned three of his five UFC victories by decision.
Pedro Munhoz (20-9 MMA, 10-9 UFC) fell to 1-4 with one no contest in his past six fights dating back to August 2021.
Munhoz has suffered all nine of his career losses by decision.
Philipe Lins def. Ion Cutelaba
Philipe Lins (18-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) improved to 4-0 since he dropped to the UFC light heavyweight division in April 2022.
Lins’ four-fight UFC winning streak at light heavyweight is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Carlos Ulberg (five) and Khalil Rountree (five).
Lins has earned three of his four UFC victories by decision.
Ion Cutelaba (17-9-1 MMA, 6-8-1 UFC) fell to 2-6-1 in his past nine UFC appearances dating back to February 2020.
Michel Pereira def. Michal Oleksiejczuk
Pereira (29-11 MMA, 8-2 UFC) improved to 2-0 since he moved up to the middleweight division in October 2023.
Michal Oleksiejczuk (19-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC) fell to 3-2 since he dropped to the UFC middleweight division in August 2022.
Oleksiejczuk has suffered six of his seven career losses by stoppage.
Oleksiejczuk has suffered all four of his UFC stoppage losses by submission.
Robelis Despaigne def. Josh Parisian
Despaigne (5-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all five of his career victories by first-round knockout.
Despaigne has earned his past three wins by first-round knockout in a combined 25 seconds.
Despaigne’s 18-second knockout marked the second-fastest finish by a debuting heavyweight in UFC history behind Todd Duffee’s seven-second win at UFC 102.
Josh Parisian’s (15-8 MMA, 2-5 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since June 2022.
Parisian has suffered five of his eight career losses by stoppage.
Joanne Wood def. Maryna Moroz
Joanne Wood (17-8 MMA, 9-8 UFC) retired from MMA competition after her win.
Wood improved to 7-5 in UFC women’s flyweight competition. She’s 7-3 in her career at 125 pounds.
Wood has earned seven of her nine UFC victories by decision.
Mayra Moroz’s (11-6 MMA, 6-6 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of her career. She hasn’t earned a victory since March 2022.
Moroz fell to 3-3 since she moved up to the UFC women’s flyweight division in March 2019.
Moroz has suffered five of her six career losses by decision.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 299.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
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