Fight Facts: UFC 279 ‘Diaz vs. Ferguson’

Fight Facts is a breakdown of all of the interesting information and Octagon oddities on every card, with some puns, references and portmanteaus to keep things fun. These deep stat dives delve into the numbers, providing historical context and telling the stories behind those numbers.

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TOTAL NUMBER OF UFC FIGHTS: 6,812

TOTAL NUMBER OF UFC EVENTS: 620

To quote Brock Lesnar, coach of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 13, which contained one of the UFC 279 headliners, the Ultimate Fighting Championship tried to “change chicken s--- into chicken salad.” Although it arguably made the best of a historically bad situation, the fight card will forever be marred by the antics and shenanigans preceding…