Fight Facts: UFC 312 ‘Du Plessis vs. Strickland’

Dricus Du Plessis def. Sean Strickland via Unanimous Decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)UFC 312Credit: Getty/UFC

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: 8,032

TOTAL NUMBER OF UFC EVENTS: 720

The Ultimate Fighting Championship huffed and puffed, but it could not blow the walls down at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. The fighters fought valiantly but few emerging storylines or spectacular stoppages arose from the dozen-bout…