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UFC on ESPN 13 pre-event facts: Jimmie Rivera brings best takedown defense in UFC history

The best facts and figures about UFC on ESPN 13, which features a Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige featherweight main event.

The UFC’s four-card series on “Fight Island” continues Wednesday with UFC on ESPN 13, which takes place at Flash Forum at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi with a card that airs entirely on ESPN.

A matchup of featherweight contenders takes center stage in the main event. [autotag]Calvin Kattar[/autotag] (21-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) and [autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag] (14-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) are set to meet in a five-round bout that will allow one man to continue their surge up the divisional pecking order while the other will face a difficult setback.

For more on the numbers behind the card, check below for 25 pre-event facts about UFC on ESPN 13.

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Main event

Kattar has earned all four of his UFC stoppage victories by knockout.

Ige’s six-fight UFC winning streak at featherweight is tied with Zabit Magomedsharipov for the third longest active streak behind Arnold Allen (seven) and Alexander Volkanovski (seven).

Ige has completed at least one takedown against all seven of his UFC opponents.

Co-main event

[autotag]Tim Elliott[/autotag]’s (15-11-1 MMA, 4-9 UFC) three-fight losing skid is tied for the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since December 2017.

Elliott is 2-5 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in December 2016.

Elliott lands 55.1 percent of his takedown attempts in UFC flyweight competition, the second best rate in divisional history behind Justin Scoggins (62.9 percent).

Elliott landed 290 total strikes at UFC 164, the single-fight record for a UFC flyweight bout.

Elliott’s three fight-night bonuses for UFC flyweight bouts are tie for third most in divisional history behind Demetrious Johnson (nine) and Joseph Benavidez (four).

[autotag]Ryan Benoit[/autotag] (10-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over his past 10 fights. He lost his most recent bout at UFC on ESPN+ 23 in December.

Benoit is one of three flyweights in UFC history to earn a knockout victory stemming from a head kick. Louis Smolka and Dustin Ortiz also accomplished the feat.

Remaining main card

[autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag] (22-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) enters the event on the first losing skid of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since September 2018.

Rivera has earned 16 of his 22 career victories by decision. That includes five of his six UFC wins.

Rivera has defended 95.5 percent of all opponent takedown attempts in UFC competition, the best rate in company history.

[autotag]Cody Stamann[/autotag] (19-2-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) has earned all five of his UFC victories by decision.

[autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag]’s (10-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak at women’s flyweight is tied for the second longest active streak in the division behind Valentina Shevchenko (five).

McCann has earned all three of her UFC victories by decision.

McCann is the only fighter in UFC history to land 100 or more significant strikes in three consecutive women’s flyweight fights.

[autotag]Abdul Razak Alhassan[/autotag] (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) returns to competition for the first time since Sept. 8, 2018. The 676-day layoff is the longest of his nearly seven-year career.

Alhassan’s average fight time of 4:57 in UFC welterweight competition is shortest among active fighters in the weight class.

Alhassan has earned all his career victories by first-round knockout. He’s finished six of those wins in less than one minute.

Alhassan averages 3.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes of fighting in UFC competition, the second highest rate in company history behind Drew McFederies (4.27).

Preliminary card

[autotag]John Phillips[/autotag] (22-9 MMA, 1-3 UFC) has earned all 22 of his career victories by stoppage. He’s finished 19 of those wins by knockout.

Phillips’ 17-second knockout at UFC on ESPN+ 18 is third fastest in UFC middleweight history.

[autotag]Ricardo Ramos[/autotag] (14-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) was successful in his featherweight debut at UFC on ESPN+ 22 in November.

[autotag]Aaron Phillips[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) returns to the UFC for the first time since August 2014. He went winless in his previous tenure with the promotion.

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

Ahead of UFC on ESPN 13, Ryan Benoit’s main goal is to fight more consistently: ‘I just want to be back to being busy’

Ryan Benoit’s octagon inconsistency has been his biggest battle to date.

ABU DHABI – [autotag]Ryan Benoit[/autotag]’s octagon inconsistency has been his biggest battle to date.

Benoit (10-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC) faces Tim Elliott on Wednesday in the co-main event of UFC on ESPN 13 in just his second fight in nearly three years.

He’s been forced to the sidelines due to an array of injuries, including a fractured rib, but is now ready to plow through the remainder of his contract while avoiding long layoffs in between each fight.

“I just want to be back to being busy,” Benoit said Monday in Abu Dhabi. “This may be the quickest turnaround – even though it’s been seven months since the last fight, I’ve had a lot of time in between each fight camp, so I feel like just being consistent. I’m ready to be back in there. I’m ready to get more fights. I have three fights left on my contract and I’d like to really knock those out quickly. I think that’s been my biggest obstacle is getting fights consistently. The more time you have in the UFC, the more mat time you have.

“I think that’s kind of been my hardest part is getting consistent fights, and so that’s kind of my goal here. I want to be able to not be so uncomfortable coming into the fight. I’ve been here. I was just here a few months ago, so I actually feel very comfortable. This is probably the most comfortable I’ve ever prepared for a fight and it’s probably the most comfortable I’ve ever felt coming into a fight.”

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He takes on former UFC flyweight title challenger Elliott, who presents an unorthodox style that even Benoit’s teammates had a hard time mimicking in training camp.

But Benoit is confident in his preparation, picking up on specific habits in Elliott’s game that he was able to break down with his team by watching plenty of tape.

“We looked at a lot of footage,” Benoit said. “Tim has a lot of fights in the UFC. He’s a big veteran and he’s got a lot of rounds, not just a lot of fights. He has a lot of time in the UFC. He’s had a lot of decision fights, so we really went back and studied a lot of habits, a lot of things that he’s done consistently in each fight, and we tried to have training partners implement those things.

“It was an awkward style to prepare for. I think it was harder on my training partners to prepare so awkwardly for some of the wild stuff Tim does. But we were actually able to pick apart pretty consistent stuff that we were able to see.”

UFC on ESPN 13: Make your predictions for Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige

We want your predictions for Wednesday’s UFC on ESPN 13 event in Abu Dhabi.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Monday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC on ESPN 13 event staff predictions we release Tuesday ahead of the event. UFC on ESPN 13 takes place Wednesday at Flash Forum in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.

Make your picks for all five main card fights inside:

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UFC announces full ‘Fight Island’ lineup, includes 47 bouts in 15 days

“Fight Island” is real, and now the four cards that will take place there are real, as well.

UFC president Dana White today announced the complete lineup for the four cards that will take place next month in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The unique setup has been necessitated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has made it difficult to get international fighters into the U.S. to compete.

“I think this is going to be a really unique experience, not just for the fighters, but for us,” UFC president Dana White said during the announcement. “It’s going to be cool. It’s going to be something different. It’s never been done before, and however long this thing goes on, and however long it’s hard to get people in from other countries, we will have these fights at ‘Fight Island’ – Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.”

First up, it’s UFC 251 on July 11, which features a trio of title fights.

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

Champ [autotag]Kamaru Usman[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Gilbert Burns[/autotag] – for welterweight title
Champ [autotag]Alexander Volkanovski[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Max Holloway[/autotag] – for featherweight title
[autotag]Petr Yan[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jose Aldo[/autotag] – for vacant bantamweight title
[autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag]
[autotag]Amanda Ribas[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Paige VanZant[/autotag]

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)

[autotag]Volkan Oezdemir[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jiri Prochazka[/autotag]
[autotag]Muslim Salikhov[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos[/autotag]
[autotag]Makwan Amirkhani[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Danny Henry[/autotag]
[autotag]Roman Bogatov[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Leonardo Santos[/autotag]

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)

[autotag]Alexander Romanov[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Marcin Tybura[/autotag]
[autotag]Raulian Paiva[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Zhalgas Zhumagulov[/autotag]
[autotag]Vanessa Melo[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Karol Rosa[/autotag]
[autotag]Martin Day[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Davey Grant[/autotag]

The promotion then returns on July 15 with an event headlined by featherweight contenders [autotag]Calvin Kattar[/autotag] (21-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) and [autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag] (14-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC).

The complete lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (10 p.m. ET)

Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige
[autotag]Frankie Edgar[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag]
[autotag]Carla Esparza[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag]
[autotag]Abdul Razak Alhassan[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mounir Lazzez[/autotag]
[autotag]Chris Fishgold[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag]

PRELIMINARY (7 p.m. ET)

[autotag]Modestas Bukauskas[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Vinicius Moreira[/autotag]
[autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Taila Santos[/autotag]
[autotag]Lerone Murphy[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Ricardo Ramos[/autotag]
[autotag]John Phillips[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Dusko Todorovic[/autotag]
[autotag]Ryan Benoit[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Tim Elliott[/autotag]
[autotag]Diana Belbita[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Liana Jojua[/autotag]

Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo

Three days later, on July 18, the promotion hosts its third card in eight days, when top flyweight contenders [autotag]Deiveson Figueiredo[/autotag] (18-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) and [autotag]Joseph Benavidez[/autotag] (28-6 MMA, 15-4 UFC) meet for a second time with the vacant UFC flyweight title on the line.

The full card includes:

MAIN CARD (9 p.m. ET)

Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Joseph Benavidez – for vacant flyweight title
[autotag]Kelvin Gastelum[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jack Hermansson[/autotag]
[autotag]Marc Diakiese[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Rafael Fiziev[/autotag]
[autotag]Luana Carolina[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Ariane Lipski[/autotag]
[autotag]Askar Askarov[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag]

PRELIMINARY CARD (6 p.m. ET)

[autotag]Roman Dolidze[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Khadis Ibragimov[/autotag]
[autotag]Grant Dawson[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Nad Narimani[/autotag]
[autotag]Joel Alvarez[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Joe Duffy[/autotag]
[autotag]Montel Jackson[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Brett Johns[/autotag]
[autotag]Aleksander Doskalchuk[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Tagir Ulanbekov[/autotag]
[autotag]Davi Ramos[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Arman Tsarukyan[/autotag]
[autotag]Carlos Felipe[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Serghei Spivac[/autotag]

Finally, the UFC’s run in Abu Dhabi ends on July 25 with a much-anticipated middleweight contest between former champion [autotag]Robert Whittaker[/autotag] (20-5 MMA, 11-3 UFC) and former welterweight title challenger [autotag]Darren Till[/autotag] (18-2-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC).

That night’s full lineup includes:

MAIN CARD

Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till
[autotag]Antonio Rogerio Nogueira[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mauricio Rua[/autotag]
[autotag]Alex Oliveira[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Peter Sobotta[/autotag]
[autotag]Alexander Gustafsson[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Fabricio Werdum[/autotag]
[autotag]Nicolas Dalby[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Danny Roberts[/autotag]

PRELIMINARY CARD

[autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jake Collier[/autotag]
[autotag]Raphael Pessoa[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Justin Tafa[/autotag]
[autotag]Movsar Evloev[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mike Grundy[/autotag]
[autotag]Bethe Correia[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Pannie Kianzad[/autotag]
[autotag]Umar Nurmagomedov[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Nathaniel Wood[/autotag]
[autotag]Ramazan Emeev[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Shavkat Rakhmonov[/autotag]

With Ryan Benoit out of UFC on ESPN 10, Zarrukh Adashev steps in to fight Tyson Nam

Ex-Bellator fighter Zarrukh Adashev will take on Tyson Nam at UFC on ESPN 10 on Saturday.

[autotag]Zarrukh Adashev[/autotag] only has four fights on his professional MMA resume, but he’s already a UFC fighter.

With [autotag]Ryan Benoit[/autotag] withdrawing from UFC on ESPN 10, Adashev (3-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has stepped in on four day’s notice to take on [autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag].

Benoit’s reason for withdrawal is unknown at this time.

Two people with knowledge of the situation informed MMA Junkie of the targeted booking and Benoit’s withdrawal Tuesday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. Additionally, Adashev confirmed the news on his Instagram story. TSN was the first to report the news.

After losing his professional debut under the Ring of Combat banner in 2015, Adashev went on a three-year hiatus from MMA. Upon his 2018 return, Adashev went 3-0 in Bellator with two finishes. Adashev, 27, has also competed for Glory Kickboxing.

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Nam (18-11-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) signed with the UFC in mid-2019 after 28 professional fights outside the promotion. After losing to Sergio Pettis by unanimous decision, Nam dropped another unanimous decision to Kai Kara-France at UFC on ESPN+ 26 in February.

UFC on ESPN 10 takes place Saturday at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The entire card is expected to stream live on ESPN and ESPN+.

The entire lineup for the June 13 UFC event includes:

MAIN CARD (9 p.m. E.T.)

Cynthia Calvillo vs. Jessica Eye
Karl Roberson vs. Marvin Vettori
Andre Fili vs. Charles Jourdain
Ray Borg vs. Merab Dvalishvili
Mark De La Rosa vs. Jordan Espinosa

PRELIMINARY CARD (6 p.m. E.T.)

Mariya Agapova vs. Melissa Gatto
Kevin Aguilar vs. Charles Rosa
Julia Avila vs. Gina Mazany
Zarrukh Adashev vs. Tyson Nam
Jordan Griffin vs. Darrick Minner
Christian Aguilera vs. Anthony Ivy

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Dana White reveals full UFC lineup for June 13 in Las Vegas

UFC president Dana White has announced the full June 13 lineup for the promotion’s event, which is expected to take place in Las Vegas.

Nine days prior to its June 13 event, the UFC has announced its full lineup of fights.

UFC president Dana White revealed the 10-fight card in an interview with ESPN on Thursday. Eight of the fights had already been revealed, but two new matchups were confirmed: [autotag]Kevin Aguilar[/autotag] (17-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) vs. [autotag]Charles Rosa[/autotag] (12-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) and [autotag]Jordan Griffin[/autotag] (18-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC) vs. [autotag]Darrick Minner[/autotag] (24-11 MMA, 0-1 UFC). Both fights will be contested at featherweight.

Headlined by a women’s flyweight fight between [autotag]Cynthia Calvillo[/autotag] and [autotag]Jessica Eye[/autotag], the main card lineup also features [autotag]Karl Roberson[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag], [autotag]Ray Borg[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Merab Dvalishvili[/autotag], [autotag]Andre Fili[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag], and [autotag]Mark De La Rosa[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jordan Espinosa[/autotag].

The event will take place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, pending Nevada Athletic Commission approval at a meeting scheduled for this Monday. Broadcast plans have yet to be announced.

With entire lineup for the June 13 UFC event is as follows:

MAIN CARD (9 p.m. E.T.)

Cynthia Calvillo vs. Jessica Eye
Karl Roberson vs. Marvin Vettori
Andre Fili vs. Charles Jourdain
Ray Borg vs. Merab Dvalishvili
Mark De La Rosa vs. Jordan Espinosa

PRELIMINARY CARD (6 p.m. E.T.)

[autotag]Mariya Agapova[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Melissa Gatto[/autotag]
Kevin Aguilar vs. Charles Rosa
[autotag]Julia Avila[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Gina Mazany[/autotag]
[autotag]Ryan Benoit[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag]
Jordan Griffin vs. Darrick Minner

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UFC adds Ryan Benoit vs. Tyson Nam to June 13 lineup

The UFC has added a flyweight fight between Ryan Benoit and Tyson Nam to its growing June 13 lineup.

A flyweight fight is set for June 13.

The UFC has booked a 125-pound bout, with flyweight duo [autotag]Ryan Benoit[/autotag] against [autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag] inked for the promotion’s event on June 13. The event does not currently have an official location, though the UFC Apex in Las Vegas is the frontrunner, with events at the UFC’s purpose-built facility pending Nevada State Athletic Commission approval.

Two people with knowledge of the situation informed MMA Junkie of the booking. The people asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

The two fighters had been previously booked to fight on May 16, but the fight was canceled in April when the UFC suspended its forthcoming schedule due to restrictions introduced to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Benoit (10-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC) will look to rebound from a split-decision bantamweight loss to Heili Alateng at UFC on ESPN+ 23 in December 2019. That fight was Benoit’s first since November 2017. The 30-year-old, who has alternated wins and losses for the entire span of his promotional career, will now move back down to flyweight for his upcoming assignment.

Meanwhile, Hawaii’s Nam (18-11-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) is still in search of his first UFC victory. The 36-year-old was signed to the UFC in mid-2019 after 13 years fighting across the world for various promotions. Both his freshman UFC appearance against Sergio Pettis and his sophomore outing against Kai Kara-France were lost by unanimous decision.

With the addition, the UFC’s June 13 lineup includes:

Cynthia Calvillo vs. Jessica Eye
Mark De La Rosa vs. Jordan Espinosa
Karl Roberson vs. Marvin Vettori
Ryan Benoit vs. Tyson Nam

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Ryan Benoit explains recent challenges, says UFC booked Tyson Nam fight before coronavirus delays

In 2018, Ryan Benoit suffered a potentially career-ending injury when his broken rib displaced next to his liver.

When the coronavirus pandemic rocked the promotion’s upcoming schedule, [autotag]Ryan Benoit[/autotag] answered the UFC’s call.

A UFC flyweight, Benoit (10-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC) accepted the promotion’s offer – a May 2 fight against [autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag] on Indian reservation land in California. The event never happened, with Disney and ESPN asking the UFC to postpone the card until a later date.

Benoit liked the May 2 booking. While the event was postponed, the matchup may not go by the wayside. Benoit expects the pairing to be preserved, with the fight taking place at a later date.

“I definitely like that booking,” Benoit recently. told MMA Junkie. “I figure any fights they booked for this upcoming island fights or the Indian reservation land, that those will probably be the first fights they fill up the first few fight cards with. I don’t know how true that is. I know there were other guys before the pandemic hit that signed for upcoming events two months from now.

“I don’t really know how it’s going to work out from here on out, but I’m hoping we can keep the opponent and keep getting prepared for this guy. We won’t have to change game plans or anything. We can keep this plan going forward.”

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Training in the midst of a national emergency isn’t easy, Benoit admitted. With a family at home, Benoit is nervous he’s going to accidentally bring back a virus from the gym. However, he’s doing everything he can to prevent that from happening.

“Before I got the fight, I was just trying to stay busy and train as often as I can,” Benoit said. “It’s pretty hard right now. Nobody is going to the gym. Even going to the gym, I have kids at home, so it’s kind of difficult to (control) who you come in contact with and how many people you want to be around. If you get it from them, you’re going to take it home. It’s been incredibly difficult.

Since November 2017, Benoit has only stepped foot in the UFC cage once. Plagued with injuries, including a gruesome rib fracture, Benoit competed most recently at UFC on ESPN+ 23 in December.

“Mostly just injuries,” Benoit said, of the cause of reasoning for the layoff. “Right after my last fight at flyweight, I had broken my hand and broken my foot in the fight. I had to take some time off and let injuries heal. Then we were trying to come back in the summer time. They told us there was going to be a fight card in September in Dallas. We were trying to hold off and hold off and hold off for that fight card. We got on the fight card in Dallas.

“A couple of days before the fight in Dallas, I broke a rib. My rib was displaced and sitting in front of my liver. I had a lot of doctors tell me, ‘Be careful just bending over and standing up because it (is) sitting about a half an inch in front of your liver. If that punctures your liver, that could be the end of your career.'”

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Benoit’s back-and-forth return fight against Heili Alateng in December was close. Ultimately, a split decision was scored for his opponent. The fight was contested at bantamweight, which seemed like a good move at the time. However, partway through the camp, Benoit realized flyweight should’ve remained his home.

“I had to take a good amount of time off to let this injury heal,” Benoit said. “We came back a little bit heavy and that’s why we decided to go to bantamweight. Halfway through the bantamweight fight camp we’re like, ‘You know what? We’re better at flyweight.'”

Check out MMA Junkie’s full interview with Benoit in the video below.

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UFC on ESPN+ 23 medical suspensions: Frankie Edgar could face six-month term after TKO

Six fighters are looking at potential six-month medical suspensions after UFC on ESPN+ 23, including former champion Frankie Edgar.

Six fighters are looking at potential six-month medical suspensions after UFC on ESPN+ 23, including former champion [autotag]Frankie Edgar[/autotag], who lost in the main event.

Edgar’s (23-8-1 MMA, 17-8-1 UFC) first-round TKO defeat to [autotag]Chan Sung Jung[/autotag] (16-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in this past weekend’s featherweight headliner led to an orbital injury that resulted in a 180-day suspension for “The Answer,” unless he receives clearance from a specialist beforehand.

MMA Junkie today obtained the full medical suspension report from UFC on ESPN+ 23, which went down at Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea.

Check it out below.

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Chan Sung Jung: 7-day mandatory rest
def. Frankie Edgar: Suspended 180 days for right orbital injury (requires clearance from oral and maxillofacial doctor); 60 days mandatory rest and 45 days of no contact
[autotag]Volkan Oezdemir[/autotag]: 30 days mandatory rest for hard bout; 21 days of no contact
def. [autotag]Aleksandar Rakic[/autotag]: Suspended 180 days for left shin hematoma (requires clearance from primary care physician); 30 days mandatory rest
[autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag]: 30 days mandatory rest for hard bout; 21 days no contact
def. [autotag]Dooho Choi[/autotag]: Suspended 180 days for TKO loss and left wrist injury (requires clearance from orthopedic doctor); 45 days mandatory rest and 30 days of no contact
[autotag]Da Un Jung[/autotag]: 7-day mandatory rest
def. [autotag]Mike Rodriguez[/autotag]: Suspended 180 days (requires clearance form dentist); 45 days mandatory rest and 30 days of no contact
[autotag]Jun Yong Park[/autotag]: 7-day mandatory rest
def. [autotag]Marc-Andre Barriault[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for nasal laceration; 21 days of no contact
[autotag]Kyung Ho Kang[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for left brow laceration; 21 days of no contact
def. [autotag]Liu Pingyuan[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for left eyelid laceration; 21 days of no contact
[autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag]: 7-day mandatory rest
def. [autotag]Tanner Boser[/autotag]: Suspended 45 days for right eyelid laceration and hard bout;; 30 days of no contact
[autotag]Seungwoo Choi[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Suman Mokhtarian[/autotag]: $3,500
[autotag]Omar Morales[/autotag]: 7-day mandatory rest
def. [autotag]Dong Hyun Ma[/autotag]: 30 days mandatory rest for hard bout; 21 days of no contact
[autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for right shoulder pain; 21 days of no contact
def. [autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag]: Suspended 60 days for knockout loss; 30 days of no contact
[autotag]Raoni Barcelos[/autotag]: 30 days mandatory rest for hard bout; 21 days of no contact
def. [autotag]Said Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: Suspended 30 days for right knee pain; 21 days of no contact
[autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag]: 7-day mandatory rest
def. [autotag]Miranda Granger[/autotag]: 7-day mandatory rest
[autotag]Heili Alateng[/autotag]: Suspended 180 days for right foot injury (requires X-ray clearance); 30 days mandatory rest and 21 days of no contact
def. [autotag]Ryan Benoit[/autotag]: Suspended 180 days for right foot injury (requires X-ray clearance); 30 days mandatory rest and 21 days of no contact

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UFC on ESPN+ 23 post-event facts: ‘Korean Zombie’ the featherweight bonus king

All the notable stats and figures to come out of UFC on ESPN+ 23, which saw Chan Sung Jung beat Frankie Edgar.

The UFC’s final event of the year – and the decade – took place Saturday with UFC on ESPN+ 23, which went down at Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea, with a main card that streamed on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN.

In the main event, [autotag]Chan Sung Jung[/autotag] (16-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) proved himself one of the top contenders in the featherweight division when he took out former UFC lightweight champion [autotag]Frankie Edgar[/autotag] (23-8-1 MMA, 17-8-1 UFC) with a methodical first-round TKO.

For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for 45 post-event facts to come out of UFC on ESPN+ 23.

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General

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $121,000.

Debuting fighters went 1-0 at the event.

Jung, [autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag], [autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag] and [autotag]Dooho Choi[/autotag] earned $50,000 UFC on ESPN+ 23 fight-night bonuses.

UFC on ESPN+ 23 drew an announced attendance of 10,651. A live gate was not revealed.

Betting favorites went 7-6 on the card.

Betting favorites fell to 22-18 (one fight had even odds, one ended in a no contest) in UFC headliners this year.

Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 2:21:54.

Main card

Jung improved to 3-1 since he returned from a more than three-year layoff from competition in February 2017.

Jung has earned 15 of his 17 career victories by stoppage. That includes all six of his UFC wins.

Jung’s six stoppage victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Max Holloway (10) and Ricardo Lamas (eight).

Jung’s eight fight-night bonuses for UFC featherweight bouts are the most in divisional history.

Jung is the only fighter in UFC history to earn eight total bonuses in his first eight octagon appearances.

Edgar fell to 8-5 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in February 2013.

Edgar has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout.

[autotag]Volkan Oezdemir[/autotag] (17-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC) has earned two of his five UFC victories by split decision.

[autotag]Aleksandar Rakic[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) had his 12-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since his MMA debut in October 2011.

Rakic suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Jourdain (10-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned all 10 of his career victories by stoppage.

Choi’s (14-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since July 2016.

Choi has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout.

[autotag]Da Un Jung[/autotag] (13-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) extended his winning streak to 12 fights. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since October 2015.

Jung has earned 12 of his 13 career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Mike Rodriguez[/autotag] (9-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since December 2018.

Rodriguez suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

[autotag]Kyung Ho Kang[/autotag] (17-8 MMA, 6-2 UFC) improved to 4-1 since he returned to competition from a nearly 3.5-year layoff in January 2018.

[autotag]Marc Andre Barriault[/autotag]’s (11-4 MMA, 0-3 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since September 2018.

Barriault has suffered all four of his career losses by decision.

Preliminary card

[autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag]’s (6-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak at heavyweight is tied for the second longest active streak in the division behind behind Jairzinho Rozenstruik (four).

Gane earned the first decision victory of his career.

[autotag]Tanner Boser[/autotag] (17-6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has suffered five of his six career losses by decision.

[autotag]Suman Mokhtarian[/autotag] (8-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered consecutive losses after starting his career 8-0.

Mokhtarian suffered the first decision loss of his career.

[autotag]Dong Hyun Ma[/autotag]’s (16-11-3 MMA, 3-5 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since February 2018.

Ma fell to 3-4 since he dropped to the UFC lightweight division in June 2016.

Ma suffered his first decision loss since Aug. 27, 2010 – a span of 3,403 days (more than nine years) and 16 fights.

[autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag] (13-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has suffered four of his five career losses by stoppage.

Schnell has suffered all three of his UFC losses by knockout.

[autotag]Raoni Barcelos[/autotag]’ (15-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak in bantamweight competition is tied for the third longest active streak in the division behind Petr Yan (six) and Marlon Vera (five).

[autotag]Said Nurmagomedov[/autotag] (13-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) had his seven-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since June 2014.

Nurmagomedov has suffered both of his career losses by decision.

[autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag] (7-1-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned all seven of her career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Miranda Granger[/autotag] (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had her seven-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of her career.

[autotag]Heili Alateng[/autotag] (14-7-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.

[autotag]Ryan Benoit[/autotag] (10-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over his past 10 fights.

Benoit was unsuccessful in his UFC bantamweight debut.

Benoit has suffered four of his six career losses by decision.

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