Fight Facts: UFC Kansas City ‘Garry vs. Prates’

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: 8,153
TOTAL NUMBER OF UFC EVENTS: 730

The Ultimate Fighting Championship took to KCMO with an overstuffed Fight Night lineup that ended up largely delivering at night’s end. While the old guard ended up going down hard, a crop of talented younger prospects made a name off their victims. UFC on ESPN 66, also known as UFC Kansas City, featured a fantastic sendoff package for an all-action fan-favorite, a right hand that knocked out half the nation of Denmark and a young Brazilian submission ace rattling off tap after tap.

The Future Is Cloudy: Ireland’s Ian Garry skirted past Carlos Prates to pick up the nod on all three scorecards. “The Future” saw his finish rate fall to an even 50% with the decision, having fought into the third round in eight of his 10 UFC outings.

Chinese Cannon: Winner of the co-main event, Mingyang Zhang pounded out Anthony Smith with elbows. The 26-year-old from China has notched 12 straight wins, all first-round stoppages.

Fireworks: As a professional, “Mountain Tiger” maintained his 100% finish rate with the victory. Every single triumph for Zhang has taken place within five minutes.

See You Next Year: Suffering his third straight loss, Smith left his gloves in the center of the Octagon. The former light heavyweight title challenger leaves behind a 60-fight career that accompanied a remarkable 92% stoppage rate over the course of 17 years.

Retirements Never Stick: Making his major stage debut at Strikeforce Challengers 17 in 2011, Smith knocked out Ben Lagman. With his retirement—for now—Smith departs the shrinking list of ex-Strikeforce alums still on the UFC roster. Noteworthy remaining members include Michael Chandler, Bobby Green and Miesha Tate.

Silent Decisionator: Outworking former kickboxer Giga Chikadze, David Onama improved his win streak to four with his decision victory. “Silent Assassin” started his career with all 11 of his triumphs coming inside the distance, but this three-decision streak for him accounts for all three of his wins at the hands of the judges.

Chunkadze: Before losing to Onama, Chikadze missed weight by a pound to hand 20% of his purse to his opponent. Of the 10 fighters to come in heavy this year and still compete, eight have suffered defeat.

You Dance, You Pay: The stoppage rate for Abusupiyan Magomedov now sits at an even 75% after settling to beat Michel Pereira on the scorecards. This trend holds up in his last 12 wins, as nine of those came before the final bell.

Separating from the Pack: Putting Nicolas Dalby out with one punch, Randy Brown announced himself as a contender in the talent-rich welterweight division. The Massachusetts-born athlete by way of Jamaica celebrates far more second-round finishes (seven) than the first (four).

Prince Ali: Breaking down Andre Muniz en route to a late stoppage in Round 1, Ikram Aliskerov bounced back from his first UFC loss in a big way. Like his countryman Magomedov above, Aliskerov has notched exactly three-quarters of his pro victories inside the distance.

It Was a Fight: Snagging a split call against John Castaneda, Chris Gutierrez did enough to advance. The bantamweight contender has gone to decision in five straight fights, and eight of his last 10 overall.

No Subs, Just Kickboxing: Unable to get the finish, Da'Mon Blackshear ended up winning a clear-cut decision over Heili Alateng. The submission specialist breaks a streak where his last six wins came by stoppage, as he picks up his first decision victory since 2021.

Go to the Well: In his promotional debut, Malcolm Wellmaker laid waste to Cameron Saaiman with one punch. The Georgia native has procured seven of his nine pro wins by stoppage, while keeping his spotless record intact.

Pacing Oneself: Her 100% finish rate remained exactly that when Jaqueline Amorim throttled Polyana Viana with a rear-naked choke. It marked the first win for the Brazilian in Round 2.

Chasing Dern: Amorim has snagged three submissions in a row following her win over Viana. This places her in a tie with several other strawweights including Tatiana Suarez and foe Viana for the second-most subs in divisional history. Mackenzie Dern’s five lead the pack.

Flying Timmeh: To earn his first UFC win, Timothy Cuamba wrecked Roberto Romero with a flying knee. His is the first flying knee knockout in the Octagon this year, and one of five dating back to the beginning of 2023.

Never Say Never Again: Coming into UFC Kansas City, Prates had never fought beyond the third round (27 fights), Chikadze had never dropped consecutive bouts (19 fights) and Dalby (31 fights) and Chelsea Chandler (nine fights) had never been finished.

He Collapsed: Muniz continued on his downslope after selecting Eminem’s “Till I Collapse” featuring Nate Dogg. Ten of the last 11 fighters to walk out to various Eminem tracks have lost in the promotion, following Muniz’ knockout at the hands of Aliskerov.

Whipping Boy: In his two previous Octagon appearances, Cuamba walked out to “I’ll Whip Ya Head Boy” by 50 Cent. At UFC Kansas City, that track was instead chosen by Castaneda, so Cuamba went with a different tune. “Twilight Timmy” picked up the first win of his UFC tenure after switching up his walkout music.