Yahoo Sports UFC on ABC 5 post-event facts: Ilia Topuria’s main event beatdown makes history
The UFC returned to Florida for the second time this year on Saturday with UFC on ABC 5, which took place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville and saw eight of 13 bouts go to a decision.
The main event was one of those bouts to go to the judges, but it was a clear result with Ilia Topuria (14-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) defeating Josh Emmett (18-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) in historic fashion in the form of a lopsided unanimous decision in the matchup between featherweight contenders.
For more on the numbers to come out of the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC on ABC 5.
Event stats
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The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $174,000.
Debuting fighters went 2-0 with one no contest at the event.
Topuria, Emmett, Maycee Barber and David Onama earned $50,000 UFC on ABC 5 fight-night bonuses.
UFC on ABC 5 had an announced attendance of 14,101 for a live gate of $1,491,128.63.
Betting favorites went 6-6 on the card. One fight ended in a no contest.
Betting favorites improved to 13-8 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 2:40:39.
Ilia Topuria def. Josh Emmett
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Topuria’s five-fight UFC winning streak at featherweight is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Alexander Volkanovski (10) and Movsar Evloev (six).
Topuria was awarded just the fourth 50-42 scorecard in UFC history. Max Holloway, Rich Franklin and Dave Menne also accomplished the feat.
Emmett suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career.
Emmett fell to 7-3 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in October 2017.
Emmett has suffered two of his four career losses by decision.
Maycee Barber def. Amanda Ribas
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Barber’s (13-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak at women’s flyweight is tied with Alexa Grasso, Manon Fiorot and Erin Blanchfield for the longest active streak in the division.
Barber improved to 7-2 since she moved up to the UFC women’s flyweight division in March 2019.
Barber’s seven victories in UFC women’s flyweight competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Valentina Shevchenko (nine), Katlyn Chookagian (nine) and Gillian Robertson (nine).
Barber’s three knockout victories in UFC women’s flyweight competition are second-most in divisional history behind Shevchenko (four).
Amanda Ribas (12-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has suffered three of her four career losses by stoppage.
Ribas has suffered all three of her career stoppage losses by knockout.
David Onama def. Gabriel Santos
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Onama (11-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has earned all 11 of his career victories by stoppage.
Gabriel Santos (10-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered consecutive losses after starting his career 10-0.
Santos suffered the first stoppage loss of his career with a knockout defeat.
Brendan Allen def. Bruno Silva
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Brendan Allen’s (22-5 MMA, 10-2 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak at middleweight is tied for the second-longest active streak in the division behind Dricus Du Plessis (five).
Allen has earned 17 of his 22 career victories by stoppage.
Bruno Silva (23-9 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has suffered eight of his nine career losses by stoppage.
Neil Magny def. Phil Rowe
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Neil Magny (28-10 MMA, 21-9 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over his past five fights.
Magny became the ninth fighter in UFC history to reach 21 victories with the promotion.
Magny’s 21 victories in UFC welterweight competition are most in divisional history.
Magny’s total fight time of 6:17:34 in UFC welterweight competition is most in divisional history.
Magny’s 14 decision victories in UFC competition are most in company history.
Magny has landed 1,329 significant strikes in UFC welterweight competition, the second-most in divisional history behind Kamaru Usman (1,334).
Phil Rowe (10-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has suffered three of his four career losses by decision. That includes both of his UFC defeats.
Randy Brown def. Wellington Turman
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Wellington Turman (18-7 MMA, 3-5 UFC) was unsuccessful in his welterweight debut.
Turman has suffered five of his seven career losses by decision.
Mateusz Rebecki def. Loik Radzhabov
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Mateusz Rebecki (18-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned 15 of his 18 career victories by stoppage.
Loik Radzhabov (17-5-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered the first stoppage loss of his career with a TKO defeat.
Tabatha Ricci def. Gillian Robertson
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Tabatha Ricci’s (9-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak at strawweight is tied for the second-longest active streak in the division behind Tatiana Suarez (five).
Ricci has earned three of her four UFC victories by decision.
Gillian Robertson (12-8 MMA, 9-6 UFC) fell to 1-1 since she dropped to the UFC strawweight division in April 2023.
Robertson has suffered six of her eight career losses by decision.
Joshua Van def. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
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Joshua Van (8-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.
Zhalgas Zhumagulov (14-9 MMA, 1-6 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since July 2021.
Zhumagulov fell to 1-6 in his past seven fights dating back to July 2020.
Zhumagulov has suffered seven of his nine career losses by decision.
Chepe Mariscal def. Trevor Peek
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Trevor Peek (8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had his nine-fight unbeaten streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ABC 5.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
