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By the Numbers: April Aftermath

April 2013 saw four weekends with back-to-back UFC events: UFC on FUEL TV 9 on April 6, the TUF 17 Finale on April 13, UFC on FOX 7 on April 20 and UFC 159 on April 27.

Here, some of the facts and figures from those four events combined

19
Length, in seconds, of the shortest fight, Matt Mitrione vs. Phil De Fries at UFC on FUEL TV 9 (Mitrione won via knockout)

25
Length, in minutes, of the longest fight, Benson Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on FOX 7 (Henderson won via split decision)

2
Number of Knockout of the Night bonuses awarded at UFC on FOX 7, at which there were no submissions (Josh Thomson and Yoel Romero took home the extra checks)

1
Number of walkout robes worn (Chael Sonnen, UFC 159)

$50,000
Standard amount of UFC post-fight bonuses for Knockout of the Night, Submission of the Night, and Fight of the Night

$60,000
Bonus amount at UFC on FUEL TV 9, after featherweight Diego Brandao negotiated with UFC president Dana White in the locker room

$65,000
Bonus amount at UFC 159, after bantamweight Bryan Caraway negotiated with White in the locker room

0
Number of bonuses won by Brandao and Caraway

2
Number of bonuses won by lightweight Pat Healy at UFC 159 after defeating Jim Miller - Submission of the Night and Fight of the Night

2
Number of titles defended (by lightweight Benson Henderson at UFC on FOX 7 and by light heavyweight Jon Jones at UFC 159)

113

Number of significant strikes landed by middleweight Luke Barnatt at the TUF 17 Finale, the most of any fight

6
Most takedowns scored during a fight, a record shared by three fighters (Jorge Masvidal at UFC on FOX 7, Ryan LaFlare and Adlan Amagov at UFC on FUEL TV 9)

48
Total number of fights

20
Number of KO/TKO finishes

1
Number of flying-knee KOs (Yoel Romero at UFC on FOX 7)

8
Number of KO/TKO finishes at UFC on FOX 7, tying the record for most KOs at a UFC event

4
Submission attempts made by featherweight Cody McKenzie in his UFC 159 fight against Leonard Garcia, the most of any fighter

2
Total number of submission attempts during all the fights at UFC on FOX 7

6

Number of weeks before the TUF 17 Finale that Demetrious Johnson was injured, forcing a new main event (Urijah Faber vs. Scott Jorgensen)

7
Number of days before UFC on FUEL TV 9 that Alexander Gustafsson was injured, forcing a new main event (Gegard Mousasi vs. Ilir Latifi)

1
Number of elaborate April Fool's pranks played by Wanderlei Silva, who convinced fans and media outlets that he was stepping in for Gustafsson

15
Number of fights finished in the first round

18
Number of decisions

2
Number of technical decisions (when a bout goes to the scorecards due to a fight-ending accidental foul in the third round) at UFC 159 (Michael Bisping vs. Alan Belcher and Ovince Saint Preux vs. Gian Villante)

0

Total number of technical decisions previously in the UFC

10

Number of submissions

19
Number of Strikeforce imports who made their (2013) Octagon debuts

9
Number of those who won

1
Number of fighters who were picked last for a team on TUF and went on to win the season (Kelvin Gastelum)

2
Number of moms who have now fought in the UFC (Cat Zingano, Sara McMann)

100
Percentage of those who have won

Sources: FightMetric.com, UFC, Twitter