ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 17: Merab Dvalishvili commemorates beating Henry Cejudo in their … [+] bantamweight weight battle throughout UFC 298 at Honda Center on February 17, 2024 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
UFC 298 happened on Saturday at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. In the primary occasion, extremely ranked featherweight Ilia Topuria took the UFC 145-pound title from Alexander Volkanovski through knockout. The night’s co-headliner saw previous UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker score a choice over ex-title opposition Paulo Costa.
Listed below we take a look at the outcomes and statistics from the UFC 298 battle card. The primary card of the occasion streamed on ESPN+ pay per view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
UFC 298 Fights and Results
Overall Fights: 12
Consentaneous Decisions: 6
Split Decisions: 1
Kos/TKOs: 4
Submissions: 1
Betting Favorites: 11-1
Debuting Fighters Record: 3-2
UFC 298 Fights by Weight Division
Middleweight Title: 1
Heavyweight: 1
Light Heavyweight: 1
Middleweight: 2
Welterweight: 3
Bantamweight: 2
Women’s Flyweight: 1
Women’s Strawweight: 1
UFC 298 Fight Stats
Overall Knockdowns Landed: 6
Overall Submission Attempts: 4
Overall Reversals: 3
Overall Significant Strikes Attempted: 2,164
Overall Significant Strikes Landed: 1,045
Overall Significant Head Strikes Attempted: 1,673
Overall Significant Head Strikes Landed: 669
Overall Significant Body Strikes Attempted: 278
Overall Significant Body Strikes Landed: 185
Overall Significant Leg Strikes Attempted: 213
Overall Significant Leg Strikes Landed: 191
Overall Significant Distance Strikes Attempted: 1,866
Overall Significant Distance Strikes Landed: 847
Overall Significant Clinch Strikes Attempted: 102
Overall Significant Clinch Strikes Landed: 66
Overall Significant Ground Strikes Attempted: 196
Overall Significant Ground Strikes Landed: 132
Overall Strikes Attempted: 2,659
Overall Strikes Landed: 1,485
Overall Takedowns Attempted: 63
Overall Takedowns Landed: 26
Noteworthy analytical battles from UFC 298
Quickest three-round battle: Zhang Mingyang knocks out Brendson Ribeiro at 1:41 of Round 1.
Newest surface in a three-round battle: Danny Barlow TKOs Josh Quinlan at 1:18 of Round 3
Many takedowns landed: Merab Dvalishvili lands 5 takedowns on 11 efforts vs. Henry Cejudo.
A lot of submission efforts: Anthony Hernandez with 2 submission efforts vs. Roman Kopylov
The majority of knockdowns landed: Six fighters with one knockdown each.
A lot of considerable strikes landed in a three-round battle: Danny Barlow and Robert Whittaker each with 95 landed substantial strikes.
UFC records set or connected at UFC 298
Merab Dvalishvili connected Aljamain Sterling for longest winning streak in UFC bantamweight history at 9 with his win over Henry Cejudo.
Merab Dvalishvili breaks Aljamain Sterling’s UFC bantamweight record for many overall strikes landed with 1,736.
Merab Dvalishvili breaks his own UFC bantamweight record for the majority of takedowns with 66.