By The Numbers: UFC Nashville

Cory Sandhagen used an unexpected approach to best Rob Font in the UFC on ESPN 50 main event.

The Elevation Fight Team product relied on takedowns and top control to cruise to a clean sweep on the scorecards in Saturday’s catchweight main event at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. While it wasn’t a crowd-pleasing approach, it allowed “Sandman” to earn his third consecutive victory within the Las Vegas-based promotion. Font, who stepped in as a short-notice replacement for Umar Nurmagomedov, has lost three of his last four Octagon appearances. Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC on ESPN 50, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

7: Takedowns landed in seven attempts for Sandhagen, who encountered little resistance while grounding Font at least once in every round. Sandhagen’s previous UFC career best of three takedowns occurred in his last outing, a split-decision triumph over Marlon Vera at UFC on ESPN 43 this past March.

19:38: Total control time for Sandhagen. Font, meanwhile, logged just 68 seconds of control time.

132: Total strikes landed by Sandhagen. By comparison, Font landed 25. Sandhagen also held a 34-to-9 edge in significant strikes landed.

24: Significant ground strikes for Sandhagen. Font landed just one significant ground strike.

.180: Significant striking accuracy for Font, who landed just nine of 49 attempts and found precious few openings to land offense.

4: Strawweight finishes in UFC competition for Tatiana Suarez, who tapped Jessica Andrade with a guillotine choke in the second round of their co-main event clash. That ties her with Weili Zhang, Mackenzie Dern and Polyana Viana for fourth most in division history. Only Andrade (five), Rose Namajunas (five) and Amanda Lemos (five) have more.

7: Consecutive UFC triumphs for Suarez, tying her with Movsar Evloev for the fourth-longest active winning streak in the promotion behind Islam Makhachev (13), Aljamain Sterling (nine) and Merab Dvalishvili (nine).

3: Takedowns landed in three attempts for Suarez, who also outlanded her foe by 12 significant strikes and logged 2:22 of control time in her victory. Suarez has landed 27 takedowns in seven Octagon appearances.

11: Triangle armbar finishes in UFC history. Diego Lopes joined this group by using the manuever to submit Gavin Tucker 1:38 into the opening round of their featherweight clash.

3: Submissions attempted by Lopes in the abbreviated affair. Neither Lopes nor Tucker landed a single strike in the bout.

120: Significant strikes landed by Tanner Boser in a three-round verdict over Aleksa Camur in his light heayweight debut. That’s a UFC career best for the Canadian. His previous high of 93 came in a win over Daniel Spitz in his first promotional foray at UFC on ESPN 6. Camur landed 68 significant strikes in defeat.

Related » UFC Nashville Round-by-Round Scoring

9:26: Total control time for Jeremiah Wells before he succumbed to a Carlston Harris anaconda choke 1:50 into the third round of their welterweight clash. Wells banked two rounds by landing three of five takedowns and outlanding his foe by a 41-to-19 count in total strikes before Harris turned the tables.

169: Total strikes landed by Billy Quarantillo in a unanimous decision triumph over Damon Jackson at featherweight. Jackson, meanwhile, landed 75 total strikes. Quarantillo also held a 100-to-67 advantage in significant strikes landed.

42: Significant clinch strikes for Quarantillo. By comparison, Jackson landed 10.

28: Career takedowns in eight Octagon appearances for Cody Durden, who landed four of six attempts in a three-round verdict over Jake Hadley in their flyweight clash.

163: Total strikes landed by Sean Woodson in a unanimous decision victory over short-notice foe Dennis Buzukja at featherweight. By comparison, Buzukja landed 46. Woodson also held a 71-to-42 edge in significant strikes landed.

4: Proposed opponents for Woodson at UFC on ESPN 50. Before Buzukja, Woodson was slated to face Jesse Butler, Mairon Santos and Steve Garcia on the card.

22: Significant strikes by which Asu Almabaev outlanded Ode Osbourne in his second-round submission triumph in their flyweight bout. Almabaev landed two of five takedowns, logged 5:24 of control time and attempted two submissions before securing the tapout 3:11 into the second stanza.