By the Numbers: UFC on ESPN 54

Manon Fiorot was too big, too strong and too technical for Erin Blanchfield.

Relying on her range and countering ability, the Frenchwoman cruised to a unanimous decision over Blanchfield in the UFC on ESPN 54 headliner at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Saturday night. By sweeping the scorecards, Fiorot earned her seventh consecutive triumph in UFC competition and positioned herself as the next in line for a flyweight title shot.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC on ESPN 54, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

7: Consecutive victories for Fiorot, tying her with Tatiana Suarez for the longest active winning streak among UFC women. Fiorot’s streak is tied for the fourth longest in the UFC among all fighters behind only Islam Makhachev (13), Merab Dvalishvili (10) and Movsar Evloev (eight).

1: Women’s fight in UFC history in which both competitors entered the bout on six-fight winning streaks.

172: Significant strikes landed by Fiorot. By comparison, Blanchfield landed 130. Fiorot outlanded her opponent 28 to 21 in Round 1, 27 to 21 in Round 2, 29 to 24 in Round 3, 46 to 37 in Round 4 and 42 to 27 in Round 5. Fiorot also connected on 47% (172-359) of her significant strikes compared to 33% (130-386) for Blanchfield.

143: Significant head strikes for Fiorot. Blanchfield, meanwhile, landed 80. Blanchfield did outland her opponent in significant body strikes (25-18) and leg strikes (25-11).

0: Takedowns landed in three attempts for Blanchfield, who also enjoyed just 48 seconds of control time as the bout was primarily contested at Fiorot’s preferred range.

6: KO/TKO victories in UFC competition for Joaquin Buckley, who finished Vicente Luque with ground-and-pound 3:17 into Round 2 of their co-main event bout. “New Mansa” has finished 13 of his 17 professional victories overall by KO or TKO.

34: Significant ground strikes for Buckley. By comparison, Luque landed 0. Overall, Buckley held a 55-to-21 edge in significant strikes landed.

8: KO/TKO finishes at UFC on ESPN 54, tying it with eight other events for the most in promotion history. Buckley’s finish of Luque in the co-main event tied the record.

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45: Significant strikes by which Chris Weidman outlanded Bruno Silva in a controversial technical decision victory at middleweight. While multiple eye pokes tarnished the triumph, the former middleweight champion nonetheless earned his first victory since August 2020.

10: Consecutive first-round finishes — including two in UFC competition — for Nursulton Ruziboev, who stopped Sedriques Dumas 3:18 into the opening round of their middleweight clash on Saturday night.

29: Significant leg strikes landed by Chidi Njokuani, a career high in six UFC appearances. Njokuani outlanded Rhys McKee by a 64-to-30 count in significant strikes while denying all seven of his opponent’s takedown tries en route to a split-decision triumph in a middleweight bout.

6:35: Octagon control time for Virna Jandiroba in a three-round verdict over Lupita Godinez at strawweight. By comparison, Godinez logged 1:52 of control time in defeat. Jandiroba landed two of nine takedowns, held a 86-to-50 edge in total strikes and attempted three submissions in winning her third straight UFC appearance.

9: Submissions attempted by Jandiroba during her UFC tenue, tied for fourth most in strawweight history.

2: Knockdowns landed by Julio Arce en route to a first-round stoppage of Herbert Burns at featherweight. Arce also held a 29-to-15 edge in signficant strikes and stuffed all six of his opponent’s takedowns in two minutes of Octagon time.

13: KO/TKO victories in as many professional victories for Ibo Aslan, who avenged a loss to Anton Turkalj on the regional circuit with a third-round knockout victory in their preliminary light heavyweight bout. Saturday’s finish was the second-longest fight of his tenure by four seconds.

140: Significant strikes landed Caolan Loughran in a unanimous decision triumph over Angel Pacheco at bantamweight. By comparison, Pacheco landed 88. After Pacheco outlanded his foe 46 to 35 in Round 1, the Irishman took control, holding a 63-strike advantage over the final 10 minutes.