Fight Facts: UFC Fight Night 210 ‘Sandhagen vs. Song’

Fight Facts is a breakdown of all of the interesting information and Octagon oddities on every card, with some puns, references and portmanteaus to keep things fun. These deep stat dives delve into the numbers, providing historical context and telling the stories behind those numbers.

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TOTAL NUMBER OF UFC FIGHTS: 6,825
TOTAL NUMBER OF UFC EVENTS: 621

The Ultimate Fighting Championship trekked back to the UFC Apex before taking a week off, with a well-matched event light on sizzle but heavy on violence potential. Two of the nastiest cuts in recent memory resulted from the final two matches of the evening, with a main card that largely delivered as advertised. UFC Fight Night 210 featured a record number of Dana White's Contender Series vets, a pair of emotional victories for grieving featherweights and one of the quietest claims to a number of records among women’s divisions.

The Apex Converted into the Nap Room: Anthony Hernandez and Gillian Robertson both performed technical submissions by night’s end. Their two consciousness-depriving chokes makes this UFC Fight Night 210 the 13th event in company history to produce more than one technical sub.

Dana White’s Saturday Night Contender Series: A whopping 13 competitors on the fight card previously fought on Dana White's Contender Series. The only bouts without DWCS fighters were the main event and Damon Jackson vs. Pat Sabatini. They went a combined 5-6 on the night, plus Gregory Rodrigues vs. Chidi Njokuani, where two graduates faced off.

The Night of 1,000 Stitches: Cory Sandhagen forced the doctor to intervene, as referee Herb Dean called a halt to the headliner against Yadong Song at 5:00 of Round 4. This marks just the fifth doctor stoppage – not due to injury – in the fourth round or later, with the last taking place at UFC 231 (Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega in 2018).

Just Bleed Doctor: With the stoppage declared at 5:00 of the fourth round, Sandhagen recorded the fourth-latest finish in UFC bantamweight history. The only three later: T.J. Dillashaw’s two head kick knockouts of Renan Barao and Joe Soto in 2014, and Petr Yan’s demolition of Jose Aldo in 2020.

Run It Back in Three Years: The back-and-forth battle between Rodrigues and Njokuani ended with “Robocop” performing the finish in Round 2. Both middleweights took home “Fight of the Night” honors for their handiwork. Three of the last four appearances for Rodrigues have been accompanied by bonus checks, while Njokuani has earned bonuses in all three of his UFC outings.

Split Like His Ears: Going the distance with Bill Algeo, Andre Fili picked up a split nod on the scorecards. The split decision is his third as a UFC fighter, and only four competitors through organizational history – Benson Henderson, John Howard and Rashad Evans (four each) and Gleison Tibau (five) – have earned more.

Be Joe Pyfer: Joseph Pyfer scorched Alen Amedovski in the first round to score his successful promotional debut as well as a post-fight bonus check. “Bodybagz” now celebrates a finish rate of 90% as a pro, with stoppages within two rounds in his last eight victories.

The 32 Extra Pounds Did Him Good: Rodrigo Nascimento snagged a split decision over Tanner Boser to record his first win in over two years. It marked the first time he had won on the scorecards—or even fought beyond the eight-minute mark—as a pro.

Depleted the Power Bar: In the third round, Hernandez hit an arm-triangle choke on Marc-Andre Barriault to put him to sleep. “Fluffy” boosted his career stoppage rate to 80% with the victory, while landing his first sub of this kind – all of his prior finishing maneuvers had been either guillotine or anaconda chokes.

Bolstered by the Nickname: Jackson earned just his fourth knockout across his 28-fight career, forcing Sabatini to verbally submit to punches just 69 seconds into the fight. The man known both as “The Leech” and “Action” posts a finish rate of 86% as a pro.

Stop Hitting Yourself: The tapout due to strikes from 145-pounder Jackson is the first of the year, with the last by Mateusz Gamrot against Diego Ferreira from a knee to the body in December. No UFC fighter competing below lightweight had ever surrendered to blows in this fashion.

Now Try Lightweight: Trevin Giles made his UFC debut in 2017 at 205 pounds, and he knocked out James Bochnovic. He subsequently dropped to middleweight and won four times across his tenure there. At this event, Giles topped Louis Cosce on the scorecards at welterweight. He is now one of a small number of competitors throughout company history to notch wins in three weight divisions.

The Way of the Thai: Rebounding from a decision loss last year, Konklak Suphisara claimed a decision over Denise Gomes. In her entire career, “Loma Lookboonmee” has won two fights and lost the third. This pattern continues following her triumph over Gomes.

Low Power, High Intensity: The Thai competed in her 10th professional MMA bout against Gomes. Of those 10 appearances, Suphisara has gone the distance in eight, including each of her last seven.

A Ghost Can’t Be Knocked Out: In his second attempt, Trey Ogden recorded his first UFC win, doing so by taking a lackluster decision over Daniel Zellhuber. “Samurai Ghost” has still neither won nor lost a fight by knockout, with 69% of his victories coming by tapout.

Lucky 13 For Her: Gillian Robertson entered into her 13th flyweight bout when she took on and submitted Mariya Agapova. She passes Katlyn Chookagian for the most fights in divisional history.

The Only Canadian to Win Tonight: Of those 13 outings, eight have gone the Canadian’s way. She is now in sole possession of third place for the most victories in the UFC women’s flyweight division.

It’s the Red Hair: Keeping her finish rate high at 82%, “The Savage” performed her sixth submission and seventh finish since joining the 125-pound roster in 2017. Both of those tallies are records that Robertson extends, while she also maintains the most subs across all UFC women’s divisions.

Beware the Basharat Brothers: The unbeaten record of Javid Basharat improves to 13-0 by claiming a victory on the scorecards over Tony Gravely. “The Snow Leopard” came to the UFC with 11 wins, and all 11 by finish. Since then, he has gone the distance twice.

Fighters Get Cut for Less: Ahead of the event, Aspen Ladd hit the scales at 138 pounds for her bantamweight match with Sara McMann, and the fight was nixed. This is now the fourth time in her UFC run that she has withdrawn from a bout within 24 hours of taking place.

Never Say Never Again: Coming into UFC Fight Night 210, Song had never fought beyond the third round (27 fights), Barriault had never been submitted (20 fights) and Zellhuber had never been defeated (12 fights).

Aubrey Graham Does It Again: Both Nascimento (“Legend”) and Ogden (“No Friends in the Industry”) walked out to Drake tracks in their respective bouts on the card. Both men pulled off victories at the hands of the judges.

Whoa, Don’t Look Back to See: On the first fight of the night, Nikolas Motta walked out to “Run Through the Jungle” by Creedence Clearwater Revival and knocked out Cameron VanCamp. “Iron Motta” improved the low win percentage of this classic rock tune to 33% with his victory.