By the Numbers: UFC 315

Jack Della Maddalena made the most of his golden opportunity.

Tabbed as the next man up at UFC 315 when Shavkat Rakhmonov was unable to face Belal Muhammad, the Aussie proved he was more than just a fill-in, as he claimed the welterweight throne with a thrilling five-round verdict over “Remember The Name” at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Saturday night. Not only did Della Maddalena show his usual skill and composure on the feet, but he was able to limit the majority of Muhammad’s attempts to wrestle. Now, it’s possible that the 28-year-old will find himself in a superfight against Islam Makhachev in his first championship defense later this year. Muhammad, meanwhile, saw an 11-bout unbeaten streak that began in April 2019 come to an end.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC 315, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

13: Number of welterweight champions in UFC history. Della Maddalena joined this group with his victory over Muhammad on Saturday night.

3: Dana White’s Contender Series alums to capture UFC gold. In addition to Maddalena, Sean O'Malley and Jamahal Hill won UFC titles after competing on the Contender Series.

8: Consecutive victories for Della Maddalena, the longest active winning streak in the welterweight division ahead of Shavkat Rakhmonov (seven). The Aussie has won 18 straight professional outings overall.

310: Combined significant strikes landed by Maddalena (178) and Muhammad (132), the fourth most in a welterweight bout in promotion history. Only Vicente Luque vs. Bryan Barberena (332); Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2 (330) and Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington (318) saw more combined significant strikes landed in the Octagon. Maddalena’s 178 significant strikes are tied for the second most landed in a UFC welterweight bout.

53: Signficant strikes landed by Maddalena in a furious final stanza. By comparison, Muhammad landed 27.

47: Significant body strikes for Maddalena. Muhammad, meanwhile, landed 11. Maddalena also held an 18-to-2 edge in significant leg strikes.

10: Victories in UFC title fights for Valentina Shevchenko, the sixth most in promotion history behind Jon Jones (16), Georges St. Pierre (13), Demetrious Johnson (12), Anderson Silva (11) and Amanda Nunes (11). Shevchenko retained her flyweight belt with a five-round verdict over Manon Fiorot in the evening’s co-main event.

1:34: Control time for Shevchenko in Round 1. In her first seven UFC fights combined, Fiorot spent a total of 13 seconds in bottom position.

7:07: Total control time for Fiorot —primarily from the clinch — over the final four rounds. Shevchenko had just 18 seconds of control time after the opening stanza.

72: Signficant strikes landed by Shevchenko. Fiorot, meanwhile, landed 71 in a closely-contested fight. Shevchenko outlanded her foe 19 to 13 in Round 1 and 16 to 14 in Round 4. Fiorot, meanwhile, outlanded Shevchenko 12 to 8 in Round 2 and 18 to 15 in Round 5. Both fighters landed 14 significant strikes in Round 3.

1: Knockdown for Shevchenko, her first since she dropped Jessica Eye with a head kick at UFC 238 on June 8, 2019. “Bullet” floored Fiorot late in the fourth round.

16: Unofficial media scorecards, of the 20 tracked by MMADecisions.com, that saw the featherweight fight between Jose Aldo and Aiemann Zahabi in favor of Aldo. However, all three cageside judges — Michael Bell, Pasquale Procopio and David Therien — submitted 29-28 tallies for Zahabi.

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52: Significant strikes landed by Zahabi in the third round. By comparison, Aldo landed 20. After Aldo landed a knockdown early in the frame, the Tristar Gym product took control down the stretch, bloodying his adversary with a series of elbows from top position.

5,124: Days since Aldo’s UFC debut, which also came in Canada. On April 30, 2011, Aldo defeated Mark Hominick via unanimous decision in a featherweight title bout at UFC 129 in Toronto.

7: Consecutive victories for Natalia Silva, the longest active winning streak in the UFC women’s flyweight division. Silva took a unanimous decision over former flyweight queen Alexa Grasso on Saturday night.

.320: Significant striking accuracy for Grasso, who struggled with the speed and movement of her opponent while landing just 45 of her 139 attempts. Grasso entered UFC 315 with a career significant striking accuracy of 41%.

14: Finishes among 14 professional victories for Benoit St. Denis, who tapped short-notice foe Kyle Prepolec with an arm-triangle choke 2:35 into the second round of their lightweight pairing. St. Denis outlanded his foe 54 to 12 in significant strikes, was successful on three of five takedowns and logged 5:32 of control time in the bout.

4: Consecutive flyweight victories for Jasmine Jasudavicius, tying her with Miranda Maverick for the third longest active winning streak in the division. Jasudavicius, who has won five UFC fights in a row overall, submitted Jessica Andrade in the opening stanza of their matchup.

2-5: Record for Andrade since February 2023. The Brazilian’s two victories during that period both came at 115 pounds.

9: Unofficial media scorecards, of the 11 tracked by MMADecisions.com, that saw the light heavyweight bout between Ion Cutelaba and Modestas Bukauskas in favor of Cutelaba. Judges Sal D’Amato and Pasquale Procopio saw things differently, giving Bukauskas a controversial split-decision triumph.

121: Total strikes landed by Cutelaba. By comparison, Bukauskas landed 52. Cutelaba also held a 58-to-44 advantage in significant strikes.

74: Significant strikes by which Navajo Stirling outlanded Ivan Erslan in their light heavyweight scrap. That included a 60-to-13 advantage in Round 3, when the City Kickboxing representative floored his opponent and nearly secured a stoppage.

5: Consecutive losses for Bruno Silva, a former M-1 Global champ. After missing weight on Friday, “Blindado” suffered a first-round knockout loss to Marc-Andre Barriault in their preliminary matchup and had to be carried from the cage on a stretcher.

18: Takedowns attempted by Daniel Santos in a unanimous decision triumph over Jeong Leong Lee. That’s tied with multiple others for the 10th most in a single bout in UFC featherweight history. Santos landed six of those attempts — three apiece in Rounds 2 and 3.

1: Time being finished in 19 professional bouts for Brad Katona, who suffered his first knockout loss at the hands of Bekzat Almakhan 64 seconds into Round 1 of their bout — which kicked off Saturday’s card. Katona’s previous seven pro outings (five wins, two losses) had all gone the distance.