By The Numbers: UFC Paris

Ciryl Gane proved that he can bounce back from adversity.

Coming off the first loss of his professional career, “Bon Gamin” survived some precarious moments against Tai Tuivasa to earn an enthralling third-round technical knockout victory in the UFC Fight Night 209 209 headliner at Accor Arena in Paris on Saturday. The 32-year-old Frenchman has been victorious in eight of his nine Octagon appearances and remains a major player in the heavyweight division despite a defeat at the hands of reigning champ Francis Ngannou this past January. Tuivasa, who fought valiantly in defeat, sees a five-bout winning streak come to an end.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Fight Night 209, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

5-0: Record for French fighters on Saturday. In addition to Gane, Nassourdine Imavov, William Gomis, Fares Ziam and Benoit St. Denis delighted the home folks with victories at UFC Fight Night 209.

81: Significant strikes by which Gane outlanded Tuivasa. “Bon Gamin” was also the far more accurate striker, landing 65 percent of his attempts compared to 32 percent for Tuivasa.

26: Significant strike deficit for Tuivasa in Round 2, when he threw a scare into Gane by landing a knockdown late in the frame.

30: Significant body strikes landed for Gane. By comparison, Tuivasa landed four. Gane’s steady diet of body kicks had his opponent doubled over in pain on multiple occasions in the heavyweight bout.

8: Victories for Gane in the Octagon since 2019. That’s the most of any UFC heavyweight during that period.

74: Significant strikes landed by Robert Whittaker in a clear-cut unanimous decision triumph over Marvin Vettori in the co-main event. By comparison, Vettori landed 33. “The Reaper” got stronger as the fight progressed, outlanding his opponent 22 to 14 in Round 1, 25 to 10 in Round 2 and 27 to 9 in Round 3.

0-4: Combined record for Whittaker and Vettori against reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.

12: Career UFC wins at middleweight for Whittaker, tying him with Adesanya and Chris Leben for No. 8 in the history of the division. Michael Bisping holds the top spot with 16 victories.

8: Decision wins at 185 pounds for Whittaker, tying him with Adesanya and Yushin Okami for fourth most in UFC history.

.460: Significant striking accuracy for Nassourdine Imavov, who landed 51 of 109 attempts in a unanimous decision triumph over Joaquin Buckley at middleweight. Buckley was far less accurate, landing 46 of 174 attempts for a 26 percent success rate. Imavov also landed the fights only two takedowns and attempted two submissions in victory.

8:04: Total control time for William Gomis in a unanimous verdict over Jarno Errens in a featherweight matchup of promotional newcomers. Errens, meanwhile, logged just 14 seconds of control time. Gomis landed three of five takedowns and outlanded his opponent 69 to 31 in total strikes.

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183: Combined significant strikes landed by Nathaniel Wood (97) and Charles Jourdain (86) in their featherweight matchup. Wood outlanded his opponent 26 to 23 in Round 1 and 36 to 28 in Round 3, while both men landed 35 significant strikes in the second stanza. Wood would prevail via unanimous decision in his 145-pound debut.

5: Takedowns landed in eight attempts for Wood, a career high in eight UFC appearances for the former Cage Warriors champion. His previous best was two, which occurred on two different occasions.

0:19: Time of Abusupiyan Magomedov’s first-round technical knockout victory against Dustin Stoltzfus in their preliminary middleweight clash. That ranks as the fourth-fastest finish for a debuting fighter in UFC history. Magomedov officially landed seven significant strikes and one knockdown en route to the stoppage.

41: Significant head strikes landed by Nasrat Haqparast in a three-round verdict over John Makdessi at lightweight. By comparison, Makdessi landed 29 significant head strikes. Makdessi held a 26-to-4 edge in significant leg strikes as well as a 73-to-64 advantage in overall significant strikes landed.

111: Total strikes landed by Fares Ziam in a unanimous decision triumph against Michal Figlak at lightweight. By comparison, Figlak landed 55 total strikes. Ziam also held a 60-to-28 advantage in significant strikes landed and secured a UFC career best three takedowns.

3: Knockdowns landed by Benoit St. Denis in 5:16 of Octagon time against Gabriel Miranda. The Paris native outlanded his opponent 42 to 20 in significant strikes and 81 to 33 in total strikes en route to a TKO victory 16 seconds into Round 2 of their lightweight clash.

1: KO/TKO defeat in 19 professional appearances for Khalid Taha. Cristian Quinonez became the first to accomplish the feat when he stopped the former Rizin competitor 3:15 into Round 1 of their bantamweight clash. The Entram Gym representative has 10 career KO/TKO triumphs to his credit.