The UFC returns to Brazil on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 261, which takes place at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian icon Charles Oliveira (35-11 MMA, 23-11 UFC), who is the only fighter in UFC history with 20 wins, 20 finishes and 20 bonuses inside the octagon, looks to add to his 17-0 career record on home soil when he clashes with Poland’s Mateusz Gamrot (25-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) in a five-round fight with high stakes in the lightweight division.
For more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event fact about UFC Fight Night 261.
Charles Oliveira vs. Mateusz Gamrot
Oliveira won the title for the first time in his 28th UFC bout, the record for most appearances in company history.
Oliveira is one of 14 fighters to hold the undisputed UFC lightweight championship.
Oliveira has competed in three vacant UFC championship bout, the most in company history.
Oliveira becomes the sixth fighter in UFC history to make 36 or more octagon appearances.
Oliveira’s 23 UFC victories are tied for third-most in company history behind Jim Miller (27) and Neil Magny (24).
Oliveira’s 16 victories in UFC lightweight competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Miller (24), Donald Cerrone (17) and Beneil Dariush (17).
Oliveira’s 20 stoppage victories in UFC competition are most in company history.
Oliveira’s 14 stoppage victories in UFC lightweight competition are second-most in divisional history behind Miller (17).
Oliveira’s 16 submission victories in UFC competition are most in company history.
Oliveira’s 10 submission victories in UFC lightweight competition are second-most in divisional history behind Miller (11).
Oliveira’s six submission victories in UFC featherweight competition are the most in divisional history. He hasn’t competed at 145 pounds since August 2016.
Oliveira’s four guillotine-choke submission victories in UFC competition are second-most in company history behind Nate Diaz (five).
Oliveira’s three anaconda choke submission victories in UFC competition are most in company history.
Oliveira is one of two fighters in UFC history to earn submission victories with six different techniques. Frank Mir also accomplished the feat.
Oliveira is one of two fighters in UFC history to earn a calf-slicer submission victory. Brett Johns also accomplished the feat.
Oliveira has been awarded 20 fight-night bonuses for UFC bouts, the most in company history.
Oliveira has been awarded 13 Performance of the Night bonuses, the most in company history.
Oliveira is one of two fighters in UFC history to be awarded five or more fight-night bonuses in two separate divisions. Diaz also accomplished the feat.
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Montel Jackson
Deiveson Figueiredo (24-5-1 MMA, 13-5-1 UFC), a former two-time flyweight champion, is 3-2 since he moved up to the UFC bantamweight division in December 2023.
Figueiredo is one of five flyweight champions in UFC history. Alexandre Pantoja, Brandon Moreno, Henry Cejudo and Demetrious Johnson also held the title. He and Moreno are the only members of the group to have multiple reigns.
Figueiredo and Moreno are the only opponents in UFC history to face each other four times.
Figueiredo made the fastest title-fight turnaround in UFC history at 21 days at UFC 255 and UFC 256.
Figueiredo’s seven stoppage victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied with Johnson for second-most in divisional history behind Pantoja (eight).
Figueiredo’s four knockout victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied for second-most in divisional history behind Joseph Benavidez (five).
Figueiredo’s 11 knockdowns landed in UFC flyweight competition are tied for most in divisional history.
Montel Jackson’s (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) six-fight UFC winning streak at bantamweight is the third-longest active streak in the division behind Merab Dvalishvili (13) and Mario Bautista (eight).
Jackson’s 18-second knockout marked the second-fastest finish in UFC bantamweight history behind Erik Perez’s 17-second win at UFC 150.
Jackson’s 11 knockdowns landed in UFC bantamweight competition are most in divisional history.
Jackson has landed a knockdown in seven consecutive UFC fights, tied with Chuck Liddell, Quinton Jackson, Cody Garbrandt, and Josh Emmett for the longest run in company history.
Jackson’s four knockdowns landed at UFC Fight Night 192 are the single-fight record for a UFC bantamweight bout.
Jackson absorbs 1.35 significant strike attempts in UFC bantamweight competition, the second-best rate in divisional history behind Chico Camus (1.31).
Jackson completes 60 percent of his takedown attempts in UFC bantamweight competition, tied for the second-highest rate in divisional history behind Brad Pickett (61.9 percent).
Vicente Luque vs. Joel Alvarez
Vicente Luque’s (23-11-1 MMA, 16-7 UFC) 16 victories in UFC welterweight competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Magny (24), Georges St-Pierre (19) and Matt Brown (17).
Luque’s 14 stoppage victories in UFC welterweight competition are second-most in divisional history behind Brown (15).
Luque’s eight knockout victories in UFC welterweight competition are tied with Thiago Alves and Li Jingliang for second-most in divisional history behind Brown (13).
Luque’s 10 knockdowns landed in UFC welterweight competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Alves (13), Jake Ellenberger (11) and Brown (11).
Luque’s six submission victories in UFC welterweight competition are tied for second-most in divisional history behind Gunnar Nelson (seven).
Luque’s four D’Arce choke submission victories in UFC competition are most in company history.
Luque’s nine fight-night bonuses for UFC welterweight bouts are tied with Brown for second-most in divisional history behind Chris Lytle (10).
Joel Alvarez (22-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has earned all 22 of his career victories by stoppage.
Ricardo Ramos vs. Kaan Ofli
Ricardo Ramos (17-7 MMA, 8-6 UFC) is 4-5 since he moved up to the featherweight division in November 2019.
Ramos is one of two fighters in UFC history to earn multiple knockout victories stemming from a spinning back elbow. Molly McCann also accomplished the feat.
Ramos has earned two of the eight spinning back elbow knockouts in UFC history. McCann, Dong Hyun Kim, Jiri Prochazka, Brunno Ferreira and Uros Medic also accomplished the feat.
Ramos completes 55.2 percent of his takedown attempts in UFC featherweight competition, the highest rate among active fighters in the weight class.
Valter Walker vs. Mohammed Usman
Valter Walker’s (14-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak at heavyweight is tied with Tom Aspinall for the longest active streak in the division.
Walker has earned all three of his UFC victories by submission.
Walker is the only heavyweight in UFC history to earn three consecutive victories by heel hook submission.
Walker’s three heel hook submission victories in UFC competition are second-most in company history behind Rousimar Palhares (four).
Julia Polastri vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Karolina Kowalkiewicz (16-8 MMA, 9-8 UFC) competes in her 19th UFC strawweight bout, the second-most appearances in divisional history behind Angela Hill (27).
Kowalkiewicz’s eight decision victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Hill (nine) and Tecia Pennington (nine).
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.
