By the Numbers: UFC Fight Night 94

Dustin Poirier had lightweight title aspirations. Michael Johnson had other ideas. Johnson ended Poirier’s run of success at 155 pounds in emphatic fashion, knocking out the Louisiana native 1:35 into the opening round of their main event encounter at UFC Fight Night (online betting) in Hidalgo, Texas, on Saturday night. “The Menace” flattened Poirier with a counter right hook, and “The Diamond” couldn’t recover before Johnson sealed his triumph with a couple powerful follow-up punches. Now it’s Johnson who has some intriguing options in arguably the sport’s most difficult division.Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Fight Night “Poirier vs. Johnson,” with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com. 9: Knockdowns in UFC competition for Johnson, the most among active lightweights and No. 2 all-time in the division behind Melvin Guillard (13). 994: Days since Johnson’s last knockout triumph in the Octagon, a second-round KO of Gleison Tibau at UFC 168. The Blackzilian representative’s previous four bouts had gone the distance. 4: Consecutive first-round knockouts for Derek Brunson, who finished Uriah Hall at the 1:41 mark of the opening frame in their middleweight co-headlining bout. That ties him with Stipe Miocic and Mairbek Taisumov for the longest active knockout streak in the UFC. Brunson has also finished …

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