ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 17: Merab Dvalishvili celebrates defeating Henry Cejudo in their … [+] bantamweight weight fight during UFC 298 at Honda Center on February 17, 2024 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
UFC 298 took place on Saturday at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. In the main event, highly ranked featherweight Ilia Topuria took the UFC 145-pound title from Alexander Volkanovski via knockout. Meanwhile, the evening’s co-headliner saw former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker score a decision over ex-title challenger Paulo Costa.
Below we look at the results and stats from the UFC 298 fight card. The main card of the event streamed on ESPN+ pay per view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
UFC 298 Fights and Results
Total Fights: 12
Unanimous Decisions: 6
Split Decisions: 1
Kos/TKOs: 4
Submissions: 1
Betting Favorites: 11-1
Debuting Fighters Record: 3-2
UFC 298 Fights by Weight Division
Middleweight Title: 1
Heavyweight: 1
Light Heavyweight: 1
Middleweight: 2
Welterweight: 3
Bantamweight: 2
Women’s Flyweight: 1
Women’s Strawweight: 1
UFC 298 Fight Stats
Total Knockdowns Landed: 6
Total Submission Attempts: 4
Total Reversals: 3
Total Significant Strikes Attempted: 2,164
Total Significant Strikes Landed: 1,045
Total Significant Head Strikes Attempted: 1,673
Total Significant Head Strikes Landed: 669
Total Significant Body Strikes Attempted: 278
Total Significant Body Strikes Landed: 185
Total Significant Leg Strikes Attempted: 213
Total Significant Leg Strikes Landed: 191
Total Significant Distance Strikes Attempted: 1,866
Total Significant Distance Strikes Landed: 847
Total Significant Clinch Strikes Attempted: 102
Total Significant Clinch Strikes Landed: 66
Total Significant Ground Strikes Attempted: 196
Total Significant Ground Strikes Landed: 132
Total Strikes Attempted: 2,659
Total Strikes Landed: 1,485
Total Takedowns Attempted: 63
Total Takedowns Landed: 26
Noteworthy statistical fights from UFC 298
Shortest three-round fight: Zhang Mingyang knocks out Brendson Ribeiro at 1:41 of Round 1.
Latest finish in a three-round fight: Danny Barlow TKOs Josh Quinlan at 1:18 of Round 3
Most takedowns landed: Merab Dvalishvili lands five takedowns on 11 attempts vs. Henry Cejudo.
Most submission attempts: Anthony Hernandez with two submission attempts vs. Roman Kopylov
Most knockdowns landed: Six fighters with one knockdown each.
Most significant strikes landed in a three-round fight: Danny Barlow and Robert Whittaker each with 95 landed significant strikes.
UFC records set or tied at UFC 298
Merab Dvalishvili tied Aljamain Sterling for longest winning streak in UFC bantamweight history at nine with his win over Henry Cejudo.
Merab Dvalishvili breaks Aljamain Sterling’s UFC bantamweight record for most total strikes landed with 1,736.
Merab Dvalishvili breaks his own UFC bantamweight record for most takedowns with 66.
