The final numbered UFC event of 2024 went down Saturday with UFC 310, which went down at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and featured a plethora of notable results from familiar faces.
The most high-stakes result of the night came in the headliner, when Alexandre Pantoja (29-5 MMA, 13-3 UFC) spoiled the octagon debut of former RIZIN FF champion Kai Asakura (21-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) with a second-round submission finish to register his third title defense.
For more on the numbers to come out of the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 310.
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Alexandre Pantoja def. Kai Asakura
Pantoja’s three UFC title defenses are tied with Islam Makhachev and Alex Pereira for most among current champions.
Pantoja’s four victories in UFC flyweight championship fights are second-most in divisional history behind Demetrious Johnson (12).
Pantoja’s 13 victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied with Johnson and Joseph Benavidez for most in divisional history.
Pantoja’s seven-fight UFC winning streak at flyweight is the longest active streak in the division.
Pantoja’s seven stoppage victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied with Johnson and Deiveson Figueiredo for most in divisional history.
Pantoja’s five submission victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied with Johnson for most in divisional history.
Pantoja’s six fight-night bonus for UFC flyweight bouts are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Johnson (nine) and Brandon Moreno (seven).
Asakura suffered the first submission loss of his career.
Shavkat Rakhmonov def. Ian Machado Garry
Shavkat Rakhmonov’s (19-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) seven-fight UFC winning streak at welterweight is tied with Jack Della Maddalena for the longest active streak in the division.
Rakhmonov earned the first decision victory of his career.
Ian Machado Garry (15-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) had his 15-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.
Ciryl Gane def. Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov (38-11 MMA, 12-5 UFC) has suffered six of his 10 career losses by decision.
Bryce Mitchell def. Kron Gracie
Bryce Mitchell (17-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) earned the first knockout victory of his career.
Kron Gracie (5-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) has suffered three consecutive losses after start his career 5-0.
Gracie suffered the first stoppage loss of his career with a knockout defeat.
Dooho Choi def. Nate Landwehr
Dooho Choi (16-4-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) has earned 14 of his 16 career victories by stoppage. He’s finished 13 of those wins by knockout.
Nate Landwehr (18-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) has suffered three of his four UFC losses by stoppage.
Dominick Reyes def. Anthony Smith
Dominick Reyes (14-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) has earned 11 of his 14 career victories by stoppage. That includes five of his eight UFC wins.
Reyes outlanded his opponent by a +100 significant strike margin (121 to 21), the third-largest disparity in a UFC light heavyweight fight.
Anthony Smith (37-21 MMA, 13-11 UFC) fell to 9-8 since he moved up to the UFC light heavyweight division in June 2018.
Smith has suffered 16 of his 21 career losses by stoppage.
Vicente Luque def. Themba Gorimbo
Luque’s (23-10-1 MMA, 16-6 UFC) 16 victories in UFC welterweight competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Neil Magny (22), 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 nine fight-night bonuses for UFC welterweight bouts are tied with Brown for second-most in divisional history behind Chris Lytle (10).
Movsar Evloev def. Aljamain Sterling
Movsar Evloev’s (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) eight-fight UFC winning streak at featherweight is the longest active streak in the division.
Evloev has earned all nine of his UFC victories by decision.
Evloev is the first in UFC history to start 9-0 in the promotion with all decision wins.
Evloev has completed 43 takedowns in his nine UFC appearances.
Evloev has landed two or more takedowns against eight of his nine UFC opponents.
Aljamain Sterling (24-5 MMA, 16-5 UFC) fell to 1-1 since he moved up to the featherweight division in April 2024.
Sterling has suffered three of his five career losses by decision.
Bryan Battle def. Randy Brown
Bryan Battle (12-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) improved to 5-1 with one no contest since he dropped to the UFC welterweight division in August 2022.
Eryk Anders def. Chris Weidman
Eryk Anders (17-7 MMA, 9-8 UFC) has earned 10 of his 16 career victories by stoppage. He’s finished all five of his UFC stoppage victories by knockout.
Chris Weidman (16-8 MMA, 12-8 UFC) fell to 2-5 in his past seven fights dating back to November 2018.
Weidman has suffered seven of his eight career losses by stoppage. He’s been knocked out in all of those defeats.
Joshua Van def. Cody Durden
Joshua Van (12-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) has earned four of his five UFC victories by decision.
Van landed 173 significant strikes, the second highest total in a UFC flyweight fight. Jeff Molina holds the record with 189 significant strikes landed at UFC 261.
Michael Chiesa def. Max Griffin
Michael Chiesa (20-7 MMA, 13-7 UFC) improved to 6-3 since he moved up to the welterweight division in December 2018.
Chiesa’s seven submission victories via rear-naked choke in UFC competition are tied with Kenny Florian for second-most in company history behind Demian Maia (nine).
Chiesa has completed at least one takedown against 18 of his 20 UFC opponents.
Max Griffin (19-11 MMA, 8-9 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his career.
Chase Hooper def. Clay Guida
Hooper (14-3-1 MMA, 7-3 UFC) improved to 4-0 since he moved up to the lightweight division in May 2023.
Hooper’s four-fight UFC winning streak at lightweight is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Makhachev (13) and Paddy Pimblett (six).
Hooper has earned 12 of his 15 career victories by stoppage. That includes six of his seven UFC wins.
Clay Guida (38-25 MMA, 18-19 UFC) fell to 6-8 since he returned to the UFC lightweight division in June 2017.
Guida’s 19 losses in UFC competition are most in company history.
Guida has suffered 14 of his 25 career losses by stoppage. That includes 10 of his 19 UFC defeats.
Kennedy Nzechukwu def. Lukasz Brzeski
Nzechukwu (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) improved to 2-0 since he moved up to the heavyweight division in October.
Nzechukwu has earned 10 of his 11 career stoppage victories by knockout.
Lukasz Brzeski (9-6-1 MMA, 1-5 UFC) has suffered four of his six career losses by stoppage. He’s been knocked out in all of those defeats.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 310.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.