- Chris Weidman's leg break against Uriah Hall happened seven and a half years after the same thing happened to Anderson Silva against Weidman.
- Weidman and Uriah Hall had actually fought way back in 2010 in Ring of Combat, where Weidman won via first round TKO.
- Weidman has now technically lost six of his last eight fights and all six losses are finishes.
- Valentina Shevchenko has now beaten two Strawweight Champions and a bantamweight champion.
- Valentina Shevchenko joins Amanda Nunes and Joanna Jedrzejczyk in defending their specific titles five times. They trail Ronda Rousey, who had six consecutive UFC title defenses, and a Strikeforce title defense.
- Jessica Andrade has lost three of her last four fights.
- Brendan Allen moves to 5-1 under the UFC/ Dana White banner.
- Alex Oliveira has lost five of his last seven fights.
- After a rough patch in 2019 and 2020, Anthony Smith has scored back-to-back first round finish wins.
- Rose Namajunas has become the first woman to ever lose a UFC title, then regain it.
- The only UFC Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas has never beaten is Carla Esparza, who beat Namajunas for the inaugural title in December 2014.
- Namajunas has fought once per year since 2018.
- Zhang Weili lost her first fight since 2013, which was her debut fight. She'd won 21 consecutive fights. It was the first time she'd been knocked out in pro MMA.
- Jorge Masvidal still hasn't won more than three consecutive fights since joining Strikeforce a decade ago.
- Kamaru Usman's UFC winning streak is at 14. Only Anderson Silva's is longer at 16, though Jon Jones unbeaten streak is at 18. Usman also won two exhibition fights on The Ultimate Fighter.
- Kamaru Usman has tied Tyron Woodley and Pat Miletich with four successful title defenses, Georges St. Pierre had 9, and Matt Hughes had 7 total, 5 in a row.
- Kamaru Usman has finished three of his last four fights.
- Dana White claims that Uriah Hall is the first fighter to win a UFC fight without throwing a strike.
- Andreas Hale wraps us up with a note about how quick the card was.
The main card of #UFC261 is the shortest in UFC history with 19 minutes and 56 seconds of cage time. The second shortest was UFC 92 with 30 minutes and 39 seconds of cage time.
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) April 25, 2021
