The octagon made its fortieth journey to Brazil on Saturday with UFC 301 in Rio de Janeiro.

Though it was removed from a stacked lineup within the aftermath of UFC 300 this previous month, the house crowd acquired largely what it needed when nearly all of Brazilian fighters received, together with headliner Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC), who outworked Steve Erceg (12-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) to a unanimous resolution for his second consecutive flyweight title protection.

For extra on the numbers to return out of the cardboard, verify beneath for MMA Junkie’s post-event details from UFC 301.

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Alexandre Pantoja def. Steve Erceg

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Alexandre Pantoja (purple gloves) fights in opposition to Steve Erceg (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Pantoja’s six-fight UFC profitable streak at flyweight is tied with Muhammad Mokaev for the longest energetic streak within the division.

Pantoja’s 12 victories in UFC flyweight competitors are third-most in divisional historical past behind Demetrious Johnson (13) and Joseph Benavidez (13).

Pantoja has earned six of his 12 UFC victories by resolution.

Erceg has suffered each of his profession losses by resolution.

Jose Aldo def. Jonathan Martinez

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Jose Aldo Junior (purple gloves) fights Jonathan Martinez (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Aldo (32-8 MMA, 14-7 UFC) improved to 4-3 since he dropped to the bantamweight division in December 2019.

Aldo has earned all 4 of his UFC bantamweight victories by resolution.

Jonathan Martinez (19-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC) has suffered three of his 4 UFC losses by resolution.

Anthony Smith def. Vitor Petrino

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Anthony Smith (purple gloves) fights Vitor Petrino (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Anthony Smith (38-19 MMA, 13-9 UFC) improved to 9-6 since he moved as much as the UFC light-heavyweight division in June 2018.

Smith improved 13-8 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in February 2016. He’s 19-5 since he was first launched from the promotion in June 2013.

Smith has earned 35 of his 38 profession victories by stoppage. That features 12 of his 14 UFC wins.

Vitor Petrino (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) had his 11-fight profitable streak snapped for the primary defeat of his profession.

Michel Pereira def. Ihor Potieria

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Michel Pereira (purple gloves) fights Ihor Potieria (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Pereira (30-11 MMA, 9-2 UFC) improved to 3-0 since he moved as much as the middleweight division in October 2023.

Pereira’s eight-fight UFC profitable streak is tied for third-longest amongst energetic fighters within the firm behind Islam Makhachev (13) and Merab Dvalishvili (10).

Pereira has earned 5 of his 9 UFC victories by stoppage.

Ihor Potieria (20-6 MMA, 2-4 UFC) fell to 1-1 since he dropped to the UFC middleweight division in February 2024.

Potieria has suffered 5 of his six profession losses by stoppage.

Potieria suffered the primary submission lack of his profession.

Caio Borralho def. Paul Craig

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Paul Craig (purple gloves) fights Caio Borralho (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Borralho’s (16-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) six-fight UFC profitable streak at middleweight is tied with Brendan Allen for the second-longest energetic streak within the division behind Dricus Du Plessis (seven).

Borralho earned the primary knockout victory of his UFC profession.

Paul Craig (17-8-1 MMA, 9-8-1 UFC) fell to 1-2 since he dropped to the middleweight division in July 2023.

Craig has suffered all eight of his profession losses by stoppage.

Joanderson Brito def. Jack Shore

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Jack Shore (purple gloves) fights Joanderson Brito (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Joanderson Brito’s (17-3-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) five-fight UFC profitable streak in featherweight competitors is tied for the third-longest energetic streak within the division behind Movsar Evloev (seven) and Ilia Topuria (six).

Brito has earned 15 of his 16 profession victories by stoppage. That features all 5 of his UFC wins.

Brito’s five-fight UFC stoppage streak is the second-longest streak amongst energetic fighters within the firm behind Shavkat Rakhmonov (six).

Jack Shore (7-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) fell to 1-1 since he moved as much as the featherweight division in March 2023.

Shore has suffered each of his profession losses by stoppage.

Shore suffered the primary TKO lack of his profession.

Iasmin Lucindo def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Karolina Kowalkiewicz (purple gloves) fights Iasmin Lucindo (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Iasmin Lucindo’s (16-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC) three-fight UFC profitable streak at strawweight is tied for the third-longest energetic streak within the division behind Tatiana Suarez (six) and Zhang Weili (4)

Lucindo has earned two of her three UFC victories by resolution.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz (16-8 MMA, 9-8 UFC) fell to 6-8 in her previous 14 fights courting again to when she fought for the UFC strawweight title in November 2016.

Myktybek Orolbai def. Elves Brener

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Elves Brener (purple gloves) fights Myktybek Orolbai (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Elves Brener (16-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has suffered all 4 of his profession losses by resolution.

Drakkar Klose def. Joaquim Silva

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Joaquim Silva (purple gloves) fights Drakkar Klose (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Drakkar Klose (14-3-1 MMA, 8-3 UFC) has earned seven of his 9 UFC victories by resolution.

Joaquim Silva (13-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) has suffered three of his 5 of his UFC losses by resolution.

Mauricio Ruffy def. Jamie Mullarkey

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Mauricio Ruffy (purple gloves) fights Jamie Mullarkey (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Ruffy (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all 10 of his profession victories by knockout. He’s completed seven of these wins in Spherical 1.

Jamie Mullarkey (17-8 MMA, 5-6 UFC) has suffered six of his eight profession losses by stoppage.

Mullarkey has suffered all six of his profession stoppage losses by knockout.

Dione Barbosa def. Ernesta Kareckaite

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Dione Barbosa (purple gloves) fights Ernesta Kareckaite (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Ernesta Kareckaite (5-1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had her six-fight unbeaten streak snapped for the primary defeat of her profession.

Alessandro Costa def. Kevin Borjas

Might 4, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL; Alessandro Costa (purple gloves) fights in opposition to Kevin Borjas (blue gloves) throughout UFC 301 at Rio Area. Necessary Credit score: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports activities

Costa (14-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has earned 11 of his 14 profession victories by stoppage. He’s completed each of his UFC wins by knockout.

Kevin Borjas (9-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered two of his three profession losses by stoppage.

Borjas suffered the primary knockout lack of his profession.

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UFC analysis analyst and stay statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Observe him on X @MJCflipdascript.