History was made at The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale on Friday when the organization officially crowned the inaugural champion of its newest weight class: the women’s strawweight division.

Former Invicta FC titleholder Carla Esparza (10-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) solidified her case for being the sport’s top 115-pound female fighter when she outworked and submitted a dangerous Rose Namajunas (2-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in the third round of the title affair and “TUF 20” tournament final.

Esparza’s “Performance of the Night” effort capped off a noteworthy UFC event that saw more female than male fighters for the first time.

While the TUF 20 Finale will be remembered as the event with the first strawweight champion, other milestones were reached.

Check out 35 post-fight facts about the TUF 20 Finale.

General

The TUF 20 Finale was the first UFC event with no finishes due to strikes since UFC 118 in August 2010. It was just the fifth event in modern UFC history without a knockout/TKO.

The TUF 20 Finale was the first UFC event at Las Vegas’ The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort since the TUF 15 Finale in June 2012.

Esparza, Yancy Medeiros, Jessica Penne and Randa Markos earned $50,000 TUF 20 Finale fight-night bonuses.

The TUF 20 Finale drew an announced attendance of 1,800 for a live gate of $143,000. That’s the lowest numbers for both categories in 2014.

Betting favorites went 6-4 on the card.

Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 2:14:26.

Main card

Esparza earned the inaugural UFC women’s strawweight title with her victory.

Esparza became the 58th fighter in UFC history to win an undisputed championship belt.

Esparza is the only fighter to have earned titles under the UFC and Invicta FC banners.

Esparza extended her career-high winning streak to five fights.

Esparza earned her first submission victory since April 15, 2011 – a span of 1,337 days (more than three years) and six fights.

Esparza is the first UFC women’s strawweight fighter to earn a “Performance of the Night” bonus.

Namajunas suffered the first submission loss of her career. She submitted three opponents to reach the “TUF 20” tournament final.

Charles Oliveira (18-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) improved to 5-2 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in January 2012.

Oliveira earned just the second decision victory of his career and first since Sept. 26, 2009 – a span of 1,903 days (more than five years) and 14 fights.

Oliveira’s three serious submission attempts in the fight tied his career-high first set against Nik Lentz at UFC on VERSUS 4.

Jeremy Stephens (23-11 MMA, 10-10 UFC) became the fifth fighter in UFC history to suffer 10 defeats and earn 10 victories inside the octagon.

Stephens fell to 3-5 in his past eight UFC appearances.

Stephens is 3-2 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in May 2013.

Stephens has suffered both of his featherweight losses by decision.

Daron Cruickshank (16-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) vs. K.J. Noons (13-7 MMA, 2-1 UFC) was the second UFC fight to be deemed a no-contest in the octagon this year. Rani Yahya vs. Johnny Bedford at UFC Fight Night 39 was the other.

Medeiros (11-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by submission.

Joe Proctor (10-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his career.

Penne (12-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned her first decision victory since Nov. 8, 2008 – a span of 2,225 days (more than six years) and nine fights.

Markos (4-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered both of her career losses by decision.

Preliminary card

Felice Herrig (10-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned her first submission victory since Dec. 4, 2010 – a span of 1,469 days (more than four years) and 10 fights.

Lisa Ellis (15-9 MMA, 0-1 UFC) fell to 1-4 in her past five pro bouts.

Ellis suffered her first submission loss since Sept. 30, 2010 – a span of 1,534 days (more than four years) and four fights. Ellis has been finished by submission in six of her nine career losses.

Heather Clark (7-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) improved to 3-3 in her past six fights.

Joanne Calderwood (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) became just the sixth female fighter in UFC history to land 100 or more significant strikes in a single fight.

Seo Hee Ham (15-6 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered her first decision loss since Dec. 17, 2010 – a span of 1,456 days (nearly four years) and 11 fights.

Tecia Torres (5-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all five of her career victories by decision.

Angela Magana (11-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) extended her career-high losing streak to three fights. She has not earned a victory since August 2011.

Aisling Daly (15-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) improved to 2-3 in her past five pro fights.

Daly has earned 13 of her 15 career victories by stoppage.

Alex Chambers (4-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered both of her career losses by submission.

Angela Hill (2-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) registered the first knockdown in the history of the UFC women’s strawweight division.

For complete coverage of The Ultimate Fighter Finale 20, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

FightMetric research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.

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