The UFC’s final network-televised event of the year took place Saturday, and fans at Phoenix’s U.S. Airways Center had the opportunity to witness a historic UFC on FOX 13 main event.

Former UFC champion Junior Dos Santos (17-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and top contender Stipe Miocic (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) collided in a back-and-forth brawl that set a new divisional record for most significant strikes landed.

The 12-bout card saw five first-round finishes, with four ending in less than two minutes.

Plenty of footnotes came out of the UFC’s latest offering on FOX. Check out 50 post-fight facts about UFC on FOX 13.

General

UFC on FOX 13 was the first UFC event in Arizona.

Dos Santos, Miocic, Matt Mitrione and Ian Entwistle earned $50,000 UFC on FOX 13 fight-night bonuses.

UFC on FOX 13 drew an announced attendance of 15,300 for a live gate of $1.5 million.

Betting favorites went 8-4 on the card.

Total fight time for the 12-bout card was 2:02:25.

Main card

Dos Santos and Miocic combined for 222 significant strikes landed, a new single-fight UFC heavyweight record. Mark Hunt and Antonio Silva, who combined for 202 at UFC Fight Night 33, held the previous record.

Dos Santos’ 123 significant strikes landed were the third most in a UFC heavyweight fight. Tim Sylvia, who landed 139 against Wesley Correira at UFC 39, holds the individual record.

Dos Santos has landed 708 significant strikes in UFC heavyweight competition, the most in divisional history.

Dos Santos earned his 11th UFC heavyweight victory and tied three fighters for the third most wins in divisional history behind Frank Mir (14) and Andrei Arlovski (12).

Dos Santos landed the 12th knockdown of his UFC career and tied Lyoto Machida for the fourth most knockdowns in company history behind Anderson Silva (17), Chuck Liddell (14) and Melvin Guillard (13).

Dos Santos earned his first decision victory since July 11, 2011 – a span of 1,251 days (more than three years) and six fights.

Dos Santos successfully defended 17 of 18 takedown attempts, boosting his career takedown defense rate to 80.2 percent, the third highest in divisional history behind Arlovski (88.4 percent) and Mark Hunt (85.3 percent).

Dos Santos was awarded the fifth fight-night bonus of his UFC career, which is tied for the second most in divisional history behind Roy Nelson (six).

Miocic suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Rafael dos Anjos (23-7 MMA, 12-5 UFC) earned his 12th UFC lightweight victory and tied Donald Cerrone for the third most in divisional history behind Gleison Tibau (13) and Jim Miller (13).

Dos Anjos improved to 8-1 in his past nine UFC appearances with the lone defeat in that stretch coming to Khabib Nurmagomedov, who’s ranked No. 3 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA lightweight rankings.

Dos Anjos has earned five of his past seven UFC victories by decision. He has earned seven of his 12 wins with the promotion by taking his opponent the distance.

Dos Anjos’ five successful guard passes tied a personal best in his 17-fight UFC career.

Nate Diaz (17-10 MMA, 12-8 UFC) fell to 4-5 in his past nine UFC fights. He has just one victory in his past four bouts.

Diaz has suffered eight of his 10 career losses by decision.

Alistair Overeem (38-14 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has earned two of his three UFC victories by first-round knockout.

Overeem averages 5.45 strikes landed per minute of fighting, the second highest rate in heavyweight history behind Velasquez (6.21).

Overeem’s strike differential rate of +3.81 in UFC heavyweight competition is the second highest in divisional history behind Velasquez (+4.52).

Overeem absorbs just 1.64 significant strikes per minute of fighting, the second lowest rate among active heavyweights behind Velasquez (1.69).

Stefan Struve (25-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) is on the first two-fight losing streak of his career.

Struve was held to less than five significant strikes in a fight for the fifth time in his UFC career.

Struve has suffered all five of his UFC losses by knockout.

Mitrione (9-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) has earned eight of his nine career victories by knockout.

Mitrione’s eight knockout victories in UFC heavyweight competition are tied with Arlovski for the second most in divisional history behind Velasquez (nine).

Mitrione’s eight knockdowns landed in UFC heavyweight competition are tied with Arlovski for the third most among active heavyweights behind Dos Santos (12) and Velasquez (nine).

Gabriel Gonzaga (16-9 MMA, 11-8 UFC) has suffered seven of his nine career losses by knockout.

Preliminary card

Joanna Jedrzejczyk (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) became the first fighter in history to earn two UFC women’s strawweight victories.

Jedrzejczyk has earned five of her eight career victories by decision. That includes both of her UFC wins.

Claudia Gadelha (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had her 12-fight winning streak snapped and suffered the first defeat of her career.

John Moraga (16-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) earned his fifth UFC flyweight victory and tied John Lineker for the third most wins in divisional history behind champion Demetrious Johnson (seven) and Joseph Benavidez (six).

Moraga’s four stoppage victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied with Benavidez and Lineker for the most in divisional history.

Moraga’s three submission victories in UFC flyweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Ed Herman (22-10 MMA, 9-6 UFC) vs. Derek Brunson (12-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) was scratched from the event due to Brunson’s stomach illness.

Ben Saunders (18-6-2 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has earned both of his victories since his UFC return by submission.

Joe Riggs (40-15 MMA, 4-5 UFC) has suffered 13 of his 15 career losses by stoppage.

Jamie Varner (21-11-1 MMA, 3-6 UFC) announced his MMA retirement following his first-round submission loss to Drew Dober (15-6 MMA, 1-2 UFC).

Varner fell to 2-5 since he returned to the UFC in May 2012. “C-4” retired on the first four-fight losing streak of his 34-fight career.

Bryan Barberena (10-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned eight of his 10 career victories by knockout.

Joe Ellenberger (15-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Henry Cejudo (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned his past three victories by decision after stopping his opponent inside the distance in his first four pro contests.

Entwistle (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned all of his career victories by some form of stoppage.

Entwistle has earned seven of his nine career victories by submission.

Entwistle’s 63-second heel-hook submission victory is the sixth fast submission finish of its kind in UFC history.

Anthony Birchak (11-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered his first submission loss since Sept. 24, 2011 – a span of 1,176 days (more than three years) and six fights. Birchak has suffered both of his career losses by submission.

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FightMetric (www.fightmetric.com) research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript (www.twitter.com/mjcflipdascript).