For the third consecutive time, a UFC Fight Pass main event ended in a spectacular knockout as Roy Nelson (20-9 MMA, 7-5 UFC) stopped Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (34-9-1 MMA, 5-5 UFC) with a brutal overhand right in the opening round at UFC Fight Night 39.

Friday’s event marked the UFC’s first trip to Abu Dhabi since 2010, and unlike the last visit, the fans were sent home happy as the heavyweight headliner closed the show from the du Arena in memorable fashion.

“Big Country” added Nogueira to his growing list of knockout victims, and in the process, avoided the first three-fight losing streak of his career.

For more on that – plus several other notes of relevance to come out of the UFC’s latest event – here are 35 post-fight facts about UFC Fight Night 39.

GENERAL

Nelson, Clay Guida, Tatsuya Kawajiri and Ramsey Nijem earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 39 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 39 drew an announced attendance of 7,963 for a live gate of $1.86 million. By comparison, UFC 112 in April 2010 drew an announced attendance of 11,008 for a live gate of $3.5 million.

Total fight time of the eight-bout card was 1:09:21.

Betting favorites went 6-1 at the event.

MAIN CARD

Nelson has earned all seven of his UFC victories by knockout. Those seven knockout finishes are tied with Gabriel Gonzaga, Andrei Arlovski and Junior dos Santos for the second most in UFC heavyweight history behind Cain Velasquez (nine).

Nelson has earned six of those seven knockout victories in the first round. His six first-round knockouts under the UFC banner are tied for the third most in company history behind Vitor Belfort (nine) and Anderson Silva (seven).

Nelson was awarded the sixth fight-night bonus of his UFC career, moving him out of a tie with Travis Browne and Stefan Struve into first place for the most bonuses in heavyweight history.

Nogueira suffered back-to-back losses for the first time in his 45-fight career.

Nogueira has suffered all five of his UFC defeats by knockout or submission. Prior to joining the organization, Nogueira had never been stopped in MMA competition.

Nogueira suffered his first knockout loss since Feb. 20, 2010 – a span of 1,511 days (more than four years) and five fights.

Nogueira has been knocked down eight times during his 10-fight UFC career, the most of any heavyweight in company history and tied for the second most of any competitor in UFC history behind Keith Jardine (10). Nogueira was knocked down just three times in 21 PRIDE bouts.

Clay Guida (31-14 MMA, 11-8 UFC) improved to 2-1 since dropping to the UFC featherweight division this past year. “The Carpenter” has earned both of his victories at 145 pounds by decision.

Guida’s three takedowns landed gave him a total of 54 in his UFC career, the fifth most in UFC history behind Georges St-Pierre (87), Gleison Tibau (71), Tito Ortiz (58) and Jon Fitch (58).

Guida’s 10 takedowns attempted gave him a total of 143 in his UFC career, the most in organizational history.

Guida earned his ninth UFC fight-night bonus, the fifth most in history behind Joe Lauzon (12), Anderson Silva (12), Nate Diaz (11) and Chris Lytle (10).

Guida’s total fight time of 4:07:35 during his 19-fight UFC career is the seventh most in company history.

Tatsuya Kawajiri (33-8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered his first defeat in six fights since dropping to the featherweight division.

Kawajiri suffered his first decision loss since Dec. 31, 2006 – a span of 2,658 days (more than seven years) and 18 fights.

Ryan LaFlare’s (11-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak is tied with Dong Hyun Kim for the second longest active streak in the welterweight division behind Matt Brown (six).

LaFlare has earned all four of his UFC victories by decision.

LaFlare improved to 5-0 since returning from a two-and-a-half-year layoff in January of 2013. John Howard (22-9 MMA, 6-4 UFC) has suffered six of his nine career losses by decision.

Ramsey Nijem (9-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC) earned his first knockout victory since June 22, 2012 – a span of 658 days (nearly two years) and five fights.

Beneil Dariush (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

PRELIMINARY CARD

Jared Rosholt (10-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.

Daniel Omielanczuk (16-4-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had his 12-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since June 11, 2010 – a span of 1,400 days (nearly four years).

Omielanczuk has suffered all four of his career losses by decision.

Thales Leites’ (23-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) eight UFC middleweight victories are tied for the seventh most in divisional history behind Anderson Silva (13), Yushin Okami (13), Chris Leben (12), Michael Bisping (10), Nate Marquardt (10) and Demian Maia (nine).

Leites’ three-fight UFC winning streak is tied for the fourth longest active streak in the middleweight division behind champion Chris Weidman (seven), Brad Tavares (five) and Vitor Belfort (four).

Leites is on his first six-fight winning streak since 2006.

Leites is 3-0 since returning to the UFC this past year.

Leites earned just the third knockout victory of his career and his first since Sept. 17, 2005 – a span of 3,128 days (8.5 years) and 21 fights.

Trevor Smith (11-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) fell to 2-4 in his past six fights.

Jim Alers (13-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) extended his MMA winning streak to nine consecutive fights.

Alers earned just the second decision victory of his career.

Alan Omer (18-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered his first decision loss since May 15, 2010 – a span of 1,427 days (nearly four years) and five fights.

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FightMetric live statistics producer and research analyst Michael Carroll contributed to this story.