UFC 204, which took place Saturday at Manchester Arena in England, delivered in almost every way imaginable with nine stoppages in 11 scheduled fights.

One of two fights that ended up going the distance was the main event, where UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping (30-7 MMA, 20-7 UFC) edged out Dan Henderson (32-15 MMA, 9-9 UFC) in a highly competitive unanimous decision to defend the belt for the first time.

Prior to the headlining bout, several noteworthy results took place in the UFC’s fourth card in Manchester. For more details, check out 50 post-fight facts about UFC 204.

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General

UFC 204 featured a string of five consecutive submissions, tied with UFC Fight Night 90 for the longest stretch on any event in company history.

UFC 204 featured seven stoppages outside of the first round, which tied UFC Fight Night 80, UFC 185 and UFC Fight Night 42 for the single-event record.

The UFC-Reebok Athlete Outfitting payout for the event totaled $202,500.

Bisping, Henderson, Jimi Manuwa and Iuri Alcantara earned $50,000 UFC 204 fight-night bonuses.

Debuting fighters went 1-0 on the card.

UFC 204 drew an announced attendance of more than 16,000 for a live gate of $1.96 million.

Betting favorites went 7-4 on the card.

Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 1:59:40.

Main card

Bisping improved to 2-0 in rematches during his career.

Bisping’s five-fight UFC winning streak in middleweight competition is tied with Derek Brunson for the second longest active streak in the division behind Yoel Romero (seven).

Bisping’s 20 victories in UFC competition are the most in company history.

Bisping’s 16 UFC middleweight victories are the most in divisional history.

Bisping’s 10 decision victories in UFC competition are tied for third most in company history behind Georges St-Pierre (12) and Gleison Tibau (11).

Bisping became the first fighter in UFC history to win “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series, a UFC championship and make a successful title defense.

Bisping’s 20 UFC victories are the most any of any winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show in history.

Bisping became the first fighter in UFC history to record 100 or more significant strikes in five separate bouts.

Bisping has landed 1,533 significant strikes in UFC competition, the most in history.

Bisping’s 210 leg kicks landed in UFC middleweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Bisping moved into second place on the list for most total fight time in UFC history at 5:48:20. Only former UFC champ Frankie Edgar has more (6:02:49).

Henderson retired after the event, concluding his 7,055-day professional career.

Henderson fell to 3-3 in rematches during his career.

Henderson fell to 2-3 since he returned to the UFC middleweight division in January.

Henderson has suffered eight of his 14 career losses by decision.

Henderson has earned 22 knockdowns in UFC/PRIDE/Strikeforce competition, the second most in the combined history of the three organizations behind Wanderlei Silva (27).

Gegard Mousasi’s (40-6-2 MMA, 7-3 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak in middleweight competition is tied for the fourth longest active streak in the division behind Romero (seven), Brunson (five) and Bisping (five).

Mousasi has earned 33 of his 40 career victories by stoppage.

Vitor Belfort (25-13 MMA, 14-9 UFC) fell to 8-4 since he dropped to the middleweight division in September 2007.

Belfort suffered consecutive losses for the first time since 2005.

Belfort fell to 1-3 in his past four fights.

Belfort has suffered losses only to fighters who have won a tournament championship or held an undisputed title in the UFC, PRIDE or Strikeforce.

Manuwa (16-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned all but one of his career victories by stoppage. That includes four of his five UFC wins.

Ovince Saint Preux (19-9 MMA, 7-4 UFC) suffered his first knockout loss since Sept. 26, 2009 – a span of 2,569 days (more than seven years) and 21 fights.

Stefan Struve (28-8 MMA, 12-6 UFC) has earned 10 of his 12 UFC victories by stoppage.

Struve’s 10 stoppage victories in UFC heavyweight competition are tied with Cain Velasquez and for the fourth most in divisional history behind Frank Mir (13), Gabriel Gonzaga (11) and Andrei Arlovski (11).

Struve’s five submission victories in UFC heavyweight competition are the second most in divisional history behind Mir (eight).

Struve’s 20 submission attempts in UFC heavyweight competition are the second most in divisional history behind Mir (21).

Daniel Omielanczuk (19-6-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC) suffered the first stoppage loss of his career. His previous five losses came by decision.

Mirsad Bektic’s (11-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak in featherweight competition is the fourth longest active streak in the division behind Max Holloway (eight), Conor McGregor (seven) and Yair Rodriguez (five).

Russell Doane (14-7 MMA, 2-4 UFC) suffered his fourth consecutive loss to extend the longest skid of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since July 2014.

Preliminary card

Alcantara (33-7 MMA, 8-4 UFC) improved to 6-3 with one no-contest since he dropped to the UFC bantamweight division in January 2013.

Alcantara earned his first submission victory since Sept. 18, 2010 – a span of 2,212 days (more than six years) and 15 fights.

Brad Pickett (25-12 MMA, 5-7 UFC) fell to 1-2 since he returned to the UFC bantamweight division in March 2015.

Davey Grant (9-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by submission.

Albert Tumenov (16-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC) suffered back-to-back losses for the first time in his career.

Tumenov has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by submission.

Lukasz Sajewski (13-3 MMA, 0-3 UFC) suffered his third consecutive loss after starting his career on a 13-fight winning streak.

Sajewski suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Mike Perry (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned all of his career victories by knockout.

Danny Roberts (13-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Leonardo Santos (16-3-1 MMA, 5-0-1 UFC) extended his winning streak to 11 fights. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since May 2009.

Santos’ four-fight UFC winning streak in lightweight competition is tied for the fourth longest active streak in the division behind Tony Ferguson (eight), Francisco Trinaldo (seven) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (six).

For complete coverage of UFC 204, 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.