UFC Fight Night 242 post-event facts: Jessica Andrade makes history in Fight of the Night defeat

The UFC opened its September schedule on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 242 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and the main event saw a welterweight contender continue to emerge.

[autotag]Sean Brady[/autotag] (17-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) showed he's capable of beating a proven former title challenger when he outpaced [autotag]Gilbert Burns[/autotag] (22-8 MMA, 15-8 UFC) for a unanimous decision in the headlining act, setting multiple personal records in the process.

For more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie's post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 242.

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The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $157,500.

Debuting fighters went 1-1 at the event.

[autotag]Natalia Silva[/autotag], [autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag], [autotag]Steve Garcia [/autotag]and [autotag]Cody Durden[/autotag] earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 242 fight-night bonuses.

The UFC sold VIP tickets to fans for UFC Fight Night 242, but the promotion did not make public the total number of tickets sold or the gate.

Betting favorites went 9-3 on the card.

Betting favorites improved to 22-8 in UFC headliners this year.

Total fight time for the 12-bout card was 2:17:43.

Sean Brady def. Gilbert Burns

Brady has earned four of his seven UFC victories by decision.

Burns' three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since April 2023.Burns fell to 3-5 in his past eight fights dating back to February 2021.Burns fell to 7-5 since he returned to the welterweight division in August 2019.Burns has suffered five of his eight career losses by decision.

Natalia Silva def. Jessica Andrade

Silva's (18-5-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) six-fight UFC winning streak at women's flyweight is tied with Maycee Barber for the second-longest active streak in the division behind Manon Fiorot (seven).

Silva has earned four of her six UFC victories by decision.

Andrade (26-13 MMA, 17-11 UFC) was awarded her 11th fight night bonus in UFC competition, the most of any female in company history.

Steve Garcia def. Kyle Nelson

Garcia (17-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has earned all 14 of his career stoppage victories by knockout. That includes all six of his UFC wins.

Garcia's five-fight UFC knockout streak is tied for fourth-longest in company history.

Garcia’s five-fight UFC stoppage streak is tied with Joanderson Brito and Carlos Ulberg for second-longest among active fighters in the company behind Shavkat Rakhmonov (six).

[autotag]Kyle Nelson[/autotag] (16-6-1 MMA, 4-5-1 UFC) has suffered four of his five UFC losses by stoppage.

Cody Durden def. Matt Schnell

Durden (17-6-1 MMA, 6-4-1 UFC) has earned 12 of his 17 career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Matt Schnell[/autotag] (16-9 MMA, 6-7 UFC) has suffered eight of his nine career losses by stoppage.

Yanal Ashmouz def. Trevor Peek

[autotag]Yanal Ashmouz[/autotag] (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by knockout.

[autotag]Trevor Peek[/autotag] (9-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by decision.

Chris Padilla def. Rong Zhu

[autotag]Chris Padilla[/autotag] (15-6 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned 13 of his 15 career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Rong Zhu[/autotag] (25-6 MMA, 1-3 UFC) has suffered five of his six career losses by stoppage.

Zhu suffered the first knockout loss of his career with a doctor's stoppage TKO defeat.

Isaac Dulgarian def. Brendon Marotte

[autotag]Isaac Dulgarian[/autotag] (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned all seven of his career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Brendon Marotte[/autotag] (8-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his career.

Jaqueline Amorim def. Vanessa Demopoulos

[autotag]Jaqueline Amorim[/autotag] (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned all nine of her career victories by stoppage. She's finished seven of those wins by submission.

[autotag]Vanessa Demopoulos[/autotag] (11-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC) suffered the first stoppage loss of her career with a submission defeat.

Nathan Fletcher def. Zygimantas Ramaska

[autotag]Nathan Fletcher[/autotag] (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned eight of his nine career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Zygimantas Ramaska[/autotag] (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered two of his three career losses by stoppage.

Ramaska suffered the first submission loss of his career.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC Fight Night 242.

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

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