UFC Fight Night 256 post-event facts: Prelim winner makes history with rare submission
UFC Fight Night 256 post-event facts: Prelim winner makes history with rare submission
UFC Fight Night 256 took place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, with seven of 11 bouts ending inside the distance.
The headliner needed less than one round, with surging welterweight contender Michael Morales (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) extending his undefeated record with a first-round TKO of former title challenger Gilbert Burns (22-9 MMA, 15-9 UFC).
For more on the numbers in the aftermath of the card, check below for MMA Junkie's post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 256.
Events stats
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $167,000.
Debuting fighters went 1-1 at the event.
Morales, Denise Gomes, Melquizael Costa and Julian Erosae earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 256 fight-night bonuses.
The UFC sold VIP tickets to fans for UFC Fight Night 256, but the promotion did not make public the total number of tickets sold or the gate.
Betting favorites went 10-1 on the card.
Betting favorites improved to 11-6 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 1;36:48.
Michael Morales def. Gilbert Burns
Morales' six-fight UFC winning streak at welterweight is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Jack Della Maddalena (eight) and Shavkat Rakhmonov (seven).
Morales has earned 14 of his 18 career victories by stoppage.
Morales has earned four of his six UFC victories by knockout.
Burns' four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since April 2023.
Burns fell to 3-6 in his past nine fights dating back to February 2021.
Burns fell to 7-6 since he returned to the welterweight division in August 2019.
Burns has suffered all four of his career stoppage losses by knockout.
Mairon Santos def. Sodiq Yusuff
Sodiq Yusuff (13-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since October 2022.
Yusuff has suffered three of his four UFC losses by decision.
Nursulton Ruziboev def. Dustin Stoltzfus
Nursulton Ruziboev (36-9-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) improved to 2-0 since he returned to the UFC middleweight division.
Ruziboev earned his first decision victory since May 20, 2017 – a span of 6,572 days and 33 fights.
Dustin Stoltzfus (16-7 MMA, 3-6 UFC) has suffered three of his six career losses by decision.
Melquizael Costa def. Julian Erosa
Costa (24-7 MMA, 5-2 UFC) became the first fighter to go 3-0 in the UFC in 2025.
Costa's five-fight UFC winning streak at featherweight is the third-longest active streak in the division behind Movsar Evloev (eight) and Lerone Murphy (eight).
Erosa (30-12 MMA, 9-8 UFC) fell to 8-4 since he returned to the UFC for a third stint in June 2020.
Gabe Green def. Matheus Camilo
Gabe Green (12-5 MMA, 3-3 UFC) was successful in his UFC lightweight debut.
Green has earned 11 of his 12 career victories by stoppage.
Matheus Camilo (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by submission.
Jared Gordon def. Thiago Moises
Jared Gordon (21-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC) improved to 6-6 with one no contest in UFC lightweight competition.
Gordon has earned all three of his UFC stoppage victories by knockout.
Yadier del Valle def. Connor Matthews
Connor Matthews' (7-4 MMA, 0-3 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since October 2023.
Matthews has suffered three of his four career losses by stoppage.
Matthews suffered the first submission loss of his career.
Luana Santos def. Tainara Lisboa
Luana Santos (9-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has earned five of her six career stoppage victories by submission.
Santos earned the first Americana submission finish in women's UFC competition. It was the ninth finish of its kind overall in company history.
Tainara Lisboa (7-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has suffered both of her career stoppage losses by submission.
Denise Gomes def. Elise Reed
Gomes (11-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned seven of her 11 career victories by stoppage.
Elise Reed (8-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over her past 10 fights.
Reed has suffered all five of her career losses by stoppage.
HyunSung Park def. Carlos Hernandez
HyunSung Park (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has earned eight of his 10 career victories by stoppage.
Tecia Pennington def. Luana Pinheiro
Tecia Pennington's (15-7 MMA, 11-7 UFC) 11 victories in UFC strawweight competition are second-most in divisional history behind Angela Hill (12).
Pennington has earned 13 of her 15 career victories by decision.
Luana Pinheiro's (11-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of her career. She hasn't earned a victory since April 2023.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC Fight Night 256.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.
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