UFC Fight Night 99 post-fight facts: Gegard Mousasi first to record 4 wins in 2016

The first half of the UFC’s Saturday doubleheader went down in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with the entire card streaming on UFC Fight Pass from SSE Arena.

In the main event, Gegard Mousasi (41-6-2 MMA, 8-3 UFC) continued to build his case toward a middleweight title shot when he defeated Uriah Hall (12-8 MMA, 5-6 UFC) by TKO in a rematch of a September 2015 fight which Hall won by shocking stoppage when he landed spinning back kick and flying knee to put the former Strikeforce champ away.

The undercard, meanwhile, saw six other fights inside the distance, with several lesser-known competitors earning key victories.

For more on the UFC’s first event in Northern Ireland in nearly a decade, check out 50 post-fight facts about UFC Fight Night 99.

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General

The Reebok Athlete Outfitting payout for the event totaled $112,500.

Debuting fighters went 4-3 at the event.

Jack Marshman, Kevin Lee, Justin Ledet and Abdul Razak Alhassan earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 99 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 99 drew an announced attendance of 7,222 for a live gate of $850,000

Betting favorites went 9-4 on the card.

Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 2:17:54.

Main card

Mousasi earned his second UFC victory in a 42-day stretch.

Mousasi improved to 6-1 in his past seven UFC appearances.

Mousasi’s four-fight UFC winning streak in welterweight competition is tied for the fourth longest active streak in the division behind Yoel Romero (eight) Derek Brunson (five) and Michael Bisping (five).

Mousasi has earned 34 of his 41 career victories by stoppage. He’s earned 31 of those stoppages in Round 1.

Hall suffered his third consecutive loss, the longest skid of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since September 2015.

Hall fell to 2-4 in his past six UFC appearances.

Hall has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by knockout.

Ross Pearson

Ross Pearson (19-13 MMA, 11-10 UFC) fell to 6-6 with one no-contest since he returned to the UFC lightweight division in December 2012.

Pearson’s three split-decision losses in UFC competition are tied with six other fighters for most in company history.

Timothy Johnson

Timothy Johnson (10-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over his four-fight UFC career.

Johnson has suffered both of his UFC losses by decision.

Artem Lobov (13-12-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) earned back-to-back victories for the first time since 2013.

Lobov has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.

Teruto Ishihara (9-3-2 MMA, 2-1-1 UFC) suffered his first decision loss since Dec. 18, 2011 – a span of 1,798 days (nearly five years) and 10 fights.

Preliminary card

Jack Marshman

Marshman (21-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) improved to 4-0 with four stoppages in 2016.

Marshman improved to 9-1 in his past 10 fights.

Marshman has earned 18 of his 21 career victories by stoppage.

Cedenblad (14-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has suffered all five of his career losses by stoppage.

Cedenblad suffered his first knockout loss since his MMA debut on April 20, 2007 – a span of 3,501 days (nearly 10 years) and 18 fights.

Kyoji Horiguchi

Kyoji Horiguchi’s (18-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in flyweight competition is the third longest active streak in the division behind Demetrious Johnson (10) and Joseph Benavidez (five).

Horiguchi’s six victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Johnson (10) and Benavidez (nine).

Horiguchi has earned five of his seven UFC victories by decision.

Horiguchi has landed a greater number of significant strikes than his opponent in all but one of his UFC bouts.

Ali Bagautinov (14-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has suffered all five of his career losses by decision.

Kevin Lee (14-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has completed at least one takedown against eight of his nine UFC opponents.

Magomed Mustafaev (13-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) had his 11-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since April 2012.

Mustafaev suffered his first submission loss since April 8, 2012 – a span of 1,686 days (nearly five years) and 12 fights.

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

Amanda Cooper (2-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) earned the first decision victory of her career.

Anna Elmose

Anna Elmose (3-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) was unsuccessful in her UFC strawweight debut.

Elmose suffered the first decision loss of her career.

Ledet (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) improved to 3-0 with one no-contest since he returned to MMA competition after a nearly four-year layoff.

Ledet has earned seven of his eight career victories by stoppage.

Mark Godbeer (11-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by stoppage.

Zak Cummings (20-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) improved to 5-2 since he dropped to the welterweight division in August 2013.

Cummings has earned 15 of his 20 career victories by stoppage.

Alexander Yakovlev (23-8-1 MMA, 2-4 UFC) suffered his first submission loss since Feb. 28, 2009 – a span of 2,821 days (nearly eight years) and 16 fights.

Marion Reneau

Marion Reneau (7-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has earned six of her seven career victories by stoppage.

Milana Dudieva (11-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered both of her UFC losses by knockout.

Brett Johns (13-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) became the first Welshman to earn a UFC victory.

Johns’ 11 takedowns landed set a new single-fight record for UFC/WEC bantamweight bout.

Kwan Ho Kwak (9-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his nine-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

Abdul Razak Alhassan (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all his career victories by first-round knockout in a total fight time of 6:31.

Charlie Ward (2-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by knockout.

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 99, 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.