The first UFC event in the newly renamed Meta APEX in Las Vegas took place Saturday with UFC Fight Night 266, where the judges were needed early and often with nine of 13 fights going the distance.
One person who didn’t need the help of the judges was headliner Mario Bautista (17-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC), who put a clinic on Vinicius Oliveira (23-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) en route to a second-round submission that put him back in the mix of bantamweight title contenders.
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For more on the numbers coming out of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 266.
Event stats
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $206,500.
Debuting fighters went 0-1 at the event.
Bautista, Jakub Wiklacz, Michal Oleksiejczuk and Marc-Andre Barriault earned $100,000 UFC Fight Night 266 fight-night bonuses. Two fighters earned $25,000 finish bonuses.
The UFC sold VIP tickets to fans for UFC Fight Night 266, but the promotion did not make public the total number of tickets sold or the gate.
Betting favorites went 11-2 on the card.
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Betting favorites improved to 2-1 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 2:48:09.
Mario Bautista def. Vinicius Oliveira
Bautista has earned 10 of his 17 career victories by stoppage.
Oliveira has suffered all four of his career losses by stoppage.
Oliveira suffered the first submission loss of his career.
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Amir Albazi
Kyoji Horiguchi (36-5 MMA, 9-1 UFC) improved to 2-0 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in November 2025.
Horiguchi’s five-fight UFC winning streak at flyweight is the second-longest active streak in the division behind Joshua Van (six).
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Horiguchi has earned six of his nine UFC victories by decision.
Amir Albazi (17-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by decision.
Rizvan Kuniev def. Jailton Almeida
Jailton Almeida (21-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) fell to 7-3 since he moved up to the UFC heavyweight division in May 2022.
Almeida has suffered three of his five career losses by decision.
Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Marc-Andre Barriault
Michal Oleksiejczuk (22-9 MMA, 10-7 UFC) improved to 6-4 since he dropped to the UFC middleweight division in August 2022.
Marc-Andre Barriault (17-11 MMA, 6-10 UFC) has suffered seven of his 11 career losses by decision.
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Farid Basharat def. Jean Matsumoto
Farid Basharat’s (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak at bantamweight is the second-longest active streak in the division behind Aiemann Zahabi (six).
Basharat has earned five of his six UFC victories by decision.
Jean Matsumoto (17-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) fell to 1-2 in his past three fights after starting his career 16-0.
Matsumoto has suffered both of his career losses by split decision.
Dustin Jacoby def. Julius Walker
Dustin Jacoby (22-9-1 MMA, 10-6-1 UFC) improved to 10-5-1 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in October 2020.
Jacoby has earned 16 of his 22 career victories by stoppage. That includes seven of his 10 UFC wins.
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Jacoby’s seven knockout victories in UFC light heavyweight competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Chuck Liddell (10) and Mauricio Rua (eight).
Julius Walker (7-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) fell to 1-2 in his past three fights after starting his career 6-0.
Walker has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout.
Daniil Donchenko def. Alex Morono
Alex Morono’s (24-13 MMA, 13-10 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since April 2024.
Morono fell to 1-5 in his past six fights dating back to October 2023.
Morono has suffered nine of his 14 career losses by decision.
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Nikolay Veretennikov def. Niko Price
Nikolay Veretennikov (14-7 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has earned 11 of his 14 career victories by stoppage.
Niko Price (16-10 MMA, 8-10 UFC) has suffered eight of his 10 career losses by stoppage.
Ketlen Souza def. Bruna Brasil
Ketlen Souza (16-6 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has earned two of her three UFC victories by decision.
Javid Basharat def. Gianni Vazquez
Javid Basharat (15-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has earned all four of his UFC victories by decision.
Gianni Vazquez (13-6 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered four of his six career losses by decision.
Wang Cong def. Eduarda Moura
Eduarda Moura (12-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has suffered both of her career losses by decision.
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Jakub Wiklacz def. Muin Gafurov
Jakub Wiklacz (18-3-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned all 11 of his career stoppage victories by submission.
Muin Gafurov (20-7 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by submission.
Klaudia Sygula def. Priscila Cachoeira
Klaudia Sygula (8-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of her UFC victories by decision.
Priscila Cachoeira (13-8 MMA, 5-8 UFC) fell to 5-8 in her past 13 fights after starting her career 8-0.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Vegas 113 post-event facts: Chuck Liddell record under threat
