UFC 326 post-event facts: Max Holloway makes history in defeat

UFC 326 went down Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and of all the numbered events so far in 2026, it struggled the most to deliver.

That included the highly anticipated BMF title main event, when ended in underwhelming fashion due to Charles Oliveira (37-11 MMA, 25-11 UFC) putting on a display of grappling dominance of a unanimous decision over Max Holloway (27-9 MMA, 23-9 UFC) to take the strap.

Although it wasn’t the best fight, both headliner made history coming out of it. For more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 326.

Event stats

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $261,000.

Drew Dober, Gregory Rodrigues, Alberto Montes and Rodolfo Bellato earned $100,000 UFC 326 fight-night bonuses.

Debuting fighters went 1-2 on the card.

UFC 326 drew an announced attendance of 19,480 for a live gate of $8,305,158.

Betting favorites went 8-4 on the card.

Betting favorites fell to 2-4 in UFC headliners this year.

Total fight time for the 12-bout card was TIME.

Charles Oliveira def. Max Holloway

Oliveira’s 25 UFC victories are second-most in company history behind Jim Miller (27).

Oliveira improved to 16-4 since he returned to the UFC lightweight division April 2017. He’s 17-6 with one no contest in the organization at 155 pounds.

Holloway’s total fight time of 8:52:43 in UFC competition is most in company history.

Holloway has landed 3,681 significant strikes in UFC competition, the most in company history.

Holloway has landed 3,980 total strikes in UFC competition are most in company history.

Holloway has absorbed 2,457 significant strikes in UFC competition, the most in company history.Holloway has suffered seven of his nine career losses by decision.

Caio Borralho def. Reinier de Ridder

Caio Borralho (18-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) has earned six of his eight UFC victories by decision.

Reinier de Ridder (20-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Raul Rosas Jr. def. Rob Font

Raul Rosas Jr.’s (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak at bantamweight is tied for the second-longest active streak in the division behind Aiemann Zahabi (six).

Rob Font (22-10 MMA, 12-9 UFC) fell to 3-6 in his past nine fights dating back to December 2021.

Font has suffered nine of his 10 career losses by decision.

Drew Dober def. Michael Johnson

Dober (29-15 MMA, 15-11 UFC) has earned 12 of his 15 UFC victories by stoppage.

Dober’s 12 stoppage victories in UFC lightweight competition are fourth-most in divisional history behind Miller (17), Oliveira (15) and Joe Lauzon (13).

Dober’s 11 knockout victories in UFC lightweight competition are most in divisional history.

Michael Johnson (24-20 MMA, 16-16 UFC) fell to 5-6 since he returned to the lightweight division in October 2019.

Gregory Rodrigues def. Brunno Ferreira

Rodrigues (19-6 MMA, 10-3 UFC) has earned 15 of his 19 career victories by stoppage.

Brunno Ferreira (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by stoppage.

Ferreira suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Cody Garbrandt def. Xiao Long

Cody Garbrandt (15-7 MMA, 10-7 UFC) improved to 3-2 since he returned to the bantamweight division in March 2023.

Garbrandt has earned all three of his career decision victories under the UFC banner.

Donte Johnson def. Cody Brundage

Donte Johnson (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.

Alberto Montes def. Ricky Turcios

Ricky Turcios’ (12-6 MMA, 2-4 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since November 2022.

Turcios was unsuccessful in his UFC featherweight debut.

Nyamjargal Tumendemberel def. Cody Durden

Cody Durden’s (17-10-1 MMA, 6-8-1 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since September 2024.

Durden fell to 1-6 in his past seven fights dating back to December 2023.

Su Mudaerji def. Jesus Aguilar

Su Mudaerji (19-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) improved to 5-2 since he dropped to the UFC flyweight division in November 2020.

Mudaerji has earned five of his six UFC victories by decision.

Diyar Nurgozhay def. Rafael Tobias

Rafael Tobias (14-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Rodolfo Bellato def. Luke Fernandez

Bellato (13-3-1 MMA, 2-1-1 UFC) has earned 12 of his 13 career victories by stoppage. He’s finished both of his UFC wins by knockout.

Luke Fernandez (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his six-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

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

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