UFC Fight Night 276 pre-event facts: Can Melquizael Costa keep rolling?

The UFC’s 12-week run of events comes to a conclusion Saturday with UFC Fight Night 276 from Meta APEX in Las Vegas (Paramount+).

With the card going head-to-head against Netflix’s debut MMA event, the promotion didn’t exactly put on a full court press. Ranked featherweights Arnold Allen (20-4 MMA, 11-3 UFC) and Melquizael Costa (27-7 MMA, 7-2 UFC) meet in a five-round main event, but otherwise it’s a thin undercard, and the numbers show it.

Check below for MMA Junkie’s UFC Fight Night 276 pre-event facts below.

Arnold Allen vs. Melquizael Costa

Arnold Allen

Arnold Allen, UFC 324 ceremonial weigh-ins

Allen is one of six fighters in UFC history to start 10-0 in the octagon. Anderson Silva, Kamaru Usman, Alexander Volkanovski, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Royce Gracie also accomplished the feat.

Allen is one of 15 fighters in UFC history to earn 10 consecutive UFC victories.

Melquizael Costa

Costa’s seven-fight winning streak at featherweight is the second-longest active streak I the division behind Movsar Evloev (nine).

Costa has earned four of his seven UFC victories by stoppage.

Costa has earned one of six knockouts in UFC history stemming from a spinning back kick to the head. He won with the technique at UFC Fight Night 267. Renan Barao, Uriah Hall, Magomed Mustafaev, Joaquin Buckley, and Natalia Silva also accomplished the feat.

Dooho Choi vs. Daniel Santos

Dooho Choi (16-4-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) has earned 14 of his 16 career victories by stoppage. He’s finished 13 of those wins by knockout.

Choi’s 18-second knockout of Juan Puig at UFC Fight Night 57 stands as the second-fastest debut in UFC featherweight history behind Makwan Amirkhani’s eight-second win at UFC on FOX 14.

Modestas Bukauskas vs. Rodolfo Bellato

Modestas Bukauskas (20-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) is 6-2 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in February 2023.

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.

Bellato is one of two fighters in UFC history to have a record of 1-1-1 with one no contest in his first four octagon appearances. Damon Jackson also accomplished the feat.

Bellator lands 59 percent of his significant strike attempts in UFC light heavyweight competition, the best rate among active fighters in the weight class.

Timothy Cuamba vs. Bernardo Sopaj

Timmy Cuamba (10-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has completed at least one takedown against all four of his UFC opponents.

Tuco Tokkos vs. Ivan Erslan

Ivan Erslan’s (14-6 MMA, 0-3 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since February 2024.

Ketlen Vieira vs. Jacqueline Cavalcante

Ketlen Vieira (15-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) competes in her 14th UFC women’s bantamweight bout, ted for the third-most appearances in divisional history behind Raquel Pennington (18) and Amanda Nunes (15).

Vieira is 5-5 in her past 10 fights after starting her career on a 10-fight winning streak.

Vieira’s eight victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Nunes (13) and Pennington (12).

Vieira’s seven decision victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are second-most in divisional history behind Pennington (10).

Vieira defends 88.9 percent of all opponent takedown attempts in UFC women’s bantamweight competition, the best rate in divisional history.

Jacqueline Cavalcanti’s (10-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak at women’s bantamweight is the third-longest active streak in the division behind Ailin Perez (six) and Joselyne Edwards (five).

Cavalcanti has earned all five of her UFC victories by decision.

Andre Petroski vs. Cody Brundage

Cody Brundage (11-9-1 MMA, 5-9 UFC) becomes the first fighter to make three UFC appearances in 2026.

Brundage’s four-fight winless skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since March 2025.

Brundage is one of 15 fighters in UFC history to earn a knockout stemming from a slam. He accomplished the feat at UFC on ESPN 52.

Alice Ardelean vs. Polyana Viana

Polyana Viana’s (13-8 MMA, 4-7 UFC) three-fight losing skid is tied for the longest of her career. She’s 1-4 in his past five fights dating back to May 2022.

Viana’s average fight time of 7:51 in UFC strawweight competition is shortest in divisional history.

Viana’s three submission victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Mackenzie Dern (five) and Tatiana Suarez (four).

Daniel Barez vs. Luis Gurule

Luis Gurule (10-3 MMA, 0-3 UFC) has suffered three consecutive losses after starting his career 10-0.

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

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