The UFC event stacked with Israel Adesanya and Nate Diaz broke equality to five to establish an unwanted record
That day in 2021, the leader of mixed martial arts organized the memorable Pay-Per-View.
The event, which has marked the third since the return of the UFC to the arenas for the PPV at the back of the pandemic, went down to the Arena of Gila River in Glendale, in Arizona.
Two titles were at stake at the top of the programming, Israel Adesanya beating Marvin Vettori in the main event to defend his average weight and Brandon Moreno forcing DEIVESON FIGUEREDO to type in their Co-Headliner Championship of fly weights.
From Leon Edwards against Nate Diaz to returns for people like Belal Muhammad and Jamahal Hill, many other first -rate clashes and names were offered during the June 12 event.
And they gathered to make the story with a notable Record from the UFC – and it was not positive.
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The UFC 263 had the most decisions for a single UFC event in history
Before UFC 263, five events were tied for the most decisions during a single event in the history of promotion. These were UFC 169, UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Mousasi, UFC Fight Night: Silva VS Bisping, UFC Fight Night: Werdum against Tybura and UFC Fight Night: Anjos Dos against Edwards.
The event on June 12, 2021, allowed this equality with a colossal 11 decisions on the combat map 14. The record was then linked by the combat evening UFC: Vieira against Tate in November 2021.
Among those to leave with victories on dashboards were Adesanya, Edwards, Belal Muhammad, Brad Riddell and Movsar Evloev.
And the decision -making count was not the only record that the UFC 263 broke. The event also set a new record of duration, with its 3:19:32 of Fight Time at the top of the graphics.
These unwanted discs did not mean that the event lacked entertainment.
Before Moreno delighted in his title Crown against Figueiredo, the card saw Terrance McKinney break a better record when he recorded the fastest finish and the Knockout of the light history of the UFC in amidant Matt Frevola in seven seconds.
And that does not mention the memorable confrontation with five laps between Edwards and Diaz, who saw the crowd on their feet after the Star of Stockton approached an incredible return in the final round.
UFC 263 included one of the most horrible submission movements of all time
Paul Craig, who needs short time to end his fight.
“Bearjew” opened the main PPV card against the then Jamahal Hill champion. The Scottish fighter needed less than two minutes to finish the fight brutally.
Craig dislocated Hill’s elbow with a armband, but the injury initially went unnoticed by the referee.
The veteran candidate finally had to release the catch and punched on his injured rival until the arrival of the TKO stop.
Craig will seek a similar result in his return to the light heavyweight division during the UFC fighting night event in Atlanta on June 14, 2025.
