Now that the dust has settled, here are 10 post-'UFC 170' fight facts:
1.) Betting favorites went 10-1 at the event. Ernest Chavez (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who defeated Yosdenis Cedeno (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in the first bout of the night, was the lone underdog to emerge victorious
2.) Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 1:52:32
3.) Rousey’s three-fight UFC winning streak is tied with Alexis Davis for the longest active streak in the women’s bantamweight division
4.) UFC 170 drew an announced attendance of 10,217 for a live gate of $1.5 million
5.) Rousey, Stephen Thompson, Rory MacDonald and Demian Maia earned $50,000 UFC 170 fight-night bonuses
6.) Rousey earned the first non-armbar submission victory of her professional career; she stopped McMann with strikes at the 1:06 mark of Round 1 for her first-ever knockout victory
7.) McMann suffered the first loss of her professional career
8.) Rousey’s quick finish was the fastest knockout in UFC women’s bantamweight history and the sixth fastest knockout in UFC title fight history behind Andrei Arlovski (UFC 55), Frank Shamrock (UFC 16), Tito Ortiz (UFC 30) , Vitor Belfort (UFC 46) and Junior dos Santos (UFC on FOX 1)
9.) Daniel Cormier (14-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) was successful in the first light heavyweight bout of his career
10.) Cormier’s 79-second victory marked his shortest fight since he recorded a 62-second win in an August 2010 Strikeforce bout.
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