About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The UFC's return to Canada on Saturday was one for the history books with UFC Fight Night 291 at Rogers Place in Edmonton delivering a record-tying number of finishes for a modern-era event.
Mike Malott (15-2-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) provided the biggest highlight of them all in the main event when he brutally knocked out Joaquin Buckley (22-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) with a perfect knee to elevate his standing in the welterweight division.
For more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie's UFC Fight Night 291 post-event facts.
UFC Fight Night 291 featured 12 stoppage results, tied with UFC Fight Night 283 in August for the single-event record in the modern era.
UFC Fight Night 291 featured 11 consecutive stoppage results, tied with UFC Fight Night 55 in November 2014 for the single-event record in company history.
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $186,500.
Malott, Marc-Andre Barriault, Mandel Nallo and Joel Faglier earned $100,000 UFC Fight Night 291 fight-night bonuses . Eight other fighters earned $25,000 finish bonuses.
UFC Fight Night 291 drew an announced attendance of 16,903 for a live gate of $2,206,902.
Betting favorites improved to 22-11 in UFC headliners this year. Three main events in 2026 have had even odds.
Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 1:42:33.
Malott's five-fight UFC winning streak at welterweight is tied for the second-longest active streak in the division behind Shavkat Rakhmonov (seven).
Malott has earned 13 of his 15 career victories by stoppage. That includes six of his eight UFC wins.
Buckley's three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since December 2024.
Buckley fell to 6-3 since he dropped to the welterweight division in May 2023.
Buckley has suffered all five of his career stoppage losses by knockout.
Jasmine Jasudavicius (16-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) has earned seven of her 10 UFC victories by decision.
Jasudavicius has landed 28 takedowns in UFC women's flyweight competition, the second-most in divisional history behind Valentina Shevchenko (54).
Erin Blanchfield (14-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) has suffered all three of her career losses by decision.
Cristian Perez (16-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned 13 of his 16 career victories by stoppage.
Kyle Nelson (17-8-1 MMA, 5-7-1 UFC) has suffered six of his seven UFC losses by stoppage.
Marc-Andre Barriault (18-11 MMA, 7-10 UFC) has earned 13 of his 18 career victories by stoppage.
Kyle Daukaus (17-6 MMA, 4-6 UFC) fell to 2-2 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in August 2025.
Daukaus has suffered all four of his career stoppage losses by knockout.
Timmy Cuamba (11-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) earned the first submission victory of his career.
Louis Jourdain (9-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered three of his four career losses by stoppage.
Jourdain has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by submission.
Mandel Nallo (15-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned all 15 of his career victories by stoppage.
Nate Landwehr's (18-9 MMA, 5-7 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since March 2024.
Landwehr was unsuccessful in his lightweight debut.
Landwehr has suffered six of his seven UFC losses by stoppage.
Tanner Boser (23-11-1 MMA, 6-6 UFC) has earned all four of his UFC stoppage victories by knockout.
Jhonata Diniz (9-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by knockout.
Nick Galanti (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned seven of his nine career victories by stoppage.
Julien Leblanc (10-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by submission.
Joel Faglier (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned six of his seven career victories by stoppage.
Javad Mahjoub (5-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his five-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.
Katlyn Cerminara (19-6 MMA, 12-6 UFC) improved to 10-5 since she dropped to the UFC flyweight division in January 2018.
Cerminara's 10 victories in UFC women's flyweight competition are second-most in divisional history behind Shevchenko (12).
Cerminara earned her first stoppage victory since March 2016. She earned her previous 11 UFC wins by decision.
Mackenzie Stiller (6-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered both of her career losses by knockout.
Steven Koslow (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned all six of his career victories by submission.
Chad Anheliger (13-9 MMA, 1-4 UFC) has suffered seven of his nine career losses by stoppage.
Anheliger has suffered all seven of his career stoppage losses by submission.
Chelsea Chandler (8-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has earned three of her four UFC victories by stoppage.
Melissa Croden (8-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) suffered the first stoppage loss of her career with a submission defeat.
Cody Chovancek (9-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his nine-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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