UFC Vegas 115 Post-Event Facts: Strawweight Sets Monumental New Record

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Virna Jandiroba, fighting Saturday in UFC Vegas 115.

UFC Vegas 115 delivered on a slew of incredible bouts, including a stellar main event, which saw top 10 contender Renato Moicano retain his place in the lightweight pecking order by finishing superb prospect Chris Duncan. Also, Virna Jandiroba con...

UFC Vegas 115 delivered on a slew of incredible bouts, including a stellar main event, which saw top 10 contender Renato Moicano retain his place in the lightweight pecking order by finishing superb prospect Chris Duncan. Also, Virna Jandiroba continues her stay in the upper most echelon of strawweight with a masterclass performance over fellow Brazilian Tabatha Ricci. 

Check out below for some of the most interesting post-event facts about the main card of UFC Vegas 115:

UFC Vegas 115: José Delano def. Robert Ruchała

José Delano

Delano’s win over Ruchała is his fifth in a row, suffering his last defeat back at LFA 151 in 2023. It’s also his eighth professional victory by decision.

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The records of his last three opponents total to 31-4. 

Robert Ruchała

Ruchala’s loss to Delano is his second consecutive setback. He has lost both of his UFC appearances since joining the company in 2025, with both of those bouts going the distance.

Exiting UFC Vegas 115, he is now 3-3 in his last six contests  

UFC Vegas 115: Tommy McMillen def. Manolo Zecchini

Tommy McMillen

McMillen’s first-round win over Zecchini was his fourth victory by knockout. All of his triumphs by strikes have all come in the first five minutes. The win also netted him his first Fight of the Night bonus 

In the aftermath of UFC Vegas 115, he continues his undefeated run at 10-0 

Manolo Zecchini

Zecchini’s loss to McMillen is his second by finish after losing his UFC debut in 2023 to Morgan Charrière. Four of his five defeats as a professional have come about due to stoppage  

He has not won a fight since 2022.

UFC Vegas 115: Ethyn Ewing def. Rafael Estevam 

Ethyn Ewing

Ewing’s win over Estevam brought his UFC record up to 2-0 after making his first Octagon appearance last year at UFC 322. It also was his second knockout win that had occurred in the third round. 

As a professional, he is 3-0 against opposition possessing undefeated records. With the win at UFC Vegas 115, he extended his current win streak to 10 in a row 

Rafael Estevam 

His appearance at UFC Vegas 115 is his third weight miss in the promotion, failing on the scales twice at flyweight and once at bantamweight. His loss to Ewing is also his first defeat as a professional. 

His UFC record now stands at 3-1 

UFC Vegas 115: Abdul-Rahkman Yakhyaev def. Brendson Ribeiro

Abdul-Rahkman Yakhyaev

Yakhyaev’s win over Ribeiro is his ninth consecutive as a professional, as well as his fifth successive first-round finish.

Three of his last four matches have ended via rear-naked choke. His undefeated record climbed to 9-0.

Brendson Ribeiro

Ribeiro’s loss to Yakhyaev was his third consecutive setback, with all those bouts ending in first- round stoppage. Eight of his 10 defeats have occurred because of finish.

His UFC record now stands at 2-5.  

UFC Vegas 115: Virna Jandiroba def. Tabatha Ricci

Virna Jandiroba

Jandiroba’s victory over Ricci brought her back into the win column after losing to Mackenzie Dern at UFC 321. The triumph also garnered her the achievement of having the most control time in UFC strawweight division history at 1:14:52.

She has now won eight scraps by decision. 

Tabatha Ricci

Ricci’s loss to Jandiroba is her first since November 2024. All her defeats as a professional have come against either future or current ranked contenders.

She is now 3-2 in her tilts that have taken place in the Meta Apex.  

UFC Vegas 115: Renato Moicano def. Chris Duncan

Renato Moicano

Moicano’s win over Duncan served as the first time he had gotten his hand raised since September 2024 after losing two matches in a row to Islam Makhachev and Beneil Dariush. He has now won 11 fights by submission 

He is now 2-1 at events that he has headlined. 

Chris Duncan

His loss to Moicano brought his former four-contest winning streak to an end. It was also only his second setback in UFC. Coincidentally, all his setbacks in the promotion have come by way of rear-naked choke. 

He has not seen the score cards in five of his last six bouts.

ABOUT THE AUTHORHank StrandbergStaff Writer

Hank Strandberg is a combat sports journalist and Staff Writer at MMA Sucka.

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