When I added the "Fan Scoring" feature to this site, I also started tracking point deductions in fights that reached a decision. This was to prevent fans from entering scores greater than the maximum possible score in rounds where deductions were incurred.

So when questions were posed on Twitter about the history of point deductions in the UFC, I used that data to compile the following list. Please note, point deductions in fights that did not reach a decision are NOT reflected in this list.

Of the 20 fights listed below, only six of them had their outcomes changed by the point deduction. Of those six, four fights ended in a draw as a result of the deduction (Ortiz/Evans, Uno/Camoes, Tavares/Lentz and Browne/Kongo). Only two fights were so affected that the winner would have been the loser if not for the deduction(s) (Marquardt/Leites and Caceres/Figueroa).

Point Deductions in UFC Decisions
Date	Event	Fight	Round	Points	Foul	Referee
9/28/2001	UFC 33	Ortiz vs. Matyushenko	2	1	Grabbing the Cage	John McCarthy
9/28/2001	UFC 33	Menne vs. Castillo	4	1	Illegal Knee to a Downed Opponent	John McCarthy
9/27/2002	UFC 39	Uno vs. Thomas	1	1	Illegal Upkick to a Downed Opponent	Larry Landless
2/4/2006	UFC 57	Sakara vs. Sinosic	1	1	Illegal Downward Elbow	Steve Mazzagatti
4/5/2007	UFN 9	Fickett vs. Nakamura	2	1	Illegal Downward Elbow	Steve Mazzagatti
7/7/2007	UFC 73	Evans vs. Ortiz	2	1	Grabbing the Cage	John McCarthy
6/7/2008	UFC 85	Swick vs. Davis	3	1	Grabbing the Cage	Mario Yamasaki
6/7/2008	UFC 85	Leites vs. Marquardt	2	1	Illegal Knee to a Downed Opponent	Herb Dean
6/7/2008	UFC 85	Leites vs. Marquardt	3	1	Elbowing to the Back of the Head	Herb Dean
7/11/2009	UFC 100	Kim vs. Grant	2	1	Illegal Upkick to a Downed Opponent	Mario Yamasaki
11/21/2009	UFC 106	Uno vs. Camoes	2	1	Illegal Upkick to a Downed Opponent	Mario Yamasaki
1/11/2010	UFN 20	Tavares vs. Lentz	3	1	Low Blow (Kick)	Mario Yamasaki
5/8/2010	UFC 113	Hendricks vs. Grant	3	1	Low Blow (Kick)	Marc-Andre Cote
5/29/2010	UFC 114	Escudero vs. Lauzon	3	1	Low Blow (Kick)	Josh Rosenthal
6/19/2010	TUF 11 Finale	Hamill vs. Jardine	2	1	Eye Poke	Herb Dean
10/16/2010	UFC 120	Browne vs. Kongo	3	1	Grabbing Opponent's Shorts	Marc Goddard
12/4/2010	TUF 12 Finale	Bonnar vs. Pokrajac	3	1	Punching to the Back of the Head	Steve Mazzagatti
11/12/2011	UFC on Fox 1	Rosa vs. Lucas	2	1	Spitting Out Mouthpiece	John McCarthy
2/4/2012	UFC 143	Figueroa vs. Caceres	2	2	Low Blow (Kick)	Herb Dean
6/1/2012	TUF 15 Finale	Cruickshank vs. Tickle	1	1	Illegal Upkick to a Downed Opponent	Steve Mazzagatti
12/15/2012	TUF 16 Finale	Elliott vs. Papazian	1	1	Illegal Knee to a Downed Opponent	Chris Tognoni
* - As of May 7th, 2013

It wasn't long ago that MMA fans were lamenting Chad Mendes' inability to finish fights. In fact, during a seven-fight stretch between 2009 and 2011, Mendes went to a decision six times.

That seems like a distant memory after Mendes' performance on Saturday night. Mendes required just over a minute to dispatch Darren Elkins by knockout. It was his third straight UFC knockout victory in under two minutes.

Only two other fighters have managed to win three straight UFC fights by form of knockout in less than two minutes. Vitor Belfort started his UFC career in 1997 by winning his first three fights in under two minutes. Shane Carwin repeated the feat in 2008/2009, also at the beginning of his UFC tenure.

Consecutive Sub-Two Minute KO/TKOs in the UFC
#	Fighter	Streak	Date	Weight Class
1	Vitor Belfort	3	1997	Heavyweight
-	Shane Carwin	3	2008-2009	Heavyweight
-	Chad Mendes	3	2012-2013	Featherweight
4	Tank Abbott	2	1995	Heavyweight
-	Houston Alexander	2	2007	Light Heavyweight
-	Junior dos Santos	2	2008-2009	Heavyweight
-	Brendan Schaub	2	2010	Heavyweight
-	Mike Swick	2	2005	Middleweight
* - As of April 23nd, 2013

With his split decision win over Gilbert Melendez on Saturday night, Benson Henderson has now gone to a decision in each of his seven UFC bouts. Only two other active UFC fighters also currently have seven-fight decision streaks within the organization: Demetrious Johnson and John Hathaway.

Excluding fighters no longer on the UFC's roster, here is the complete list:

Current UFC Decision Streaks *
#	Fighter	Fights
1	John Hathaway	7
-	Benson Henderson	7
-	Demetrious Johnson	7
4	Georges St-Pierre	6
5	Diego Sanchez	5
6	Mark Bocek	4
-	Mike Easton	4
-	Manny Gamburyan	4
-	Clay Guida	4
-	Hatsu Hioki	4
-	Court McGee	4
-	Sam Stout	4
-	Brad Tavares	4
-	Gleison Tibau	4
* - As of April 22nd, 2013

Today, February 16th, is Andy Ogle's 24th birthday. It is also the day that he steps into the Octagon to fight Josh Grispi at UFC on Fuel 7.

Of fighters who have their birthday recorded in our database, only eight others have had UFC fights on their special day. And of those eight fighters, only three have been victorious.

Birthday Fights in the UFC
Date	Event	Birthday Boy	Opponent	Outcome
February 7, 1997	UFC 12	Tra Telligman	Vitor Belfort	LOSS
September 28, 2001	UFC 33	Din Thomas	Fabiano Iha	WIN
October 3, 2005	UFN 2	Thiago Alves	Spencer Fisher	LOSS
August 26, 2006	UFC 62	Hermes Franca	Jamie Varner	WIN
September 23, 2006	UFC 63	Jason Lambert	Rashad Evans	LOSS
May 26, 2007	UFC 71	Jeremy Stephens	Din Thomas	LOSS
December 8, 2007	TUF 6 Finale	Clay Guida	Roger Huerta	LOSS
May 15, 2012	UFC on Fuel 3	Tom Lawlor	Jason MacDonald	WIN
February 16, 2013	UFC on Fuel 7	Andy Ogle	Josh Grispi	WIN
April 6, 2013	UFC on Fuel 9	Marcus Brimage	Conor McGregor	LOSS
April 13, 2013	TUF 17 Finale	Luke Barnatt	Collin Hart	WIN