In the "Road to UFC: Japan" finale on Saturday night, Mizuto Hirota and Teruto Ishihara fought to a rare split draw. In fact, it was the only the fifth split draw in UFC history and the first since Felipe Arantes and Milton Vieira duked it out at UFC 147 in 2012.

UFC draws of any kind have been hard to come by in recent months. The Hirota-Ishihara draw snapped a streak of over 18 months of draw-free fights in the Octagon.

From a scoring perspective, this draw can be attributed to a 10-10 third-round score by judge Christopher Shen, which made his total 29-29. The other two judges sided with opposite fighters, thus resulting in the split draw.

This was the first time a 10-10 round scored in a UFC fight was the sole cause of a draw since Vernon White drew Ian Freeman on June 6, 2003.

All fourteen draws in the modern-era UFC are listed below, with their primary causes.

Causes of Modern-Era UFC Draws *
Date	Event	Fight	Draw Type	Cause
Feb 28, 2003	UFC 41	BJ Penn vs. C. Uno	Split	10-10 round
Jun 6, 2003	UFC 43	V. White vs. I. Freeman	Split	10-10 round
Jul 7, 2007	UFC 73	R. Evans vs. T. Ortiz	Unanimous	Point Deduction
Nov 21, 2009	UFC 106	C. Uno vs. F. Camões	Majority	Point Deduction
Jan 11, 2010	UFN 20	T. Tavares vs. N. Lentz	Majority	Point Deduction
Oct 16, 2010	UFC 120	T. Browne vs. C. Kongo	Unanimous	Point Deduction
Dec 11, 2010	UFC 124	R. Natal vs. J. Bongfeldt	Majority	10-8 rounds
Jan 1, 2011	UFC 125	F. Edgar vs. G. Maynard	Split	10-8 round
Feb 27, 2011	UFC 127	J. Fitch vs. BJ Penn	Majority	10-8 rounds
Mar 3, 2012	UFC on FX 2	D. Johnson vs. I. McCall	Majority	10-8 & 10-10 rounds
Jun 23, 2012	UFC 147	F. Arantes vs. M. Vieira	Split	10-8 round
Dec 7, 2013	UFN 33	A. Silva vs. M. Hunt	Majority	10-8 rounds
Mar 23, 2014	UFN 38	N. Parke vs. L. Santos	Majority	Point Deduction
Sep 27, 2015	UFN 75	T. Ishihara vs. M. Hirota	Split	10-10 round
* - As of October 1, 2015

Notes

• Caol Uno and BJ Penn have both been involved in two UFC draws.
• Ken Shamrock fought to two time-limit draws in SEG-era UFC fights.
• There was only 1 UFC draw between June 6, 2003 and November 20, 2009.