Ranked lightweights will lock horns inside one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s deepest divisions when Arman Tsarukyan faces Damir Ismagulov in the UFC Fight Night 216 co-main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. They are set to play second fiddle to the Jared Cannonier-Sean Strickland middleweight headliner.
As Tsarukyan and Ismagulov make final preparations for their forthcoming clash at 155 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
26: Years of age for Tsarukyan, who was born in Akhalkalaki, Georgia, on Oct. 11, 1996.
5: Tsarukyan wins by submission, accounting for 28% of his career total (18). His methods of choice: three rear-naked chokes, one guillotine choke and one anaconda choke. Tsarukyan holds seven other wins by knockout or technical knockout (39%) and six others by decision (33%).
33: Seconds needed for Tsarukyan to punch out Ali Khaibulaev at a Modern Fighting Pankration show on May 6, 2016. More than six years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.
6: Countries in which Tsarukyan has fought at least once. He has gone 11-2 in Russia, 2-1 in the United States, 2-0 in the United Arab Emirates, 1-0 in China, 1-0 in Canada and 1-0 in South Korea.
75: Combined victories between the five men—Joel Alvarez, Christos Giagos, Matt Frevola, Davi Ramos and Olivier Aubin-Mercier—Tsarukyan has beaten as a member of the UFC roster. They boast a .740 cumulative winning percentage at 75-26-1.
31: Years of age for Ismagulov, who was born on Feb. 3, 1991 in Orenburgskaya, Russia.
12: Ismagulov victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 50% of his career total (24). His list of victims includes Maxim Divnich, Raul Tutarauli and Aibek Nurseit. Ismagulov owns one other victory by submission (4%)—he took care of Vyacheslav Ten with a first-round rear-naked choke at M-1 Challenge 65 in April 2016—and 11 more by decision (46%).
51: Rounds completed by Ismagulov as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 12 different occasions and carries an 11-1 record in those bouts.
2,645: Days since Ismagulov suffered his only professional defeat. He wound up on the wrong side of a unanimous decision against Ramazan Esenbaev under the M-1 Global banner on Sept. 20, 2015.
.755: Cumulative winning percentage among the five men—Kutateladze, Alvarez, Rafael Alves, Thiago Moises and Alex Gorgees—Ismagulov has defeated since he linked arms with the UFC. They sport a combined record of 74-24.