Timofey Nastyukhin, like all driven prizefighters, lusts for the kind of power and influence Christian Lee now possesses.
As Nastyukhin and Lee make final preparations for their high-stakes battle, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
22: Years of age for Lee, who was born on June 21, 1998 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
9: Lee victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 64% of his career total (14). His list of victims includes Kotetsu Boku, Kazuki Tokudome, Edward Kelly and Shinya Aoki.
29: Seconds needed for Lee to put away David Meak in his Dec. 11, 2015 professional debut at One Championship “Spirit of Champions.” Though he has 10 first-round stoppage wins to his credit, it remains his fastest finish to date.
4: Lee victories by submission, accounting for 29% of his career total. His methods of choice: one kimura, one brabo choke, one armbar and one guillotine choke.
1: Promotion in which Lee has competed. He has spent his entire 17-fight career under the auspices of One Championship.
31: Years of age for Nastyukhin, who was born in Soviet-era Kazakhstan on Nov. 24, 1989.
7: Nastyukhin wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 50% of his career total (14). His list of victims includes Eduard Folayang, Rob Lisita and Eddie Alvarez.
5: First-round finishes on the Nastyukhin resume. He submitted Alexander Vasiliev with a rear-naked choke in 33 seconds on Oct. 20, 2013, tapped Nikolay Romanschikov with a triangle choke in 46 seconds on May 1, 2014, punched out Mairbek Makhanov in 20 seconds on May 12, 2014, knocked out Sayd-Hamzat Avkhadov in 54 seconds on June 22, 2014 and wiped out the aforementioned Lisita with a punch and follow-up soccer kick in six seconds on May 27, 2016.
8: Countries in which Nastyukhin has competed as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone 7-1 in Russia, 2-0 in China, 1-1 in Singapore, 0-2 in Indonesia, 1-0 in Japan, 1-0 in Myanmar, 1-0 in Thailand and 1-0 in the Philippines.
.657: Cumulative winning percentage between the four men—Boku, Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev, Herbert Burns and Magomedsaigi Guseinov—who have defeated Nastyukhin. They own a combined record of 46-22-2, with Boku supplying 26 of the wins, 16 of the losses and both draws.