Renato Carneiro once again has his work cut out for him.
As Carneiro and St. Denis make final preparations for their forthcoming battle in France, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
35: Years of age for Carneiro, who was born on May 21, 1989 in Brasilia, Brazil.
10: Carneiro wins by submission, accounting for 53% of his career total (19). All 10 have resulted from rear-naked chokes. Carneiro holds one other win by knockout or technical knockout (5%) and eight more by decision (42%).
44: Seconds needed for Carneiro to put away Damir Hadzovic with a rear-naked choke at UFC Fight Night 170 on March 14, 2020. More than four years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.
58: Rounds started by Carneiro as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 10 different occasions and carries an 8-1-1 record in those bouts.
109: Combined victories between the five men—Rafael dos Anjos, Rafael Fiziev, Chan Sung Jung, Jose Aldo and Brian Ortega—who have beaten Carneiro. They boast a cumulative .736 winning percentage at 109-39.
28: Years of age for St. Denis, who was born in Nimes, France, on Dec. 18, 1995.
9: St. Denis victories by submission, accounting for 69% of his career total (13). His methods of choice: two guillotine chokes, two rear-naked chokes, two arm-triangle chokes, one armbar, one kneebar and one face crank. St. Denis owns four other victories by knockout or technical knockout (31%).
101: Significant strikes landed by St. Denis in his second-round technical knockout of former Resurrection Fighting Alliance titleholder Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night 226. It established a personal high-water mark for the Frenchman.
6: Consecutive calendar years in which St. Denis has fought at least once. In addition to his 0-1 mark in 2024, he went 4-0 with one no contest in 2019, 2-0 in 2020, 2-1 in 2021, 2-0 in 2022 and 3-0 in 2023.
.757: Cumulative winning percentage between the two men—Poirier and Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos—who have defeated St. Denis. They sport a combined record of 54-17-1.