Shavkat Rakhmonov was all set to challenge Belal Muhammad for the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight crown, but fate had other plans.

The Kill Cliff Fight Club rep will look to maintain his position as No. 1 contender when he tackles Ian Garry in the UFC 310 co-main event on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Rakhmonov enters the cage with a perfect 18-0 record in tow. He last competed at UFC 296, where he took care of Stephen Thompson with a rear-naked choke in the second round of their Dec. 16 encounter. Garry, meanwhile, carries an unblemished 15-0 record into the Octagon as a short-notice replacement for Muhammad. He last saw action on June 29, when he laid claim to a unanimous decision over Michael Page at UFC 303.

As Rakhmonov and Garry move ever closer to their high-stakes battle at 170 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

30: Years of age for Rakhmonov, who was born on Oct. 23, 1994 in Sho’rchi, Uzbekistan.

10: Rakhmonov wins by submission, accounting for 56% of his career total (18). His methods of choice: five rear-naked chokes, three guillotine chokes and two triangle chokes. Rakhmonov owns eight other wins by knockout or technical knockout (44%).

49: Seconds needed by Rakhmonov to put away Michal Wiencek with a guillotine choke under the M-1 Global banner on July 3, 2015. More than nine years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

6: Countries in which Rakhmonov has suited up as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 7-0 in Kazakhstan, 5-0 in the United States, 3-0 in Russia, 1-0 in the United Arab Emirates, 1-0 in Azerbaijan and 1-0 in South Korea.

133: Combined victories between the six opponents—Thompson, Geoff Neal, Neil Magny, Carlston Harris, Michel Prazeres and Alex Oliveira—Rakhmonov has beaten as a member of the UFC roster. They sport a cumulative .705 winning percentage at 133-55-2.

27: Years of age for Garry, who was born in Portmarnock, Ireland, on Nov. 17, 1997.

7: Garry victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 47% of his career total (15). His list of UFC victims: Daniel Rodriguez, Kenan Song and Jordan Williams. Garry holds one other victory by submission (6%) and seven more by decision (47%).

227: Significant strikes by which Garry has outlanded the opposition across his eight appearances in the UFC. He has connected with 535 such strikes while absorbing only 308 in return.

15: Men other than Garry who have held the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship welterweight title. Adrian Degorski, Abdul Mohamed, Dan Hardy, Forrest Petz, Pascal Krauss, Gael Grimaud, Cathal Pendred, Nicolas Dalby, Karl Amoussou, Stefano Paterno, Ross Houston, Mason Jones, Rhys McKee, Giannis Bachar and James Sheehan complete the list.