Alex Pereira will attempt to tighten his hold on the throne when he puts his undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight crown on the line opposite Khalil Rountree in the UFC 307 main event on Saturday at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, Raquel Pennington defends her women’s bantamweight title against Julianna Pena in the five-round co-headliner at 135 pounds.
As UFC 307 “Pereira vs. Rountree” approaches, a look at some of the numbers the fighters on the docket bring to the table:
16: Men other than Pereira who have held the undisputed UFC light heavyweight championship. Frank Shamrock, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture (twice), Vitor Belfort, Chuck Liddell, Quinton Jackson, Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, Mauricio Rua, Jon Jones (twice), Daniel Cormier, Jan Blachowicz, Glover Teixeira, Jiri Prochazka and Jamahal Hill are the others.
6: Countries in which Rountree has plied his MMA trade. The Syndicate MMA standout has gone 12-1 with one no contest in the United States, 1-0 in Scotland, 0-1 in Australia, 0-1 in Argentina, 0-1 in Denmark and 0-1 in the United Arab Emirates.
3: Women in UFC history who have accumulated at least four hours of total fight time. Pennington ranks third on the promotion’s all-time list among females at 4:17:33, behind Angela Hill (5:57:45) and ahead of Joanna Jedrzejczyk (4:14:10).
5: UFC appearances in which Pena has completed multiple takedowns. “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 18 winner has emerged victorious in four of those five fights, a guillotine choke submission defeat to Germaine de Randamie her only misstep.
17: Jose Aldo wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 53% of his career total (32). The Nova Uniao superstar’s list of UFC victims: Renato Carneiro, Jeremy Stephens, Chan Sung Jung and Chad Mendes. Aldo draws Mario Bautista in a three-round bantamweight showcase.
129: Significant strikes landed by Bautista in his three-round unanimous decision over Jin Soo Son at UFC on ESPN 4 on July 20, 2019. It established a personal benchmark for the MMA Lab export that still stands today.
44: Rounds started by Ketlen Vieira as a professional mixed martial artist. She has involved the judges on 10 different occasions and carries an 8-2 record in those bouts. Vieira tackles two-time Professional Fighters League champion Kayla Harrison in a three-round women’s bantamweight attraction.
7: Harrison victories by submission, accounting for 41% of the decorated American Top Team-trained judoka’s career total (17). The two-time Olympic gold medalist’s methods of choice: four armbars, one keylock, one triangle choke and one rear-naked choke.
42: Seconds needed for Roman Dolidze to dispose of Alexander Kovbel with a heel hook at a Real Fight Promotion show on Dec. 9, 2016. Almost eight years later, it remains the Xtreme Couture rep’s fastest finish to date. Dolidze toes the line against Kevin Holland in a three-round middleweight attraction.
400,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses pocketed by Holland across his 21 assignments in the UFC. He has been awarded “Performance of the Night” seven times and “Fight of the Night” once.
41: Years of age for Stephen Thompson. The oldest fighter on the card, he was born in Simpsonville, South Carolina, on Feb. 11, 1983. Thompson meets Joaquin Buckley in the three-round featured welterweight prelim.
22: Years of age for Iasmin Lucindo. The youngest fighter on the card, she was born in Fortaleza, Brazil, on Jan. 8, 2002. Lucindo faces Marina Rodriguez in a three-round women’s strawweight prelim.
.723: Cumulative winning percentage between the 24 participants at the event. They boast a combined record of 425-162-4. Tim Means holds the most wins (33) of anyone on the card while Ovince St. Preux has been saddled with the most losses (17). Means does battle with “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 11 winner Court McGee in a three-round welterweight prelim, while St. Preux squares off with former Legacy Fighting Alliance champion Ryan Spann in a three-round light heavyweight prelim.