Two victories separate Dakota Ditcheva and Jena Bishop from a Professional Fighters League championship and a life-altering seven-figure windfall.
As Ditcheva and Bishop make final preparations for their looming showdown a 125 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
26: Years of age for Ditcheva, who was born in Sale, England—a town of some 55,000 people on the outskirts of Manchester—on July 25, 1988.
10: Ditcheva victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 84% of her career total (12). Her list of PFL victims: Hackett, Lisa Mauldin, Valentina Scatizzi, Cornelia Holm, Katherine Corogenes and Hassna Gaber. Ditcheva holds one other victory by submission (8%) and another by decision (8%).
9: First-round finishes on the Ditcheva resume, highlighted by her 58-second rout of the aforementioned Gaber at PFL 9 in August 2022.
6: Countries in which Ditcheva has competed as a mixed martial artist. In addition to a 5-0 mark in her native England, she has gone 3-0 in the United States, 1-0 in Canada, 1-0 in the United Arab Emirates, 1-0 in France and 1-0 in Ireland.
.515: Cumulative winning percentage between the 12 women Ditcheva has defeated. They sport a combined record of 51-48-1. Simone da Silva owns the most victories (eight) of anyone she has beaten, while Patricia Borges Fernandes has been saddled with the most losses (seven).
38: Years of age for Bishop, who was born on Feb. 22, 1986 in St. Charles, Missouri, roughly 1,850 miles from where she now trains at Alliance Jiu-Jitsu in San Diego.
4: Bishop wins by submission, accounting for 57% of her career total. Her methods of choice: two armbars and two rear-naked chokes. Biship holds three other wins by decision (43%).
122: Seconds needed for Bishop to put away Olivia Beeskau with a rear-naked choke at a Legacy Fighting Alliance event on Oct. 21, 2022. Nearly two years later, it remains her quickest stoppage to date.
3: Promotions for which Bishop has plied her mixed martial arts trade. She has gone 4-0 in the LFA, 2-0 in Bellator MMA and 1-0 in the PFL.
.599: Cumulative winning percentage between the seven women Bishop has beaten. They boast a combined record of 42-28-1. Ilara Joanne owns the most victories (12) and losses (nine) of anyone she has defeated.