By The Numbers: Danny Kingad vs. Kairat Akhmetov

The pursuit of the same prize will bring Danny Kingad and Kairat Akhmedov together when their flyweight title eliminator headlines One Championship “Winter Warriors 2” on Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. A rematch with incumbent 135-pound champion Adriano Moraes could await the winner sometime in the first quarter of 2022.

Kingad has rattled off seven wins across his past eight outings. The Team Lakay standout last competed at One Championship “Fire and Fury,” where he took a three-round unanimous decision from Wei Xie on Jan. 31, 2020. Akhmedov, meanwhile, enters the cage on the strength of a three-fight winning streak. He last appeared on Dec. 18, 2020, when he laid claim to a unanimous verdict over Dae Hwan Kim at One Championship “Collision Course 2.”

As Kingad and Akhmetov approach their pivotal battle in the One Championship flyweight division, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

26: Years of age for Kingad, who was born on Sept. 28, 1995 in Sadanga, Philippines.

11: Kingad wins by decision, accounting for 79% of his career total (14). He holds one other win by knockout or technical knockout—he put away Muhamad Haidar with first-round punches at One Championship “Global Rivals” on April 15, 2016—and two more by submission.

4: Promotions in which Kingad has plied his trade as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 10-2 in One Championship, 2-0 in Pacific Xtreme Combat, 1-0 in Spartacus MMA and 1-0 in Rock ’N Rumble.

7: Consecutive calendar years in which Kingad has fought at least once. He went 1-0 in 2020, 3-1 in 2019, 3-0 in 2018, 1-1 in 2017, 3-0 in 2016, 2-0 in 2015 and 1-0 in 2014.

.860: Cumulative winning percentage between the two men—Adriano Moraes and Demetrious Johnson—who have defeated Kingad. They boast a combined record of 49-7-1.

34: Years of age for Akhmetov, who was born in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 12, 1987.

10: Akhmetov victories by submission, accounting for 42% of his career total (24). His methods of choice: six rear-naked chokes, one guillotine choke, one Achilles lock, one armbar and one unspecified choke. He owns five other victories by knockout or technical knockout and nine more by decision.

625: Days spent by Akhmetov as One Championship flyweight titleholder. He laid claim to the 135-pound crown with a five-round split decision over Moraes at “Dynasty of Champions” on Nov. 21, 2015 and surrendered it when he dropped a unanimous verdict to Moraes in their “Kings & Conquerors” rematch on Aug. 5, 2017.

14: First-round finishes on the Akhmetov resume, including two of the sub-minute variety. He submitted Anatoly Akhmetov with a rear-naked choke in 48 seconds at an Iron Horde event on May 1, 2010 and punched out Ruslan Belikov in 49 seconds at a Bushido Lithuania show on Dec. 21, 2011.

7: Countries in which Akhmetov has competed as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 18-0 in his native Kazakhstan, 2-0 in Indonesia, 1-1 in China, 1-0 in England, 1-0 in Singapore, 1-0 in Japan and 0-1 in the Philippines.