By The Numbers: Darko Stosic vs. Michal Martinek

Two of Europe's best heavyweights clash in one epic main event! 👊

🇷🇸 Darko Stošić vs. Michal Martínek 🇨🇿

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Darko Stosic and Michal Martinek are stuck in the traffic jam that has formed behind longstanding KSW heavyweight champion Philip De Fries, meaning their confrontation takes on added importance.

The two contenders will lock horns in the KSW 87 headliner on Saturday at Werk Arena in Trinec, Czech Republic, as they seek to provide some clarity for a top-heavy division. Stosic enters the cage with victories in five of his past seven outings. The MMA Red Star rep last fought at KSW 84, where he punched out Stefan Vojcak in the third round of their July 15 encounter. Martinek, meanwhile, has alternated wins and losses in each of his last seven assignments. The Reinders MMA product has not competed since Oct. 14, when he wound up on the wrong side of split scorecards against Daniel Omielanczuk at KSW 75.

As Stosic and Martinek approach their forthcoming battle in central Europe, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

31: Years of age for Stosic, who was born in Lacarak, Serbia, on Feb. 9, 1992.

12: Stosic victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 67% of his career total (18). His list of KSW victims: Vojcak, Michal Kita (twice) and Michal Wlodarek. Stosic holds one other victory by submission (28%)—he dispatched Ivan Vitasovic with a keylock at a Final Fight Championship show in 2015—and one more by decision (5%).

30: Seconds needed for Stosic to cut down Rok Kokotec with punches under the Adrenaline Freefight Challenge banner on May 18, 2013. More than a decade later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

11: Countries in which Stosic has plied his MMA trade. He has gone 5-1 in Poland, 4-1 in his native Serbia, 1-2 in the United States, 2-0 in Austria, 2-0 in Croatia, 1-0 in Slovenia, 1-0 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1-0 in Greece, 1-0 in Germany, 0-1 in Sweden and 0-1 in the Czech Republic.

.820: Cumulative winning percentage between the six men—Shamil Gaziev, Philip De Fries, Jamahal Hill, Kennedy Nzechukwu, Devin Clark and Jiri Prochazka—who have beaten Stosic. They boast a combined record of 102-22-1.

33: Years of age for Martinek, who was born on April 19, 1990 in Prague, Czech Republic.

6: Martinek wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 60% of his career total (10). Viktor Pesta, Benjamin Islami and Radoslav Tomasovic highlight his list of victims. Martinek owns one other win by submission (10%)—he subdued Daniel Dittrich with a rear-naked choke at an Oktagon MMA event in 2017—and three more by decision (30%).

27: Rounds completed by Martinek as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on four different occasions and carries a 3-1 record in those bouts.

7: Consecutive calendar years in which Martinek has fought at least once. He went 2-0 in 2016, 3-0 in 2017, 2-0 in 2018, 1-1 in 2019, 0-1 in 2020, 1-1 in 2021 and 1-1 in 2022.

69: Combined victories between the four men—Omielanczuk, Denis Smoldarev, Daniel James and Rodrigo Nascimento—who have defeated Martinek. They sport a cumulative .677 winning percentage at 69-32-2.