By The Numbers: Mamed Khalidov vs. Scott Askham

Former Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki middleweight champions Mamed Khalidov and Scott Askham will complete their trilogy when their third encounter headlines KSW 83 on Saturday at PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. Their head-to-head series sits tied at 1-1.

Khalidov enters the cage having lost four of his past six fights. The well-traveled Chechen last appeared at KSW 77, where he struck five-time World’s Strongest Man winner Mariusz Pudzianowski into submission in the first round of their Dec. 17 pairing. Askham, meanwhile, has rattled off five victories across his last six outings. He has not competed since being felled by a flying switch kick from Khalidov a mere 36 seconds into their Oct. 10, 2020 rematch at KSW 55.

As Khalidov and Askham move ever closer to their rubber match at 185 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

42: Years of age for Khalidov, who was born in Grozny, Russia, on July 17, 1980.

16: Khalidov wins by submission, accounting for 45% of his career total (36). His methods of choice: four armbars, four triangle chokes, three kneebars, three guillotine chokes, one toe hold and one Achilles lock. Khalidov owns 16 other wins by knockout or technical knockout (45%) and four more by decision (10%).

19: Consecutive calendar years in which Khalidov has fought at least once. He went 1-2 in 2004, 4-1 in 2005, 5-0 in 2006, 5-0 in 2007, 3-0-1 in 2008, 2-0 in 2009, 1-1-1 in 2010, 3-0 in 2011, 2-0 in 2012, 2-0 in 2013, 2-0 in 2014, 1-0 in 2015, 1-0 in 2016, 2-0 in 2017, 0-2 in 2018, 0-1 in 2019, 1-0 in 2020, 0-1 in 2021 and 1-0 in 2022.

39: Rounds completed by Khalidov as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on nine different occasions and carries a 4-3-2 record in those bouts.

127: Combined victories between the seven opponents—Askham, Tomasz Narkun (twice), Roberto Soldic, Jorge Santiago, Valdas Pocevicius, Grazhuydas Smailis and Nerijus Valiukevicius—who have beaten Khalidov. They sport a .645 cumulative winning percentage at 127-69-4.

35: Years of age for Askham, who was born on May 20, 1988 in West Yorkshire, England.

12: Askham victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 63% of his career total (19). His list of KSW victims: Michal Materla (twice) and Marcin Wojcik. Askham holds two other victories by submission (11%) and five more by decision (26%).

4: Seconds needed for Askham to dispatch Shaun Lomas with a head kick at a Fight-Pro UK show on March 11, 2011. More than 12 years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

10: Organizations for which Askham has plied his MMA trade. In addition to his 4-1 mark in KSW, he has gone 2-4 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, 3-0 in the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts, 3-0 in Caged Steel Fighting Championship, 2-0 in Ultimate Cage Fighting Championships, 1-0 in Absolute Championship Berkut, 1-0 in Cage Warriors Fighting Championship, 1-0 in Olympian MMA Championships, 1-0 in Fight-Pro UK and 1-0 in British Cage Fighting Championship.

.757: Cumulative winning percentage between the five opponents—Khalidov, Bradley Scott, Jack Hermansson, Krzysztof Jotko and Magnus Cedenblad—who have defeated Askham. They boast a combined record of 108-34-2.