By The Numbers: Steven Ray vs. Lewis Long

Steven Ray could use some black ink on his ledger.

The two-time Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder will return to the Professional Fighters League stage for the first time in more than a year when he locks horns with Lewis Long in the PFL Europe 3 headliner on Saturday at the OVO Hyrdro in Glasgow, Scotland. Ray enters the cage on a career-worst three-fight losing streak. He has not suited up since he succumbed to second-round punches from Clay Collard at PFL 6 on June 23, 2023. Long, meanwhile, steps into his promotional debut with some decent momentum. The Mat Academy-trained Welshman has won eight of his past 11 bouts.

Ahead of the main event showdown between Ray and Long, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

34: Years of age for Ray, who was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, on March 25, 1990.

6: Ray wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 24% of his career total. His list of victims: Leonardo Mafra Teixeira, Marcin Bandel, Stu Barrs, John Quinn, Scott Ward and Shaun Edmondson. Ray holds nine other wins by submission (36%) and 10 more by decision (40%).

57: Seconds needed for Ray to punch out Quinn under the On Top Promotions banner on Sept. 24, 2011. Thirteen years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

81: Rounds started by Ray as a professional mixed martial artist. He has involved the judges in 15 different instances and carries a 10-5 record in those bouts.

254: Combined victories between the 13 men—Collard, Natan Schulte, Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Alex Martinez, Leonardo Santos, Kajan Johnson, Paul Felder, Alan Patrick, Ivan Buchinger, Curt Warburton, Assan Njie, Nicholas Musoke and Dan Hope—who have defeated Ray. They boast a .736 cumulative winning percentage at 254-90-3.

35: Years of age for Long was born on April 10, 1989 in Pontypridd, Wales.

13: Long victories by submission, accounting for 65% of his career total (20). His methods of choice: 10 rear-naked chokes, one armbar, one guillotine choke and one kneebar. Long owns four other victories by knockout or technical knockout (20%) and three more by decision (15%).

11: Organizations by which Long has been contracted as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 4-4 in Cage Warriors, 3-2 in Bellator MMA, 3-0 in Raged UK MMA, 2-0 in Made 4 the Cage, 2-0 in Valley of Kings, 1-1 in Olympian MMA Championships, 1-0 in Abu Dhabi Warriors, 1-0 in Pain Pit Fight Night, 1-0 in Colosseum Fighting Championships, 1-0 in Ready to Rage and 1-0 in Angrrr Management.

5: Sub-minute stoppages on the Long resume. He wiped out Diego Vital with punches in 32 seconds at a Colosseum Fighting Championships show on June 2, 2012, put Yoshiyuki Katahira to sleep with a rear-naked choke in 46 seconds under the Abu Dhabi Warriors flag on Oct. 3, 2015, earned an injury-induced technical knockout of Che Mills in 18 seconds at Cage Warriors 83 on May 6, 2017, tranquilized Michael Dubois with a rear-naked choke in 41 seconds at Bellator 267 on Oct. 1, 2021 and disposed of Ashley Griffiths with a rear-naked choke in 33 seconds at a Raged UK MMA event on Sept. 2, 2023.

.722: Cumulative winning percentage between the seven men—Thibault Gouti, Oliver Enkamp, Roberto Soldic, Andreas Stahl, Tommy Maguire, Paul Redmond and Chris Hoban—who have beaten Long. They sport a combined record of 104-40.