UFC News & FeaturesBy The Numbers: UFC 305 Pre-Fight Edition
Dricus Du Plessis will put his undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight crown on the line for the first time when he toes the line against two-time titleholder Israel Adesanya in the hotly anticipated UFC 305 headliner on Saturday at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Meanwhile, Steve Erceg looks to rebound from his first loss in more than six years when he battles City Kickboxing’s Kai Kara-France in the three-round flyweight co-main event at 125 pounds.
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16: Takedowns secured by Du Plessis across his seven appearances in the UFC. He has done so on 31 attempts, giving him a 52% success rate.
1,070: Significant strikes landed by Adesanya as a
UFC middleweight, placing him fourth on the promotion’s all-time
list at 185 pounds. Only Michael
Bisping (1,384), Sean
Strickland (1,337) and Robert
Whittaker (1,098) have connected with more.
5: First-round finishes on the Erceg resume. All five took place in the Eternal MMA organization, highlighted by his 91-second knockout of Paul Loga at EMMA 47 in September 2019.
250,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses pocketed by Kara-France over his 11 assignments in the UFC. The Auckland, New Zealand, native has been awarded “Fight of the Night” three times and “Performance of the Night” twice.
7: Daniel Hooker wins by submission, accounting for 30% of his career total (23). His methods of choice: three guillotine chokes, two rear-naked chokes, one triangle choke and one armbar. Hooker toes the line against Mateusz Gamrot in a three-round lightweight showcase.
1,741: Days spent by Gamrot as a Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki champion. He held the Polish company’s lightweight title from May 27, 2016 to Sept. 17, 2020 and its featherweight strap from Dec. 1, 2018 to May 17, 2019.
20: Seconds needed for Tai Tuivasa to bury Simon Osborne with punches at an Elite Cage Championships show on July 6, 2012. More than a decade later, it remains his quickest stoppage to date. Tuivasa takes on Jairzinho Rozenstruik in a three-round heavyweight attraction.
36: Rounds started by Rozenstruik in his 19-fight career. The American Top Team rep has gone the distance on three occasions and carries a 1-2 record in those bouts.
14: Carlos Prates victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 74% of his career total. His list of UFC victims: Trevin Giles and Charlie Radtke. Prates confronts Jingliang Li in a three-round welterweight appetizer.
9: Countries in which Li has competed as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone 10-2 in his native China, 4-2 in the United States, 2-0 in Singapore, 1-1 in the United Arab Emirates, 1-0 in Malaysia, 1-0 in the Philippines, 0-1 in Canada, 0-1 in Japan and 0-1 in Australia.
24: Years of age for Luana Santos. The youngest fighter on the card, she was born on April 16, 2000 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Santos faces Casey O'Neill in a three-round women’s flyweight prelim.
37: Years of age for Alex Reyes. The oldest fighter on the card, he was born in Hollywood, California, on Oct. 2, 1986. Reyes meets Tom Nolan in a three-round lightweight prelim.
.773: Cumulative winning percentage between the 24 mixed martial artists slated to compete at the event. They sport a combined record of 358-104-3. Adesanya, Kara-France and Gamrot are tied for the most wins (24) by anyone on the card, while Hooker has been saddled with the most losses (12).
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