By The Numbers: Bubba Jenkins vs. Ryoji Kudo

Bubba Jenkins still has time to meet the great expectations that preceded his arrival on the mixed martial arts scene more than a decade ago.

The onetime NCAA wrestling champion will face Ryoji Kudo when their 2022 Professional Fighters League featherweight semifinal helps anchor PFL 9 this Saturday at Copperbox Arena in London. Jenkins enters the cage on the strength of seven wins in eight appearances. He nailed down the No. 3 seed in the tournament with back-to-back regular-season victories over Kyle Bochniak and Reinaldo Ekson. Kudo, meanwhile, built his name in his native Japan. He last competed at PFL 5, where he punched out Alejandro Flores Garcia a little less than three minutes into their June 24 encounter.

As Jenkins and Kudo move ever closer to their high-stakes battle at 145 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

34: Years of age for Jenkins, who was born on Feb. 5, 1988 in Frankfurt, Germany.

7: Jenkins wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 39% of his career total (18). His list of victims: Lucas Martins, Diego Marlon, Joe Wilk, Poppies Martinez, Ian Rammel, Mike Barreras and Josh Williams. Jenkins owns two other wins by submission (11%) and nine more by decision (50%).

68: Seconds needed for Jenkins to put away Jesus Adame at Resurrection Fighting Alliance 3 on June 30, 2012. More than a decade later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

41: Rounds completed by Jenkins as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 10 different occasions and carries a 9-1 record in those bouts.

96: Combined victories between the four men—Georgi Karakhanyan (twice), Chris Wade, Ali Bagov and LaRue Burley—who have beaten Jenkins. They sport a cumulative .733 winning percentage (96-34-1).

29: Years of age for Kudo, who was born in Tokyo on April 3, 1993.

7: Kudo victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 64% of his career total (11). His list of victims: Garcia, Kento Yamamoto, Shohei Nose, Asuka Tsubaki, Yoshiteru Kubomura, Takanori Takahashi and Kaneaki Watanabe. Kudo holds four other victories by decision (36%).

1: Draw on the Kudo resume. He fought Satoshi Inaba to a two-round stalemate under the Shooto banner in July 2018.

5: Organizations for which Kudo has plied his mixed martial arts trade. In addition to his 1-1 mark in the PFL, he has gone 5-2-1 in Shooto, 2-0 in One Championship, 2-0 in Tribe Tokyo Fight and 1-0 in Grandslam MMA.

.717: Cumulative winning percentage between the three men—Yamamoto, Keisuke Sasu and Brendan Loughnane—who have defeated Kudo. They boast a combined record of 43-15-2.