By The Numbers: Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway

As soon as Ilia Topuria reached the top of the mountain, he looked down to see an all-time great hot on his heels.

The undefeated 27-year-old will defend his undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight crown against former titleholder Max Holloway in the UFC 308 headliner this Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Topuria enters the cage with a perfect 15-0 record in tow. He last suited up at UFC 298, where he punched out Alexander Volkanovski and laid claim to the 145-pound championship in the second round of their Feb. 17 encounter. Holloway, meanwhile, finds himself on a three-fight winning streak. He last competed on April 13, when he authored one of the most memorable knockouts in history and leveled ex-World Series of Fighting champion Justin Gaethje with one second remaining in their five-round UFC 300 co-feature.

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As Topuria and Holloway approach their high-stakes showdown in the Middle East, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

27: Years of age for Topuria, who was born on Jan. 21, 1997 in Halle, Germany—nearly 5,600 miles from UFC headquarters in Las Vegas.

8: Topuria wins by submission, accounting for 54% of his career total (15). His methods of choice: two-rear-naked chokes, two guillotine chokes, one triangle choke, one anaconda choke, one triangle straight armbar and one arm-triangle choke. Topuria owns five other wins by knockout or technical knockout (33%) and two more by decision (13%).

63: Seconds needed for Topuria to put away Kalil Martin El Chalibi with a rear-naked choke at a Climent MMA show on May 9, 2015. More than nine years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

200,000: Bonus dollars pocketed by Topuria across his seven assignments in the UFC. He has been awarded “Performance of the Night” three times and “Fight of the Night” once.

121: Combined victories between the seven men—Volkanovski, Josh Emmett, Bryce Mitchell, Jai Herbert, Ryan Hall, Damon Jackson and Youssef Zalal—Topuria has beaten as a member of the UFC roster. They sport an .801 cumulative winning percentage at 121-29-3.

32: Years of age for Holloway, who was born in Honolulu on Dec. 4, 1991. “The Addams Family,” “My Girl,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Cape Fear” and “For the Boys” were the Top 5 movies at the domestic box office at the time.

12: Holloway victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 46% of his career total (26). His list of UFC victims: Gaethje, Jose Aldo (twice) Chan Sung Jung, Brian Ortega, Anthony Pettis, Charles Oliveira, Akira Corassani, Clay Collard, Will Chope and Justin Lawrence. Holloway holds two other victories by submission (8%) and 12 more by decision (46%).

16: UFC appearances in which Holloway has landed at least 100 significant strikes. He connected with 445 of them—an all-time record—in his five-round unanimous decision over Calvin Kattar at UFC on ABC 1 in January 2021.

110: Rounds started by Holloway as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 18 different occasions and carries a 12-6 record in those bouts.

.772: Cumulative winning percentage between the four men—Volkanovski (three times), Dustin Poirier (twice), Conor McGregor and Dennis Bermudez—who have defeated Holloway. They boast a combined record of 95-28.