By The Numbers: UFC Vegas 103 Pre-Fight Edition
Manel Kape will attempt to creep closer to title contention in the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight division when he tackles Asu Almabayev in the UFC Fight Night 253 main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Cody Brundage collides with Julian Marquez in the three-round middleweight co-headliner at 185 pounds.
Ahead of UFC Fight Night 253 “Kape vs. Almabayev,” a look at some of the numbers the fighters on the docket bring to the table:
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6,894: Miles between where Almabayev trains with the Dar Pro Team in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and Ultimate Fighting Championship headquarters in Las Vegas.
12: Seconds needed for Brundage to punch out
Mike
Johnson under the Carlos Llinas International Productions
banner on July 26, 2019. More than five years later, it remains his
fastest finish to date.
150,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Marquez across his seven appearances in the UFC. He has been awarded “Fight of the Night” twice and “Performance of the Night” once.
10: Nasrat Haqparast wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 59% of his career total (17). The Tristar Gym export’s list of UFC victims: Jamie Mullarkey and Joaquim Silva. Haqparast meets Esteban Ribovics in a three-round lightweight showcase.
120: Significant strikes by which Ribovics has outlanded his four opponents in the UFC. The Kill Cliff Fight Club product has connected with 342 such strikes while absorbing only 222 in return.
70: Percent finish rate for Hyder Amil. Seven of the Gilbert Melendez protégé’s 10 victories have come inside the distance. Amil puts William Gomis to the test in a three-round featherweight feature.
38: Rounds started by Gomis as a professional mixed martial artist. The MMA Factory standout has involved the judges on seven different occasions and carries a 6-1 record in those bouts.
5: Organizations other than the UFC for which the undefeated Danny Barlow has strapped on the gloves. American Combat League, Gamebred Fighting Championship, Attitude MMA Fights, Cage Fury Fighting Championships and Dana White’s Contender Series complete the list. Barlow toes the line against Sam Patterson in a three-round welterweight appetizer.
7: Patterson victories by submission, accounting for 58% of his career total (12). His methods of choice: four guillotine chokes, two rear-naked chokes and one arm-triangle choke.
39: Years of age for Douglas Silva de Andrade. The oldest fighter on the card, he was born on June 22, 1985 in Castanhal, Brazil. Silva de Andrade confronts John Castaneda in a three-round bantamweight prelim.
.772: Cumulative winning percentage between the 24 fighters booked to compete at the event. They boast a combined record of 351-103-2. Silva de Andrade has the most wins (29) of anyone on the card, while ex-Legacy Fighting Alliance champion Andrea Lee has been saddled with the most losses (10). Lee squares off with J.J. Aldrich in a three-round women’s flyweight prelim.
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