By the Numbers: UFC Saudi Arabia

Nassourdine Imavov had no interest in being the launch point for an Israel Adesanya redemption tour.

The surging French contender sent “The Last Stylebender” to his third consecutive defeat in the UFC Saudi Arabia headliner, as he dispatched the Nigerian-born Kiwi via technical knockout 30 seconds into Round 2 of their middleweight bout ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. Imavov took a round to get on track before living up to his “Sniper” moniker with a perfectly-placed overhand right that had Adesanya reeling. From there it was academic, as Imavov secured his fourth straight UFC triumph with a barrage of follow-up punches near the fence. Now the Frenchman has a title shot in his sights.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Saudi Arabia, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

8: Middleweight victories since 2020 for Imavov. That ties him with reigning champ Dricus Du Plessis for the second most in the division during that time. Only Brendan Allen (10) has more.

2: Knockdowns suffered by Adesanya in his last three UFC bouts. The former middleweight champion wasn’t dropped once in his first 15 Octagon appearances.

20: Significant strikes landed by Adesanya in Round 1. By comparison, Imavov landed eight.

14: UFC main events for Adesanya since beginning his promotional tenure in February 2018. That’s the most of any active fighter.

2,184: Days since Adesanya’s last non-title bout in the Octagon, a unanimous decision victory over Anderson Silva at UFC 234 on Feb. 9, 2019.

1-4: Record for the 35-year-old Adesanya since November 2022. He began his professional career with 20 consecutive triumphs.

.570: Significant striking accuracy for Michael Page, who landed 43 of 57 attempts in a unanimous decision triumph over Sharabutdin Magomedov in their middleweight co-main event. Meanwhile, “Shara Bullet” connected on 38 of 87 significant strikes — a 43% success rate.

6:17: Total control time for Sergei Pavlovich in a unanimous decision triumph over Jairzinho Rozenstruik at heavyweight. That represents a career high in UFC competition for the Russian, who also landed the first two takedowns of his promotional tenure.

145: Total strikes landed by Pavlovich. By comparison, Rozenstruik landed 23. Pavlovich outlanded his adversary 32 to 9 in Round 1, 39 to 8 in Round 2 and 74 to 6 in Round 3.

3: Takedowns landed in five attempts for Vinicius Oliveira in a unanimous decision triumph over Said Nurmagomedov at bantamweight. Nurmagomedov, meanwhile, was successful on just one of nine takedown attempts. It’s the first time in his UFC tenure that “LokDog” has landed more takedowns than his opponent.

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5: Consecutive victories for Fares Ziam, the third-longest active winning streak in the UFC lightweight division behind Islam Makhachev (14) and Paddy Pimblett (six). Ziam took a bloody unanimous decision over Mike Davis in a featured matchup at UFC Saudi Arabia.

6: First-round finishes in UFC competition since 2021 for Terrance McKinney, who stopped Damir Hadzovic 2:01 into the opening stanza of their lightweight showdown. That’s tied with heavyweight Jailton Almeida for the most in the promotion during that period. “T.Wrecks” has finished 15 of his 16 professional triumphs overall inside of a round.

50: Significant strikes by which McKinney outlanded Hadzovic in the abbreviated bout. McKinney landed 54 of 69 attempts — a 78% clip.

52:30: Control time at flyweight for Jasmine Jasudavicius, No. 3 in division history behind only Valentina Shevchenko (1:25:33) and Gillian Robertson (54:16). The Canadian logged 7:11 of control time in a unanimous verdict over Mayra Bueno Silva on Saturday.

164: Total strikes landed by Jasudavicius. By comparison, Bueno Silva landed 41.

3: Consecutive flyweight victories for Jasudavicius, tying her with Luana Carolina for fifth-longest active winning streak in the division. Jasudavicius has won four straight contests in the UFC overall, but one of those triumphs occurred at 135 pounds.

34: Significant ground strikes landed by Bogdan Grad in the second round of his technical knockout victory over Lucas Alexander at featherweight. Alexander failed to land a significant ground strike in the period. After being outlanded by a 15-to-5 count in significant strikes in the opening stanza, Grad overwhelmed his foe from mount with elbows and punches to force a stoppage at the 4:22 mark of Round 2.

25: Significant strike advantage for Jamal Pogues against Hamdy Abdelwahab in their preliminary heavyweight matchup. Despite that edge, Pogues dropped a split decision in the bout.