By The Numbers: UFC Vegas 104 Pre-Fight Edition

Marvin Vettori will look to stand his ground in the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division when he rematches Roman Dolidze in the UFC Fight Night 254 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, longtime CM System export Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos puts former Tachi Palace Fights champion Chidi Njokuani to the test in the three-round welterweight co-main event at 170 pounds.

In advance of UFC Fight Night 254 “Vettori vs. Dolidze 2,” a look at some of the numbers the fighters on the docket bring to the table:

966: Significant strikes landed by Vettori as a UFC middleweight, placing him eighth on the promotion’s all-time list at 185 pounds. Only Sean Strickland (1,465), Michael Bisping (1,384), Israel Adesanya (1,193), Brad Tavares (1,106), Robert Whittaker (1,100), Jack Hermansson (999) and Jared Cannonier (977) have connected with more.

11: Takedowns executed by Dolidze as a member of the UFC roster. The Xtreme Couture rep has done so on 26 attempts, giving him a 42% completion percentage.

15: Zaleski dos Santos wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 60% of his career total (25). His list of UFC victims: Zach Scroggin, Luigi Vendramini, Sean Strickland and Omari Akhmedov.

18: Consecutive calendar years in which Njokuani has fought at least once. He went 1-0 in 2007, 1-0 in 2008, 0-1 in 2009, 2-1 in 2010, 1-1 in 2011, 4-0 in 2012, 1-1 in 2013, 1-0 with one no contest in 2014, 3-0 in 2015, 2-0 in 2016, 2-1 in 2017, 0-1 in 2018, 0-1 in 2019, 1-0 in 2020, 1-0 in 2021, 2-1 in 2022, 0-2 in 2023 and 2-0 in 2024.

38: Years of age for Kurt Holobaugh. The oldest fighter on the card, he was born on Sept. 8, 1986 in Denham Springs, Louisiana. A former Titan Fighting Championship titleholder, Holobaugh faces Alexander Hernandez in a three-round lightweight showcase.

150,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses pocketed by Hernandez across his 14 appearances in the UFC. The Factory X standout has been awarded “Performance of the Night” twice and “Fight of the Night” once.

10: Da’Mon Blackshear victories by submission, accounting for 67% of his career total (15). His methods of choice: six rear-naked chokes, one triangle choke, one arm-triangle choke, one guillotine choke and one twister. Blackshear meets Cody Gibson in a three-round bantamweight feature.

77: Rounds started by Gibson as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 15 different occasions and carries a 9-6 record in those bouts.

5: Countries in which Diyar Nurgozhay has plied his mixed martial arts trade. In addition to his native Kazakhstan, he has fought in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. Nurgozhay confronts Brendson Ribeiro in a three-round light heavyweight attraction.

25: Seconds needed for Ribeiro to put away Pedro Henrique Queiroz with a guillotine choke under the Revelation Fighting Championship banner on Jan. 29, 2016. More than nine years later, it remains the Dana White’s Contender Series graduate’s fastest finish to date.

23: Years of age for Kevin Vallejos. The youngest fighter on the card, he was born on Dec. 8, 2001 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Vallejos toes the line against Seung Woo Choi in a three-round featherweight appetizer.

5,972: Miles between where Choi trains at the MOB Training Center in Seoul and Ultimate Fighting Championship headquarters in Las Vegas.

.743: Cumulative winning percentage between the 26 fighters slated to compete at the show. They sport a combined record of 356-122-4. Zaleski dos Santos has the most wins (25) of anyone on the card, while Njokuani, Gibson and Ryan Spann are tied for the most losses (10). Spann locks horns with Waldo Cortes-Acosta in the featured prelim.