By The Numbers: Jack Della Maddalena vs. Bassil Hafez

Ultimate Fighting Championship power brokers now look ready, willing and able to throw some of their promotional muscle behind Jack Della Maddalena.

The surging Australian contender will slide into a co-headlining spot for the first time when he faces former Cage Fury Fighting Championships titleholder Bassil Hafez as part of the UFC on ESPN 49 main draw this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Della Maddalena rides into town on a 14-fight winning streak that spans more than six years. He last fought at UFC 284, where he put away Randy Brown with a rear-naked choke in the first round of their Feb. 11 encounter. Hafez, meanwhile, enters his organizational debut on the strength of back-to-back victories. He last competed on Feb. 17, when he punched out Evan Cutts in the third round of their clash under the Fury Fighting Championship banner.

As Della Maddalena and Hafez move ever closer to their forthcoming battle at 170 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

26: Years of age for Della Maddalena, who was born on Sept. 10, 1996 in Perth, Australia.

11: Della Maddalena wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 79% of his career total (14). His list of UFC victims: Brown, Danny Roberts, Ramazan Emeev and Pete Rodriguez. Della Maddalena owns two other wins by submission (14%) and one more by decision (7%).

108: Significant strikes landed by Della Maddalena across his four appearances in the UFC. He has absorbed only 48 in return.

8: Consecutive calendar years in which Della Maddalena has fought at least once. In addition to his 1-0 mark in 2023, he went 1-2 in 2016, 3-0 in 2017, 2-0 in 2018, 1-0 in 2019, 2-0 in 2020, 1-0 in 2021 and 3-0 in 2022.

60: Combined victories between the four opponents—Brown, Roberts, Emeev and Rodriguez—Della Maddalena has beaten as a member of the UFC roster. They sport a cumulative .759 winning percentage at 60-19.

31: Years of age for Hafez, who was born in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, 1992.

4: Hafez victories by submission, accounting for 50% of his career total. His methods of choice: one armbar, one rear-naked choke, one kimura and one triangle choke. Hafez holds one other victory by knockout or technical knockout (12%) and three more by decision (38%).

61: Seconds needed for Hafez to dispatch Jerome Mickle with a kimura at a Maverick MMA show on April 14, 2018. More than five years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

30: Rounds started by Hafez as a professional mixed martial artist. The Elevation Fight Team rep has gone the distance on seven different occasions and carries a 3-3-1 record in those bouts.

.769: Cumulative winning percentage between the three opponents—Cutts, Richard Williams and De’Alonzio Jackson—who have defeated Hafez. They boast a combined record of 20-6.