By The Numbers: UFC 302 Pre-Fight Edition

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Islam Makhachev will attempt to tighten his stranglehold on the 155-pound weight class when he defends his undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title against American Top Team’s Dustin Poirier in the UFC 302 headliner on June 1 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Meanwhile, former middleweight champion Sean Strickland puts Paulo Costa to the test in the five-round co-main event at 185 pounds.

As UFC 302 “Makhachev vs. Poirier” approaches, a look at some of the numbers the fighters on the bill bring to the table:

588: Days spent by Makhachev as undisputed lightweight champion. He ascended to the 155-pound throne with a second-round arm-triangle choke submission of Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 on Oct. 22, 2022.

15: Poirier wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 50% of his career total (30). His list of UFC victims: Benoit St. Denis, Conor McGregor (twice), Eddie Alvarez, Justin Gaethje, Bobby Green, Yancy Medeiros, Diego Ferreira, Akira Corassani and Diego Brandao.

89: Rounds started by Strickland as a professional mixed martial artist. The Xtreme Couture export has gone the distance on 17 different occasions and carries a 13-4 record in those bouts. Only Dricus Du Plessis, Jared Cannonier, Kamaru Usman and Santiago Ponzinibbio have bested Strickland on the scorecards.

32: Seconds needed for Costa to bring down Ademilson Borges Duarte with a head kick and follow-up punches under the Upper Fight MMA Championship banner on June 15, 2013. More than a decade later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

350,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Kevin Holland across his 21 assignments in the UFC. He has been awarded “Performance of the Night” six times and “Fight of the Night” once. Holland toes the line against Michal Oleksiejczuk in a three-round middleweight attraction.

8: Countries in which Oleksiejczuk has suited up as a mixed martial artist. In addition to a 12-2 mark in his native Poland, he has gone 3-3 with one no contest in the United States, 1-0 in Singapore, 1-0 in the United Arab Emirates, 1-0 in Russia, 1-0 in the Czech Republic, 0-1 in New Zealand and 0-1 in Denmark.

12: Jailton Almeida victories by submission, accounting for 60% of his career total (20). His methods of choice: 10 rear-naked chokes and two arm-triangle chokes. Almeida confronts Alexander Romanov in a three-round heavyweight feature.

20: Takedowns completed by Romanov as a member of the UFC roster, tying him with Almeida for fifth on the promotion’s active heavyweight list. Only Curtis Blaydes (62), Sergey Spivak (27), Stipe Miocic (25) and Marcin Tybura (21) have been credited with more.

37: Years of age for Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. The oldest fighter on the card, he was born on Nov. 12, 1986 in Francisco Beltrao, Brazil. Zaleski dos Santos faces Randy Brown in a three-round welterweight appetizer.

2: Organizations in which Brown has plied his mixed martial arts trade. He holds a 12-5 mark in the UFC and a 6-0 mark in Ring of Combat.

25: Years of age for Dana White’s Contender Series graduate Andre Lima. The youngest fighter on the card, he was born on Feb. 4, 1999 in Feira de Santana, Brazil. Lima puts his perfect 8-0 record on the line against Mitch Raposo in a three-round flyweight prelim.

.785: Cumulative winning percentage between the 24 fighters booked to compete at the event. They boast a combined record of 392-106-3. Poirier owns the most wins (30) of anyone on the card, while Holland has been saddled with the most losses (11).