Can Derrick Lewis lengthen KO document?

Lewis competes in his twenty ninth UFC heavyweight bout, the second-most appearances in divisional historical past behind Andrei Arlovski (41).

Lewis is 1-4 in his previous 5 fights courting again to February 2022.

Lewis’ 18 victories in UFC heavyweight competitors are second-most in divisional historical past behind Arlovski (23).

Lewis’ 14 stoppage victories in UFC heavyweight competitors are most in divisional historical past.

Lewis’ 14 stoppage victories in UFC competitors are tied for sixth-most in firm historical past behind Charles Oliveira (20), Jim Miller (17), Donald Cerrone (16), Matt Brown (15) and Dustin Poirier (15).

Lewis’ 14 knockout victories in UFC competitors are most in firm historical past.

Lewis’ 14 knockout victories in UFC competitors stemming from punches are probably the most in firm historical past.

Lewis’ eight knockouts stemming from floor strikes in UFC competitors are tied with Cain Velasquez for many in firm historical past.

Lewis’ eight fight-night bonuses for UFC heavyweight bouts are tied with Stefan Struve for second-most in divisional historical past behind Stipe Miocic (9).

Nascimento’s three-fight UFC profitable streak at heavyweight is tied for the longest lively streak within the division.

Joaquin Buckley vs. Nursulton Ruziboev

Joaquin Buckley (19-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) is 3-0 since he dropped to the welterweight division in Might 2023.

Buckley is one in all 5 fighters in UFC historical past to earn a knockout stemming from a spinning again kick to the top, which he did at UFC on ESPN+ 37. Renan Barao, Uriah Corridor, Natalia Silva and Magomed Mustafaev additionally completed the feat.

Nursulton Ruziboev (34-8-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) drops to the UFC welterweight division after spending his first two octagon appearances at middleweight.

Ruziboev has earned 32 of his 34 profession victories by stoppage. He’s completed 25 of these wins in Spherical 1.

Ruziboev enters the occasion on a 10-fight first-round stoppage streak. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since December 2019.

Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg

Alonzo Menifield (15-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) has earned 13 of his 15 profession victories by stoppage. That features six of his eight UFC wins.

Carlos Ulberg’s (8-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) five-fight UFC profitable streak at mild heavyweight is tied with Khalil Rountree for the longest lively streak within the division.

Ulberg’s four-fight UFC stoppage streak is tied for the third-longest amongst lively fighters within the firm behind Shavkat Rakhmonov (six) and Joanderson Brito (5).

Ulberg lands 60.3 p.c of his important strike makes an attempt in UFC mild heavyweight competitors, the very best fee in divisional historical past.

Ulberg lands 7.4 important strikes per minute in UFC mild heavyweight competitors, the very best fee in divisional historical past.

Mateusz Rebecki(19-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) enters the occasion on a 16-fight profitable streak. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since September 2014.

Rebecki has earned 16 of his 19 profession victories by stoppage.

Alex Caceres (21-14 MMA, 16-12 UFC) turns into the fourth fighter in UFC historical past to make 20 featherweight appearances.

Caceres’ 11 victories in UFC featherweight competitors are tied for fourth-most in divisional historical past behind Max Holloway (20), Darren Elkins (17) and Cub Swanson (14).

Sean Woodson (11-1-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) defends 91.1 p.c of all opponent takedown makes an attempt in UFC featherweight competitors, the third-best fee in divisional historical past behind Julio Arce (95.2 percent0 and Shane Burgos (91.5 p.c).

Robelis Despaigne (5-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all 5 of his profession victories by first-round knockout.

Despaigne has earned his previous three wins by first-round knockout in a mixed 25 seconds.

Despaigne’s 18-second knockout at UFC 299 marked the second-fastest end by a debuting heavyweight in UFC historical past behind Todd Duffee’s seven-second win at UFC 102.

Chase Hooper (13-3-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC) is 2-0 since he moved as much as the light-weight division in Might 2023.

Hooper has earned 10 of his 13 profession victories by stoppage. That features 4 of his 5 UFC wins.

Hooper’s 217 whole strikes landed at UFC Combat Night time 223 are the third-most in a UFC light-weight struggle. Nate Diaz holds the divisional document with 260 whole strikes landed vs. Donald Cerrone at UFC 141.

Terrance McKinney (15-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC) has earned all 15 of his profession victories by stoppage. He’s completed all 5 of his UFC wins within the first spherical.

McKinney’s common struggle time of two:53 in UFC light-weight competitors is the shortest in divisional historical past.

McKinney’s seven-second knockout at UFC 263 is tied for the fourth quickest in UFC historical past. Jorge Masvidal holds the document with a five-second end.

McKinney’s seven-second knockout at UFC 263 is the quickest in UFC historical past by a debuting fighter.

McKinney’s seven-second knockout at UFC 263 is the quickest in UFC light-weight historical past.

McKinney is one in all three fighters in UFC historical past to earn a number of knockout victories of 20 seconds or much less. Anthony Johnson and Matthew Semelsberger additionally completed the feat.

Tecia Pennington (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) returns to competitors for the primary time since April 9, 2022. The 763-day layoff is the longest of her practically 12-year profession.

Pennington competes in her sixteenth UFC strawweight bout, the third-most appearances in divisional historical past behind Angela Hill (23), Randa Markos (18) and Karolina Kowalkiewicz (17).

Pennington’s 9 victories in UFC strawweight competitors are tied for fifth-most in divisional historical past behind Hill (10), Jessica Andrade (10), Carla Esparza (10) and Joanna Jedrzejczyk (10).

JJ Aldrich (13-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC) is 6-3 since she moved as much as the UFC ladies’s flyweight division in March 2019.

Aldrich has earned eight of her 9 UFC victories by resolution.

Veronica Hardy (8-4-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC) is 3-2 since she dropped to the UFC ladies’s flyweight division in Might 2018.

Hardy absorbs simply 2.47 important strikes per minute in UFC ladies’s flyweight competitors, the third-best fee in divisional historical past behind Valentina Shevchenko (1.88) and Natalia Silva (2.1).

Hardy’s two fight-night bonuses for UFC ladies’s flyweight bouts are tied for second-most in divisional historical past behind Molly McCann (three).

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UFC analysis analyst and stay statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Observe him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.