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The UFC hosts an occasion in Las Vegas for the primary time in June on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 46, which takes place on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with a primary card that airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
A vital matchup within the middleweight division takes middle in stage in the primary occasion. Former title challengers Marvin Vettori (19-6-1 MMA, 9-4-1 UFC) and Jared Cannonier (16-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) attempt to work their approach to second alternatives for the belt whereas additionally battling for his or her respective tenth win contained in the octagon.
For extra on the numbers behind the headliner, in addition to the remainder of the cardboard, examine under for MMA Junkie’s pre-event info about UFC on ESPN 46.
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Marvin Vettori
Marvin Vettori
Vettori has earned seven of his 9 UFC victories by determination.
Vettori’s common combat time of 15:41 in UFC middleweight competitors is third-longest in divisional historical past behind Israel Adesanya (17:19) and Sean Strickland (15:54).
Vettori landed 190 important strikes at UFC Combat Evening 196, a single-fight file for a UFC mild heavyweight combat.
Vettori landed 11 takedowns at UFC on ABC 2, the single-fight UFC middleweight file.
Jared Cannonier
Jared Cannonier
Cannonier is 6-2 since he dropped to the UFC middleweight division in November 2018.
Cannonier is certainly one of 16 fighters in UFC historical past to win fights in three weight lessons. He’s been victorious at middleweight, mild heavyweight and heavyweight.
Cannonier is certainly one of two fighters in UFC historical past to earn knockout victories in three weight lessons. Conor McGregor additionally completed the feat.
Raoni Barcelos vs. Miles Johns
Miles Johns
Miles Johns (13-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) defends 72.8 p.c of all opponent important strike makes an attempt in UFC bantamweight competitors, the very best charge in divisional historical past.
Pat Sabatini vs. Lucas Almeida
Pat Sabatini
Pat Sabatini (17-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) absorbs 1.50 important strikes per minute in UFC featherweight competitors, the second-lowest charge in divisional historical past behind Rani Yahya (1.05).
Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Felipe Bunes
Zhalgas Zhumagulov
Zhalgas Zhumagulov’s (14-8 MMA, 1-5 UFC) three-fight dropping skid is the longest of his profession. He hasn’t earned a victory since July 2021.
Zhumagulov is 1-5 in his previous six fights relationship again to July 2020.
Zhumagulov lands 4.87 important strikes per minute in UFC flyweight competitors, the third-best charge in divisional historical past behind John Lineker (5.43) and Alex Perez (5.24).
Nicolas Dalby vs. Muslim Salikhov
Nicolas Dalby
Nicolas Dalby (21-5-1 MMA, 5-4-1 UFC) is 4-2 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in September 2019.
Dalby has earned all 5 of his UFC victories by determination.
Muslim Salikhov (19-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) defends 67.3 p.c of all opponent important strike makes an attempt in UFC welterweight competitors, the very best charge amongst lively fighters within the weight class.
Dan Argueta vs. Ronnie Lawrence
Ronnie Lawrence
Ronnie Lawrence (8-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) vs. Mana Martinez at UFC 271 is certainly one of two fights in UFC historical past to function two knockdowns landed for every fighter. Alex Oliveira vs. Yancy Medeiros at UFC 218 was the opposite.
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UFC analysis analyst and reside statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Observe him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
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