Rinat Fakretdinov achieves UFC milestone

Whittaker is the only New Zealand-born fighter in history to win a UFC championship.

Whittaker is one of 14 undisputed middleweight champions in UFC history.

Whittaker is 13-3 since moving up to the UFC middleweight division in November 2014.

Whittaker has won 11 of his 16 UFC victories by decision.

Whittaker has earned eight fight-night bonuses in UFC middleweight bouts, tying him with Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero for the second-most in the division's history behind Anderson Silva (12).

Sergey Pavlovich vs. Alexander Volkov

Sergey Pavlovich (17-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has won 15 of his 17 fights by stoppage, and all 15 of those wins have come by knockout.

Pavlovic has won all six of his UFC victories by first-round knockout.

Pavlovic's six-fight knockout streak at the UFC came to an end at UFC 295, tying him with Don Frye for the second-longest streak in UFC history behind Chuck Liddell (7).

Pavlovic has scored 5.9 knockdowns per 15 minutes in a UFC bout, the most in the organization's history.

Pavlovic has landed 8.21 effective strikes per minute in UFC heavyweight combat, the most in the history of the division and third-highest in UFC history behind Casey O'Neill (8.41) and Victor Henry (8.34).

Pavlovic's average fight time at UFC is 2 minutes 13 seconds, the second shortest in the company's history behind Tom Aspinall (2 minutes 10 seconds).

Alexander Volkov (37-10 MMA, 11-4 UFC) is a former Bellator heavyweight champion.

Volkov has won 28 of his 37 career victories by stoppage.

Volkov earned the fourth-ever Ezekiel choke submission at UFC 293, after Aleksei Oleinik (twice) and Remco Pardoel also used the move to win.

Kelvin Gastelum (17-9 MMA, 12-9 UFC) made an unsuccessful return to the welterweight division at UFC on ESPN 52. He has not won at the weight class since July 2016.

Gastelum has a record of 2-6 in his last eight UFC appearances since April 2019.

Gastelum has defended 65.7% of his opponents' effective strike attempts in UFC welterweight bouts, the second-highest defense rate among active fighters behind Jack Della Maddalena (66.7%).

Daniel Rodriguez (17-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) landed 7.55 significant punches per minute in a UFC welterweight bout, the most in the history of the division.

Johnny Walker (21-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) has a record of 4 wins, 5 losses and 1 no contest in his last 10 fights since November 2019.

Walker has won 19 of his 21 victories by stoppage, with six of his seven UFC wins coming by first-round knockout.

Walker is one of 10 fighters in UFC history to win a fight by spinning backfist knockout, a feat he accomplished at UFC on ESPN+ 2.

Walker is one of two fighters in UFC history to win a light heavyweight bout by flying knee knockout, James Irvin also achieving the feat.

Walker is one of five fighters in modern UFC history to win a light heavyweight bout by knockout in 15 seconds or less, a feat he accomplished at UFC on ESPN+ 2.

Jared Gordon (20-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) has a 5-5 record in the UFC lightweight division with one no-contest.

Rinat Fakretdinov (21-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) enters the tournament on a 21-fight winning streak. He has not lost since June 2013.

Fakletdinov's 21-fight unbeaten streak in mixed martial arts is the longest of any active UFC fighter.

Nicolas Dalby (23-4-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) has a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 1 no contest since making his second UFC return in September 2019.

Kang Kyung-ho (19-10 MMA, 8-4 UFC)'s four submission victories in the UFC bantamweight division are the third-most in the division's history, behind Rani Yahya (six) and Urijah Faber (six).

Kang has a takedown success rate of 57.1% in UFC bantamweight bouts, the second-highest among active fighters in the division behind Jackson (68.8%).

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UFC research analyst and live stats producer Michael Carroll contributed to this article. Follow us on Twitter. translation:.