By The Numbers: Edson Barboza vs. Giga Chikadze

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Never has the Ultimate Fighting Championship spotlight burned brighter for Giga Chikadze.

The surging Kings MMA standout will put his career-best eight-fight winning streak on the line when he tackles former Ring of Combat champion Edson Barboza in the UFC on ESPN 30 headliner this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Chikadze sports a perfect 6-0 record inside the Octagon. The Rafael Cordeiro protégé last competed at UFC on ESPN 23, where he needed just 63 seconds to bury Cub Swanson with a body kick and follow-up punches on May 1. Barboza, meanwhile, enters the cage on a modest two-fight winning streak. The American Top Team rep last appeared on May 15, when he punched out Shane Burgos in the third round of their UFC 262 encounter.

As Barboza and Chikadze pore over the final details related to their forthcoming battle at 145 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

35: Years of age for Barboza, who was born in Nova Friburgo, Brazil on Jan. 21, 1986.

13: Barboza victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 59% of his career total (22). His list of UFC victims: Burgos, Dan Hooker, Beneil Dariush, Evan Dunham, Rafaello Oliveira, Lucas Martins, Terry Etim and Mike Lullo. Barboza owns one other victory by submission—he dismissed Lee King with an anaconda choke at a Renaissance MMA event in 2009—and eight more by decision.

1: Fight in which Barboza has connected on at least 100 significant strikes. He landed 126 of them in his third-round knockout of Hooker at UFC on Fox 31 in December 2018.

14: Knockdowns landed by Barboza as a member of the UFC roster, tying him with former light heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua for third-most among active fighters. Only Donald Cerrone (20) and Jeremy Stephens (18) have more.

202: Combined wins between the nine men—Cerrone, Dan Ige, Paul Felder, Justin Gaethje, Kevin Lee, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson, Michael Johnson and Jamie Varner—who have beaten Barboza. They boast a cumulative record of 202-69-1 (.743).

32: Years of age for Chikadze, who was born on Aug. 25, 1988 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

8: Chikadze wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 62% of his career total (13). His list of UFC victims: Swanson and Jamey Simmons. Chikadze holds one other win by submission—he tapped Clay Baines with an armbar at a Gladiator Challenge show in 2018—and four more by decision.

0.92: Knockdowns landed by Chikadze per 15 minutes of UFC competition, placing him sixth on the promotion’s all-time list for featherweights. He trails only Josh Emmett (2.51), Conor McGregor (2.31), Doo Ho Choi (1.64), Teruto Ishihara (1.32) and Chad Mendes (1.03).

1,166: Days since Chikadze last experienced a setback. He has followed his June 19, 2018 submission defeat to Austin Springer on Dana White’s Contender Series with eight consecutive victories.

4: Promotions in which Chikadze has competed as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 7-0 in Gladiator Challenge, 6-0 in the UFC, 0-1 in DWCS and 0-1 in the World Series of Fighting.