By The Numbers: Marlon Moraes vs. Yadong Song

Time certainly appears to be of the essence for Marlon Moraes in the unsparing Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight division.

The American Top Team-trained Brazilian will attempt to nail down his first win in more than two years when he confronts Yadong Song in the UFC Fight Night 203 co-main event on March 12 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Moraes enters the cage on a career-worst three-fight losing streak. He last appeared at UFC 266, where he succumbed to punches from Merab Dvalishvili in the second round of their Sept. 25 encounter. Song, meanwhile, carries some momentum after back-to-back victories. He last competed on Nov. 13, when he brought down Julio Arce with a head kick and follow-up punches in the second round of their UFC Fight Night 197 pairing.

As Moraes and Song move ever closer to their pivotal battle at 135 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

33: Years of age for Moraes, who was born on April 26, 1988 in Nova Friburgo, Brazil.

10: Moraes victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 43% of his career total (23). His list of victims includes Jimmie Rivera, Aljamain Sterling, Josh Hill, Carson Beebe and Tyson Nam. Moraes owns six other victories by decision and seven more by decision.

1,011: Days spent by Moraes as undisputed World Series of Fighting bantamweight champion. He captured the title with a five-round unanimous decision over Josh Rettinghouse in the WSOF 9 co-feature on March 29, 2014, successfully defended it on five different occasions and vacated his throne to sign with the UFC on Jan. 3, 2017.

32: Seconds needed for Moraes to wipe out Beebe with punches at WSOF 6 in October 2013. Having occurred more than eight years ago, it remains the fastest finish of his 33-fight career.

.735: Cumulative winning percentage between the nine men—Dvalishvili, Rob Font, Cory Sandhagen, Henry Cejudo, Raphael Assuncao, Deividas Taurosevicius, Ralph Acosta, Zeilton Rodrigues and Alexandre Pinheiro—who have defeated Moraes. They sport a combined record of 144-52.

24: Years of age for Song, who was born in Heilongjiang, China, on Dec. 2, 1997.

7: Song wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 39% of his career total (18). In addition to Arce, his list of victims includes Alejandro Perez, Felipe Arantes and Rae Yoon Ok. Song holds three other wins by submission and eight more by decision.

6: First-round finishes on the Song resume, with two of them having taken place inside the Octagon. He submitted Bharat Khandare with a guillotine choke in 4:16 at UFC Fight Night 122 on Nov. 25, 2017 and punched out the aforementioned Perez in 2:04 at UFC 239 on July 6, 2019.

55: Significant strikes by which Song has outlanded the opposition during his current two-fight winning streak. He has connected on 146 such strikes against Arce and Casey Kenney while absorbing only 91 of them in return.

80: Combined victories between the five men—Kyler Phillips, Renat Ondar, Alexey Polpudnikov, Giovanni Moljo and Xian Ji—who have beaten Song. They boast a cumulative .667 winning percentage (80-38-2).