The UFC starts its 2021 campaign on Saturday with UFC on ABC 1, which marks the return of the promotion to television networks.
The card’s main attraction at ABC, which follows the preliminaries on ESPN +, is a high-risk confrontation between former champion Max Holloway (21-6 MMA, 17-6 UFC), who seems to break a lost skid from two fights , and the warm Calvin Kattar (22-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC).
To learn more about the main event numbers, as well as the rest of the card, check out the 45 pre-event facts about UFC at ABC 1 below.
Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
Max Holloway
Holloway competes in his 22nd UFC fight, the largest number of appearances in the division’s history.
Holloway’s total fight time of 4 hours and 57 minutes in UFC featherweight competitions is the most in the division’s history.
Holloway’s 16 victories in UFC featherweight competitions are the biggest in the division’s history.
Holloway’s ten wins from stoppages in UFC featherweight competitions are the biggest in the division’s history.
Holloway’s eight knockout victories in the UFC featherweight competition are the majority in the division’s history.
Holloway’s six wins in the third round of the UFC competition are tied with Randy Couture and Yoel Romero for most of the company’s history.
Holloway’s eight knockdowns in the UFC featherweight competition are tied for third place in the division’s history, behind Jeremy Stephens (11) and Josh Emmett (10).
Holloway is one of two fighters in UFC history to complete 23 octagon appearances without a knockdown. BJ Penn also accomplished the feat.
Holloway hit 100 or more significant strokes in 11 separate UFC fights, the biggest in the company’s history. No other fighter has more than eight performances.
Holloway is the only fighter in history to hit 2,000 or more significant strikes in UFC competitions. Its 2,173 properties are in the company’s history.
Holloway scored 2,358 goals in total in UFC competitions and is the second highest in the company’s history, behind Georges St-Pierre (2,591).
Holloway hit 290 significant hits against Brian Ortega at UFC 231, the UFC’s single fight record.
Holloway hit 134 significant hits in the fourth round of UFC 231, the record for a UFC round.
Holloway and Ortega combined for 400 significant strikes fell at UFC 231, the UFC’s single fight record.
Holloway’s seven-fight night bonus for UFC featherweight fights is the third largest in the division’s history, behind Cub Swanson (eight) and Chan Sung Jung (eight).
Calvin Kattar
Kattar competes in her third UFC main attraction. He is 1-1 in the previous major events.
Kattar won all four knockout victories on the UFC charts.
Carlos Condit x Matt Brown
Carlos Condit
Carlos Condit (30-13 MMA, 7-9 UFC) has 3-8 in his last 11 UFC appearances since November 2012.
Condit was defeated at least once in 18 of his 22 UFC / WEC appearances. He gave up a total of 65 falls on that stretch.
The bonus of seven fight nights for the UFC welterweight fights is tied for second place in the division’s history, behind Lytle (10).
Matt Brown
Matt Brown (22-17 MMA, 15-11 UFC) competes in his 27th UFC middleweight fight, the highest number of appearances in the division’s history.
Brown’s 15 wins in the UFC welterweight competition are tied for fourth place in the division’s history, behind Georges St-Pierre (19), Neil Magny (17) and Matt Hughes (16).
Brown’s 13 wins in the UFC welterweight competition are the biggest in the division’s history.
Brown’s 11 knockout victories in the UFC competition are tied for second place in the company’s history, behind Vitor Belfort (12).
Brown’s 11 wins by knockout in the welterweight competition are the biggest in the division’s history.
Brown’s 24 attempts at submission in the UFC welterweight competition are the second most in the division’s history, behind Lytle (31).
Brown’s eight losses in the UFC competition are tied for second place in the company’s history, behind Tim Boetsch (nine).
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Li Jingliang
Santiago Ponzinibbio
Santiago Ponzinibbio (27-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) returns to the competition for the first time since November 17, 2018. The 791-day layoff is the longest of his almost 13-year career.
Ponzinibbio’s seven-game streak in the UFC at middleweight is the third longest active streak in the division, behind Kamaru Usman (12) and Leon Edwards (eight).
Ponzinibbio scored 21 of his 27 career stoppage victories. He finished 16 of them in the first round.
Ponzinibbio’s four wins in the first round by knockout in the UFC welterweight competition are tied for third place in the division’s history, behind Anthony Johnson (five) and Vicente Luque (five).
Joaquin Buckley vs. Alessio Di Chirico
Joaquin Buckley (12-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) won all nine career wins by knockout.
Buckley is one of four fighters in UFC history to win a knockout from a spinning kick to the head, which he did in the UFC on ESPN + 37 Renan Barao, Uriah Hall and Magomed Mustafaev also accomplished the feat.
Alessio Di Chirico’s three-fight skid (12-5 MMA, 3-5 UFC) is the longest of his career. He hasn’t won a victory since July 2018.
Phil Hawes vs Nassourdine Imavov
Phil Hawes (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) won all nine career strikes by stoppage.
Hawes’ 18-second knockout at UFC 254 marked the second fastest debut for a middleweight in UFC history, behind Mark Weir’s 10-second victory at UFC 38.
Omari Akhmedov vs Tom Breese
Omari Akhmedov (20-5-1 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC) is 3-1-1 since returning to the UFC middleweight division in December 2017. He is 4-1-1 in the overall weight category under the UFC flag.
Tom Breese (12-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is 2-1 since moving to the UFC middleweight division in May 2018.
Breese obtained 11 of his 12 career stoppage victories. All four submissions in the UFC were by knockout.
Sarah Moras x Vanessa Melo
Vanessa Melo’s three-fight skid (10-8 MMA, 0-3 UFC) is the longest of her career. She hasn’t won a victory since January 2019.
Melo suffered seven of his eight career losses by decision. That includes all three defeats in the UFC.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.