UFC 211 takes place Saturday night in Dallas. Stats & Info previews the main event and co-main event by the numbers.
Heavyweight title fight
Stipe Miocic vs. Junior dos Santos
Miocic makes the second defense of his UFC heavyweight title in a rematch against the last man to defeat him, dos Santos, a former heavyweight champion. Both fighters rank among the top 10 in UFC heavyweight division wins and wins by knockout.
Miocic and dos Santos are seeking to join exclusive heavyweight company. Miocic is trying to become the sixth heavyweight champion to make consecutive successful title defenses, and dos Santos is seeking to become the fourth fighter to hold the UFC heavyweight title on two different occasions.
Miocic, the No. 1-ranked heavyweight according to ESPN, is 16-2 overall, including 10-2 in UFC. He has 12 wins by knockout, including seven in UFC, and one win by submission.
Miocic boasts a 62 percent significant strike defense according to FightMetric, tied for the highest among active UFC heavyweights.
Dos Santos, the No. 5-ranked heavyweight according to ESPN, is 18-4 overall, including 12-3 in UFC. His 12 UFC wins are tied for third-most in heavyweight division history.
He has 13 wins by knockout, including eight in UFC, and one win by submission. However, he has not won consecutive fights since November 2011 and May 2012, going 3-3 in his last six fights.
The odds
Wednesday morning, Miocic was a minus-145 favorite, while dos Santos was plus-125, according to the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook.
UFC strawweight title fight
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Jessica Andrade
Jedrzejczyk will make her fifth defense of the UFC strawweight title. Jedrzejczyk's five wins in UFC title fights are the second-most for female fighters behind Ronda Rousey (six). The titleholder since 2015, Jedrzejczyk is the second-longest reigning champion among active UFC titleholders.
In her five UFC title fights, she has outlanded opponents 746-245 in significant strikes according to FightMetric.
Jedrzejczyk, the No. 1-ranked strawweight fighter and No. 2-ranked women's pound-for-pound fighter according to ESPN, is 13-0 overall, including 7-0 in UFC. She has four wins by knockout, one by submission, and her last three wins have come by unanimous decision.
Andrade, the No. 4-ranked strawweight fighter and No. 7-ranked women's pound-for-pound fighter according to ESPN, is 16-5 overall, including 7-3 in UFC. She has five wins by knockout and seven wins by submission (six by guillotine choke), and is currently on a three-fight win streak.
Andrade lands 52 percent of her strikes in UFC fights according to FightMetric, compared with 47 percent for Jedrzejczyk.