The UFC will kick off its 2021 campaign on Saturday with UFC on ABC 1, returning the promotion to network television.
The card headliner on ABC, which follows the prelims on ESPN +, is a high stakes featherweight clash between former champion Max Holloway (21-6 MMA, 17-6 UFC), who appears to be shooting a two-fight losing slip , and the red-hot Calvin Kattar (22-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC).
To learn more about the numbers behind the main event and the rest of the chart, check out 45 pre-event facts about UFC on ABC 1 below.
Max Holloway v Calvin Kattar
Max Holloway
Holloway is competing in his 22nd UFC featherweight bout, the most appearances in the division’s history.
Holloway’s total fight time of 4 hours and 57 minutes in UFC featherweight competition is the most in the division’s history.
Holloway’s 16 wins in the UFC featherweight competition are the most in the division’s history.
Holloway’s 10 wins in the UFC featherweight competition are the most in the division’s history.
Holloway’s eight knockout wins in the UFC featherweight league are the most in the division’s history.
Holloway’s six third-round wins in the UFC league are equal to Randy Couture and Yoel Romero for most of the company’s history.
Holloway’s eight knockdowns that have landed in the UFC featherweight league rank third 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 octagonal appearances without taking a knockdown. BJ Penn also accomplished the feat.
Holloway has landed 100 or more major strikes in 11 separate UFC fights, the most in the company’s history. No other hunter has more than eight such versions.
Holloway is the only fighter in history to have received 2,000 or more major strikes in the UFC league. Its 2,173 landings are the most in the company’s history.
Holloway has scored a total of 2,358 strikes in the UFC competition, the second-most in the company’s history after Georges St-Pierre (2,591).
Holloway landed 290 major bouts against Brian Ortega at UFC 231, the UFC single fight record.
Holloway landed in Round 4 at UFC 231, the UFC single-round record.
Holloway and Ortega teamed up for 400 major strikes at UFC 231, the UFC single-fight record.
Holloway’s seven fight-night bonuses for UFC featherweight bouts are the third most in the division’s history, behind Cub Swanson (eight) and Chan Sung Jung (eight).
Calvin Kattar
Kattar is competing in his third UFC headliner. He is 1-1 in previous main events.
Kattar has earned all four of his UFC stoppage wins by knockout.
Carlos Condit v Matt Brown
Carlos Condit
Carlos Condit (30-13 MMA, 7-9 UFC) is 3-8 in his last 11 UFC appearances dating back to November 2012.
Condit has been knocked out at least once in 18 of his 22 UFC / WEC appearances. He has given up a total of 65 takedowns in that process.
Condit’s seven fight-night bonuses for UFC welterweight fights rank second in division history behind Lytle (10).
Matt Brown
Matt Brown (22-17 MMA, 15-11 UFC) takes part in his 27th UFC welterweight bout, the most appearances in the division’s history.
Brown’s 15 wins in the UFC welterweight league rank fourth in division history behind Georges St-Pierre (19), Neil Magny (17) and Matt Hughes (16).
Brown’s 13 wins in the UFC welterweight league are the most in the division’s history.
Brown’s 11 knockout victories in the UFC league rank second in the company’s history, behind Vitor Belfort (12).
Brown’s 11 knockout wins in the welterweight league are the most in the division’s history.
Brown’s 24 entry attempts in the UFC welterweight competition are the second most in division history after Lytle (31).
Brown’s eight breaks in UFC competition are second in the company’s history, behind Tim Boetsch (nine).
Santiago Ponzinibbio v 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 nearly 13-year career.
Ponzinibbio’s UFC-winning streak of seven welterweight fights is the third longest active streak in the division behind Kamaru Usman (12) and Leon Edwards (eight).
Ponzinibbio has had 21 of his 27 career wins through hiatus. He finished 16 of them in round 1.
Ponzinibbio’s four first-round knockout victories in the UFC welterweight league rank third 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) has achieved all nine wins from his career break by knockout.
Buckley is one of four fighters in UFC history to earn a knockout as a result of a reversing kick to the head, which he did at UFC on ESPN + 37 Renan Barao, Uriah Hall and Magomed Mustafaev also achieved the feat .
Alessio Di Chirico’s (12-5 MMA, 3-5 UFC) losing slip is the longest of his career. He has not had a victory since July 2018.
Phil Hawes v Nassourdine Imavov
Phil Hawes (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has had all nine wins in his career by hiatus.
Hawes’ 18-second knockout at UFC 254 was the second-fastest debut for a middleweight in UFC history, following Mark Weir’s 10-second win at UFC 38.
Omari Akhmedov v Tom Breese
Omari Akhmedov (20-5-1 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC) has been 3-1-1 since returning to the UFC Middleweight division in December 2017. He is 4-1-1 in the weight class overall under the UFC -flag .
Tom Breese (12-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has been 2-1 since moving to the UFC Middleweight division in May 2018.
Breese has had 11 of his 12 career wins through hiatus. All four of his UFC finishes have been knocked out.
Sarah Moras to Vanessa Melo
Vanessa Melo’s (10-8 MMA, 0-3 UFC) losing slip in three fights is the longest of her career. She has not had a victory since January 2019.
Melo has lost seven of her eight careers by decision. That includes all three of her UFC defeats.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.