UFC on ESPN 61 pre-event details: Serghei Spivac’s high-rated offense

Tybura competes in his fourth UFC headliner. He’s 1-2 in earlier important occasions.

Tybura turns into the eighth heavyweight in historical past to make 20 or extra UFC appearances.

Tybura’s seven determination victories in UFC heavyweight competitors are second-most in divisional historical past behind Andre Arlovski (12).

Tybura defends 79.4 % of opponent takedown makes an attempt in UFC heavyweight competitors, the very best charge amongst lively fighters within the weight class.

Spivac has earned 14 of his 16 profession victories by stoppage. He’s completed 10 of these wins in Spherical 1.

Spivac full 64.3 % of his takedown makes an attempt in UFC heavyweight competitors, the very best charge in divisional historical past.

Spivac’s 27 takedowns landed in UFC heavyweight competitors are third-most in divisional historical past behind Curtis Blaydes (62) and Cain Velasquez (34).

Chris Gutierrez (20-6-2 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) is considered one of 10 fighters in UFC historical past to earn a knockout stemming from a spinning backfist. He achieved the feat at UFC on ESPN 33.

Gutierrez is the one fighter in UFC historical past to earn knockouts by knee, spinning backfist and leg kicks.

Gutierrez lands 58 % of his important strike makes an attempt in UFC bantamweight competitors, the fourth-best charge in divisional historical past behind Umar Nurmagomedov (63.1 %), Sean O’Malley (62 %) and Jack Shore (58.4 %).

Damon Jackson (23-6-1 MMA, 6-4-1 UFC) is 6-3 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in September 2020.

Jackson is the one fighter in UFC historical past to have a report of 1-1-1 with one no contest in his first 4 octagon appearances.

Yana Santos’ (14-8 MMA, 4-5 UFC) three-fight shedding skid is the longest of her profession. She hasn’t earned a victory since February 2021.

Santos out-landed her opponent 215-to-35 in whole strikes at UFC Battle Evening 185. The +180 margin is the most important in UFC girls’s bantamweight historical past.

Karol Rosa (17-6 MMA, 6-3 UFC) and Irene Aldana mixed for 349 important strikes landed at UFC 296, the single-fight report for a UFC girls’s bantamweight combat.

Rosa has earned all six of her UFC victories by determination.

Rosa lands 57 % of her important strike makes an attempt in UFC girls’s bantamweight competitors, the second-best charge in divisional historical past behind Mayra Bueno Silva (64.8 %).

Rosa lands 7.21 important strikes per minute in UFC girls’s bantamweight competitors, the second-highest charge in divisional historical past behind Leslie Smith (7.69).

Pannie Kianzad (16-8 MMA, 5-5 UFC) has earned 12 of her 15 profession victories by determination. That features all 5 of her UFC wins.

Karl Williams’ (10-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) three-fight UFC successful streak at heavyweight is tied for the third-longest lively streak within the division behind Alexandr Volkov (4) and Mick Parkin (4).

Williams has earned all three of his UFC victories by determination.

Youssef Zalal (14-5-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC) absorbs simply 1.72 important strikes per minute in UFC featherweight competitors, the fourth-best charge in divisional historical past behind Rani Yahya (1.05), Pat Sabatini (1.54) and Bryce Mitchell (1.63).

Zalal defends 66.3 % of all opponent important strike makes an attempt in UFC featherweight competitors, the very best charge amongst lively fighters within the weight class.

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UFC analysis analyst and stay statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Comply with him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.