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The UFC returns to Denver for the firs time November 2018 on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 59, which takes place at Ball Enviornment with card that airs fully on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.
Former champion Rose Namajunas (12-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) returns to motion in the principle occasion, when she takes on Tracy Cortez (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) in a girls’s flyweight bout scheduled for 5 rounds.
For extra on the numbers behind the headliner, in addition to the remainder of the cardboard, test under for MMA Junkie’s pre-event info about UFC on ESPN 59.
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Rose Namajunas vs. Tracy Cortez
Rose Namajunas
Namajunas was the primary feminine in UFC historical past to have a number of title reigns in a single weight class. She’s certainly one of 4 fighters to perform the feat, together with Amanda Nunes, Carla Esparza and Zhang Weili.
Namajunas is 1-1 since she moved as much as the ladies’s flyweight division in September 2023.
Namajunas’ 5 stoppage victories in UFC strawweight competitors are tied for second-most in divisional historical past behind Jessica Andrade (six).
Namajunas’ three submission victories in UFC strawweight competitors are tied for second-most in divisional historical past behind Mackenzie Dern (4).
Namajunas’ submission of Paige VanZant on the 2:25 mark of Spherical 5 at UFC Combat Evening 80 is the most recent stoppage in UFC strawweight historical past.
Namajunas’ six fight-night bonuses for UFC strawweight bouts are tied for second-most in divisional historical past behind Andrade (eight).
Tracy Cortez
Cortez is 3-0 since she dropped to the UFC flyweight division in April 2021.
Cortez has earned eight of her 10 profession victories by resolution. That features all 5 of her UFC victories.
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Muslim Salikhov
Santiago Ponzinibbio (29-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC) is 2-4 in his previous six fights courting again to January 2021.
Ponzinibbio has earned 22 of his 29 profession victories by stoppage. That features six of his UFC wins.
Ponzinibbio’s 4 first-round knockout victories in UFC welterweight competitors are tied for third-most in divisional historical past behind Anthony Johnson (5) and Vicente Luque (5).
Drew Dober vs. Jean Silva
Drew Dober (27-12 MMA, 13-8 UFC) competes in his twenty fourth UFC light-weight bout, tied for the sixth-most appearances in divisional historical past behind Jim Miller (41), Clay Guida, (29), Gleison Tibau (28), Joe Lauzon (27) and Michael Johnson (25).
Dober’s 10 stoppage victories in UFC light-weight competitors are tied for fourth-most in divisional historical past behind Miller (16), Charles Oliveira (14) and Lauzon (13).
Dober’s 9 knockout victories in UFC light-weight competitors are tied with Dustin Poirier for many in divisional historical past.
Jean Silva (13-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) makes his second UFC look in a 14-day stretch. He gained at UFC 303 on June 29.
Silva has earned 12 of his 13 profession victories by stoppage. He’s completed each of his UFC wins by knockout.
Julian Erosa vs. Christian Rodriguez
Julian Erosa (28-11 MMA, 7-7 UFC) is 6-3 since he returned to the UFC for a 3rd stint in June 2020.
Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Cody Brundage
Abdul Razak Alhassan (12-6 MMA, 6-6 UFC) is 2-3 since he moved as much as the UFC middleweight division in April 2021.
Alhassan’s 17-second knockout at UFC on ESPN 30 marked the quickest end in UFC historical past stemming from a head kick.
Cody Brundage (10-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC) has earned 9 of his 10 profession victories by stoppage. That features all 4 of his UFC wins.
Brundage is certainly one of 14 fighters in UFC historical past to earn a knockout stemming from a slam. He completed the feat at UFC on ESPN 52.
Luana Santos vs. Mariya Agapova
Mariya Agapova (10-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) returns to competitors for the primary time since Sept. 17, 2022. The 665-day layoff is the longest of her practically nine-year profession.
Agapova enters the occasion on the primary shedding skid of her profession. She hasn’t earned a victory since October 2021.
Agapova’s common combat time of seven:12 in UFC girls’s flyweight competitors is the shortest in divisional historical past.
Agapova’s two fight-night bonuses for UFC girls’s flyweight bouts are tied for second-most in divisional historical past behind Molly McCann (three).
Montel Jackson vs. Da’Mon Blackshear
Montel Jackson’s (13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) four-fight UFC successful streak at bantamweight is tied for the third-longest lively streak within the division behind Merab Dvalishvili (9) and Mario Bautista (six).
Jackson’s 10 knockdowns landed in UFC bantamweight competitors are tied with Marlon Vera, Cody Garbrandt and Petr Yan for many in divisional historical past.
Jackson is certainly one of eight fighters in UFC historical past to earn a knockdown in six consecutive fights.
Jackson’s 4 knockdowns landed at UFC Combat Evening 192 are the single-fight document for a UFC bantamweight
Jackson absorbs 1.38 vital strike makes an attempt in UFC bantamweight competitors, the second-best price in divisional historical past behind Chico Cams (1.31).
Jackson completes 68.8 p.c of his takedown makes an attempt in UFC bantamweight competitors, the best price in divisional historical past.
Da’Mon Blackshear (14-6-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) is certainly one of three fighters in UFC historical past to earn a submission victory by Tornado. He completed the feat at UFC on ESPN 51. Bryce Mitchell and Chan Sung Jung have additionally gained with the method.
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UFC analysis analyst and dwell statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Observe him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
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