By The Numbers: Rob Font vs. Marlon Vera

Rob Font and Marlon Vera are ascendant forces in perhaps the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s deepest divisions. Conflict was inevitable.

The Top 10-ranked bantamweights will do battle in the UFC on ESPN 35 main event this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, where the winner figures to move one step closer to a potential title shot at 135 pounds. Font has rattled off four victories across his past five outings. He last appeared at UFC on ESPN 31, where he wound up on the wrong side of a five-round unanimous decision against the great Jose Aldo. Vera, meanwhile, climbs into the Octagon on the strength of back-to-back wins. He last competed on Nov. 6, when he leveled Frankie Edgar with a front kick to the face in the third round of their encounter at UFC 268.

As Font and Vera make final preparations ahead of their high-stakes showdown, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

34: Years of age for Font, who was born on June 25, 1987 in Leominster, Massachusetts.

8: Font victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 42% of his career total (19). His list of victims includes Marlon Moraes, Thomas Almeida, Matt Schnell, Joey Gomez and George Roop. Font holds four other victories by submission and seven more by decision.

43: Seconds needed for Font to punch out Thane Stimson at a Reality Fighting show on June 2, 2012. Having occurred nearly a decade ago, it remains the fastest finish of his 24-fight career.

847: Significant strikes landed by Font as a UFC bantamweight, placing him fifth on the promotion’s all-time list at 135 pounds. Only T.J. Dillashaw (1,114), Pedro Munhoz (1,012), Aljamain Sterling (891) and Petr Yan (883) have been credited with more.

.773: Cumulative winning percentage between the five opponents—Aldo, Raphael Assuncao, Munhoz, John Lineker and Desmond Green—who have beaten Font. They boast a combined record of 136-40.

29: Years of age for Vera, who was born in Chone, Ecuador, on Dec. 2, 1992.

8: Vera wins by submission, accounting for 44% of his career total (18). His methods of choice: three rear-naked chokes, two triangle chokes, one heel hook, one triangle armbar and one armbar. Vera owns seven other wins by knockout or technical knockout and three more by decision.

7: UFC appearances in which Vera has attempted multiple submissions. He carries a 6-2 record in those bouts. The lone outlier? A unanimous decision loss to Marco Beltran in his organizational debut at UFC 180 in November 2014.

9: Countries in which Vera has plied his trade as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 9-2 in the United States, 2-1-1 in Peru, 2-0 in his native Ecuador, 1-1 in England, 1-1 in Mexico, 0-2 in Brazil, 1-0 in Argentina, 1-0 in Australia and 1-0 in Panama.

177: Combined victories between the seven opponents—Aldo, Lineker, Yadong Song, Douglas Silva de Andrade, Davey Grant, Marco Beltran and Bruno Leandro Soares Lobato—who have defeated Vera. They sport a cumulative .725 winning percentage (177-64-3).