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UFC 250 pre-event facts: Double champ Amanda Nunes looks to achieve more history

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The UFC holds its fifth pay-per-view event if 2020 on Saturday with UFC 250, which takes at UFC Apex in Las Vegas with a five-fight main card lineup.

A women’s featherweight championship bout is featured in the main event. Featherweight and bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes (19-4 MMA, 12-1 UFC) puts her 145-pound belt on the line against Felicia Spencer (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in attempt to become the first in UFC history to register title defenses in two divisions while holding multiple belts simultaneously.

For more on the numbers, check below for 50 pre-event facts about the UFC 250 main card.

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Main event

Amanda Nunes

Nunes is one of four simultaneous two-division champions in UFC history. Daniel Cormier, Conor McGregor and Henry Cejudo also accomplished the feat.

Nunes is one of seven fighters in UFC history to win titles in two weight classes. Cormier, McGregor, Cejudo, Georges St-Pierre, B.J. Penn and Randy Couture also accomplished the feat.

Nunes’ five consecutive UFC title defenses are most among current champions.

Nunes’ seven victories in women’s UFC title fights are most in company history.

Nunes has defeated six fighters who once held an undisputed UFC belt, tied with Jon Jones for the most of any active fighter in the organization.

Nunes’ 12 victories in UFC competition are most for any female in company history.

Nunes’ 11 victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Nunes’ 10-fight UFC winning streak in women’s competition is the longest in company history.

Nunes’ nine-fight UFC winning streak at women’s bantamweight is the longest active streak in the division.

Nunes’ eight stoppage victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are most in divisional history.

Nunes’ seven first-round finishes in UFC/Strikeforce women’s bantamweight competition are second most in combined divisional history behind Ronda Rousey (seven).

Nunes’ six knockout victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Nunes’ three knockdowns landed in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Nunes’ 14-second knockout of Julia Budd at Strikeforce Challenger 13 is the fastest knockout in UFC/Strikeforce women’s history.

Nunes’ victory at the 2:36 mark of Round 5 at UFC 224 marked the second latest stoppage in a women’s UFC title fight – behind only Miesha Tate’s win at the 3:30 mark of Round 5 vs. Holly Holm at UFC 196.

Nunes’ four fight-night bonuses for UFC women’s bantamweight fights are second most in divisional history behind Rousey (seven).

Felicia Spencer

Spencer competes in her fourth UFC women’s featherweight bout, the third-most appearances in divisional history behind Megan Anderson (five) and Cris Cyborg (five).

Spencer’s two victories in UFC women’s featherweight are third most in divisional history behind Cyborg (four) and Anderson (three).

Spencer has earned six of her eight career victories by stoppage. That includes both of her UFC wins.

Spencer’s two stoppage victories in UFC women’s featherweight competition are tied for second most in divisional history behind Anderson (three).

Co-main event

Raphael Assuncao

Raphael Assuncao (27-7 MMA, 11-4 UFC) competes in his 15th UFC bantamweight bout, tied for the second most appearances in divisional history behind Urijah Faber (17).

Assuncao is 11-3 since he dropped to the UFC bantamweight division in August 2011.

Assuncao’s 11 victories in UFC bantamweight competition are tied for second most in divisional history behind T.J. Dillashaw (12).

Assuncao’s eight decision victories in UFC bantamweight competition are most in divisional history.

Assuncao defends 68.7 percent of all significant strike attempts in UFC bantamweight competition, the second-best rate in divisional history behind Vaughan Lee (71.5 percent).

Cody Garbrandt

Cody Garbrandt (11-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) returns to competition for the first time since March 2, 2019. The 462-day layoff is the longest of his more than seven-year career.

Garbrandt has suffered three consecutive losses after starting his career on an 11-fight winning streak. He hasn’t earned a victory since December 2016.

Garbrandt is the only UFC bantamweight champion to lose the title before making a successful defense.

Garbrandt’s eight knockdowns landed in UFC bantamweight competition are tied for second most in divisional history behind Dillashaw (nine).

Featured bout

Aljamain Sterling

Aljamain Sterling’s (18-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak in bantamweight competition is tied for the third longest active streak in the division behind Petr Yan (six) and Marlon Vera (five).

Sterling’s nine victories in UFC bantamweight competition are fourth most in divisional history behind Dillashaw (12), Assuncao (11) and Faber (11).

Sterling landed 174 significant strikes at UFC 238, the single-fight record for a UFC/WEC bantamweight bout.

Sterling’s three submission victories in UFC bantamweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Faber (six) and Rani Yahya (five).

Sterling lands 50.1 percent of his significant strike attempts in UFC bantamweight competition, the third highest rate among active fighters in the weight class behind Luke Sanders (51.7 percent) and Matthew Lopez (51 percent).

Sterling absorbs just 2.02 significant strikes per minute in UFC bantamweight competition, the best rate among active fighters in the weight class.

Sterling is one of three fighters in UFC history to earn a submission victory by Suloev stretch. He accomplished the feat at UFC 228. Zabit Magomedsharipov and Kenny Robertson has also won with the technique.

Cory Sandhagen’s (18-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak in bantamweight competition is tied for the third longest active streak in the division behind Yan (six) and Vera (five).

Sandhagen lands 7.14 significant strikes per minute in UFC competition, the fourth highest rate in company history behind Paulo Costa (8.43), Justin Gaethje (7.74) and Leslie Smith (7.56).

Remaining main card

Neil Magny

Neil Magny (22-7 MMA, 15-6 UFC) becomes the fifth fighter to make 22 or more UFC welterweight appearances.

Magny’s 15 victories in UFC welterweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind St-Pierre (19) and Matt Hughes (16).

Magny is the only fighter in modern UFC history to make five or more octagon appearances in consecutive years. He went 4-1 in 2015 after going 5-0 in 2014.

Magny’s five UFC victories in 2014 tied Roger Huerta’s record for most octagon wins in a calendar year. Huerta accomplished the feat in 2007.

Magny’s 100 significant ground strikes landed against Hector Lombard at UFC Fight Night 85 stand as the single-fight UFC record.

Magny’s 142 total strikes landed in the second round of his victory against Lombard stand as the third most in a single UFC round.

Anthony Rocco Martin (17-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) is 5-1 since he returned to welterweight in April 2018. He’s 8-1 in the weight class overall.

Martin absorbs just 1.64 significant strikes in UFC welterweight competition, the highest rate among active fighters in the weight class.

Eddie Wineland

Eddie Wineland (24-13-1 MMA, 6-7 UFC) competes in his 21st UFC/WEC bantamweight bout, the most appearances in combined divisional history.

Wineland’s 11 victories in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are tied for fourth most in combined divisional history behind Dillashaw (12), Faber (12) and Dominick Cruz (12).

Wineland’s eight stoppage victories in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are tied with Dillashaw, Faber and Yahya for most in divisional history.

Wineland’s eight knockout victories in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are most in combined divisional history.

Wineland’s 13 knockdowns landed in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are the most in combined divisional history.

Wineland defends 93.3 percent of all opponent takedown attempts in UFC bantamweight competition, the third highest rate in divisional history behind Jimmie Rivera (95.5 percent) and Renan Barao (94.7 percent).

UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.

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