Holly Holm can probably feel Father Time nipping at her heels.
The former Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight titleholder will seek her second win in as many appearances when she toes the line against Mayra Bueno Silva in the UFC on ESPN 49 headliner this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Holm marches into her latest assignment with an 8-6 record inside the Octagon. She last fought at UFC on ESPN 43, where she outpointed Yana Santos to a unanimous decision in their three-round pairing on March 25. Silva, meanwhile, has rattled off three straight victories. She last competed on Feb 18, when she dispatched Lina Lansberg with a kneebar in the second round of their UFC Fight Night 219 confrontation.
As Holm and Silva close in on their upcoming showdown, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
41: Years of age for Holm, who was born on Oct. 17, 1981, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
8: Holm wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 53% of her career total (15). Her list of UFC victims: Bethe Correia and Ronda Rousey. Holm holds seven other wins by decision (47%).
897: Total strikes landed by Holm as a UFC women’s bantamweight, placing her seventh on the promotion’s all-time list at 135 pounds. Only Raquel Pennington (1,310), Amanda Nunes (1,099), Alexis Davis (1,000), Julianna Pena (964), Irene Aldana (960) and the aforementioned Santos (938) have connected with more.
70: Rounds started by Holm as a professional mixed martial artist. She has gone the distance on 11 different occasions and carries a 7-4 record in those bouts.
114: Combined victories between the six opponents—Nunes, Ketlen Vieira, Cristiane Justino, Germaine de Randamie, Valentina Shevchenko and Miesha Tate—who have defeated Holm. They boast a cumulative .809 winning percentage at 114-27.
31: Years of age for Silva, who was born in Uberlandia, Brazil, on Aug. 22, 1991.
7: Silva victories by submission, accounting for 70% of her career total (10). Her methods of choice: five armbars, one ninja choke and one kneebar. Silva owns one other victory by knockout or technical knockout (10%) and two more by decision (20%).
58: Seconds needed for Silva to put away Shun Lee with an armbar at a Delta Fight Club show on March 7, 2015. More than eight years later, it remains her fastest finish to date.
1: Stalemate on the Silva resume. She battled Elevation Fight Team export Montana De La Rosa to a majority draw at UFC Fight Night 186 in 2021.
.808: Cumulative winning percentage between the two opponents—Manon Fiorot and Maryna Moroz—who have beaten Silva. They sport a combined record of 21-5.
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