Pace of play does not figure to be an issue for
Matt Brown
and
Bryan
Barberena.
The welterweight action heroes will offer the potential for nonstop
violence when they duke it out as part of the
UFC on ESPN 33 main card this Saturday at Nationwide Arena in
Columbus, Ohio. Brown has recorded three victories across his past
five outings. “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 7 graduate last
competed at UFC on ESPN 25, where he delivered a one-punch knockout
against
Dhiego Lima
in the second round of their June 19 pairing. Barberena, meanwhile,
has won twice in his last three appearances. He has not fought
since he laid claim to a three-round unanimous decision over
Darian
Weeks at UFC on ESPN 31 in December.
As Brown and Barberena close in on their forthcoming encounter at
170 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied
them to this point:
41: Years of age for Brown, who was born on Jan. 10, 1981 in
Jamestown, Ohio.
15: Brown victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting
for 65% of his career total (23). His list of
Ultimate Fighting Championship victims: Lima,
Ben
Saunders,
Diego
Sanchez,
Erick
Silva,
Mike Pyle,
Jordan
Mein,
Mike Swick,
Luis Ramos,
Chris
Cope,
James Wilks,
Pete
Sell and
Matt Arroyo.
Brown owns six other victories by submission and two more by
decision.
24: Submission attempts for Brown as a UFC welterweight, placing
him second on the promotion’s all-time list at 170 pounds. Only
Chris
Lytle (31) has been credited with more.
29: Seconds needed for Brown to punch out Pyle at UFC Fight Night
26 on Aug. 17, 2013. Having occurred more than eight years ago, it
remains the fastest finish of his 41-fight career.
16: Calendar years in which Brown has fought at least once. He went
1-0 in 2005, 4-3 in 2006, 2-3 in 2007, 2-1 in 2008, 2-0 in 2009,
0-3 in 2010, 1-1 in 2011, 4-0 in 2012, 2-0 in 2013, 1-1 in 2014,
1-1 in 2015, 0-3 in 2016, 1-0 in 2017, 1-0 in 2019, 0-1 in 2020 and
1-1 in 2021.
32: Years of age for Barberena, who was born in Montclair,
California, on May 3, 1989.
10: Barberena wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting
for 63% of his career total (16). His list of UFC victims:
Jake
Ellenberger,
Joe Proctor
and
Joe
Ellenberger. Barberena holds two other wins by submission and
four more by decision.
150,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Barberena across
his 13 appearances in the UFC. He has been awarded “Fight of the
Night” on three different occasions.
6: Organizations in which Barberena has plied his mixed martial
arts trade. He has gone 7-6 in the UFC, 4-0 in Dakota Fighting
Championships, 3-1 in
King of
the Cage, 1-0 in The Cage Inc., 1-0 in Crowbar MMA and 0-1 in
Cage Fighting Xtreme.
169: Significant strikes landed by Barberena in his third-round
technical knockout loss to
Vicente
Luque at UFC on ESPN 1 in February 2019. It remains a
high-water mark for “Bam Bam,” who has connected on at least 100
such strikes in three of his UFC assignments.