The UFC hosts its fourth event in Singapore on Saturday with UFC on ESPN+ 20, which takes place at Singapore Indoor Stadium and streams on ESPN+.
A key welterweight fight serves as the main event. Multi-time UFC title challenger Demian Maia (27-9 MMA, 21-9 UFC) is set to face fellow grappling standout Ben Askren (19-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in a contest scheduled for five rounds.
For more on the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for 40 pre-event facts about UFC on ESPN+ 20.
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Main event
Maia, 41, is the oldest of the 22 fighters scheduled to compete at the event.
Maia competes in his 31st UFC bout, the fourth most appearances in company history behind Donald Cerrone (33), Jim Miller (33) and Jeremy Stephens (32).
Maia’s 21 victories in UFC competition are second most in company history behind Cerrone (23).
Maia’s 21 victories in UFC competition are the most of any Brazilian fighter in company history.
Maia’s total fight time of 6:18:12 in UFC competition is fourth most in company history behind Frankie Edgar (7:12:33), Rafael dos Anjos (6:28:11) and Stephens (6:20:38).
Maia is 12-5 since he dropped to the UFC welterweight division in July 2012.
Maia’s 10 submission victories in UFC competition are tied with Royce Gracie for second most in company history behind Charles Oliveira (13).
Maia’s eight submission victories via rear-naked choke in UFC competition are most in company history.
Maia defends 66.3 percent of all opponent takedown attempts in UFC welterweight competition, the third highest rate among active fights in the weight class behind Jake Matthews (71.6 percent) and Chad Laprise (67.7 percent).
Maia’s 65 takedowns landed in UFC competition are sixth most in company history.
Maia’s 251 takedown attempts in UFC competition are the most in company history.
Maia is 21-2 in UFC bouts in which he completes at least one takedown. He’s completed at least one takedown against 23 of his 30 UFC opponents.
Maia once went a combined 0-for-49 on takedown attempts over a three-fight UFC stretch. It’s the longest streak of failed attempts in UFC history without a takedown landed.
Maia was unsuccessful on all 21 of his takedown attempts against champ Tyron Woodley at UFC 214, the second worst title-fight output in UFC history behind Diego Sanchez’s 0-for-27 effort against B.J. Penn at UFC 107.
Maia completed just two of 22 takedown attempts in his unanimous-decision loss to Rory MacDonald at UFC 170. Those 22 takedown attempts were the most in a single UFC welterweight bout.
Askren enters the event following the first loss of his career. He was on a 19-fight winning streak prior to the defeat.
Askren is a former ONE Championship and Bellator welterweight champion.
Askren has landed zero significant strikes through his two-fight UFC career
Askren is one of six fighters in UFC history to earn a submission victory with a bulldog choke. He accomplished the feat at UFC 235.
Co-main event
Michael Johnson (19-14 MMA, 11-10 UFC) returns to the lightweight division for the first time since July 2017. He went 2-2 at featherweight.
Johnson is 3-6 in his past nine fights dating back to August 2015.
Johnson’s nine knockdowns landed in UFC lightweight competition are fourth most in divisional history behind Melvin Guillard (13), Cerrone (11) and Edson Barboza (10).
Stevie Ray (22-9 MMA, 6-4 UFC) is 1-3 in his past four UFC appearances dating back to July 2017.
Remaining main card
Frank Camacho (22-7 MMA, 2-3 UFC) is 2-1 since he dropped to the UFC lightweight division in November 2017.
Muslim Salikhov (15-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned 14 of his 15 career victories by stoppage. Both of his UFC wins are by knockout.
Preliminary card
Randa Markos (9-7-1 MMA, 5-6-1 UFC) competes in her 13th UFC strawweight bout, the most appearances in divisional history.
Markos is 2-3-1 in her past six UFC appearance dating back to August 2017.
Markos has completed at least one takedown against 10 of her 12 UFC opponents.
Markos and Marina Rodriguez fought to the first draw in UFC strawweight history at UFC Fight Night 137 in September 2018.
Ashley Yoder (7-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) was awarded the first 30-24 scorecard in a women’s UFC fight at UFC on ESPN+ 12.
Alex White (13-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) is 2-3 since he moved up to the UFC lightweight division in January 2017.
Enrique Barzola (16-4-1 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has earned all six of his UFC victories by decision.
Barzola defends 69.3 percent of all opponent significant strike attempts in UFC featherweight competition, the third highest rate in divisional history behind Josh Emmett (72 percent) and Gabriel Benitez (71.4 percent).
Barzola’s 35 takedowns landed in UFC featherweight competition are third most in divisional history behind Dennis Bermudez (46) and Darren Elkins (40).
Barzola is one five fighters in history to earned 10 or more takedowns in a UFC/WEC featherweight bout. Gray Maynard, Jimmy Hettes, Zabit Magomedsharipov and Nik Lentz also accomplished the feat.
Maurice Greene’s (8-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak at heavyweight is tied with Francis Ngannou and Augusto Sakai for the longest active streak in the division.
Greene is one of two heavyweights in UFC history to earn a submission by triangle choke. Stefan Struve owns two wins with the technique.
Loma Lookboonmee (3-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), 23, is the youngest of the 22 fighters scheduled to compete at the event.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
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