Jim
Miller
makes a little bit of history every time he steps inside
the Octagon.
The most prolific
Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor of all-time will
accept his 42nd assignment with the promotion—no one else has more
than 39—when he confronts
Jared
Gordon in a
UFC on ESPN 46 lightweight showcase this Saturday at the UFC
Apex in Las Vegas. Miller has won three of his last four fights.
However, he finds himself on the rebound after a unanimous decision
loss to
Alexander
Hernandez at UFC Fight Night 219 on Feb. 18. Gordon, meanwhile,
has gone winless over his past two outings. The
Kill Cliff Fight Club export last appeared at UFC Fight Night
222, where an accidental clash of heads resulted in a no contest
with
Bobby Green
on April 22.
As Miller and Gordon make final preparations for their forthcoming
clash at 155 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have
accompanied them to this point:
39: Years of age for Miller, who was born on Aug. 30, 1983 in
Sparta, New Jersey.
19: Miller wins by submission, accounting for 54% of his career
total (35). His methods of choice: seven rear-naked chokes, four
armbars, four guillotine chokes, two triangle chokes, one
arm-triangle choke and one kneebar. Miller owns six other wins by
knockout or technical knockout (17%) and 10 more by decision
(29%).
1,551: Total strikes landed by Miller as a UFC lightweight, placing
him fourth on the promotion’s all-time list at 155 pounds. Only
Green (1,718),
Clay Guida
(1,622) and
Evan Dunham
(1,587) have registered more.
58: Seconds needed for Miller to dispose of Guida with a guillotine
choke at UFC on ESPN 5 on Aug. 3, 2019. Nearly four years later, it
remains his fastest finish to date.
384: Combined victories between the 17 opponents—Hernandez,
Joe
Solecki,
Vinc Pichel,
Scott
Holtzman,
Charles
Oliveira,
Dan Hooker,
Francisco
Trinaldo,
Anthony
Pettis,
Dustin
Poirier,
Diego
Sanchez,
Michael
Chiesa,
Beneil
Dariush,
Donald
Cerrone,
Nate Diaz,
Benson
Henderson,
Gray
Maynard and
Frankie
Edgar—who have beaten Miller. They boast a .714 cumulative
winning percentage at 384-153-3.
34: Years of age for Gordon, who was born in Queens, New York, on
Sept. 6, 1988.
6: Gordon victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting
for 32% of his career total (19).
Michel
Quinones and
Anthony
Morrison highlight his list of victims. Gordon holds two other
victories by submission (10%) and 11 more by decision (58%).
53: Rounds completed by Gordon as a professional mixed martial
artist. He has gone the distance on 12 different occasions and
carries an 11-1 record in those bouts.
3: Organizations for which Gordon has plied his MMA trade. He has
gone 7-5 with one no contest in the UFC, 8-1 in
Cage Fury Fighting Championships and 4-0 in Duelo De
Gigantes.
.797: Cumulative winning percentage between the six
opponents—
Paddy
Pimblett,
Grant
Dawson,
Charles
Oliveira,
Joaquim
Silva,
Diego
Ferreira and
Jeff
Lentz—who have defeated Gordon. They sport a combined record of
113-28-2.