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The UFC has a history of bringing strong fight cards to Chicago, and it’s no different with UFC 238, which takes place Saturday at United Center with a main card that airs on pay-per-view following a strong preliminary lineup on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

The prelims alone feature two former UFC title challengers and a handful of ranked contenders across multiple divisions. There’s no shortage of talent scheduled.

For more, check below for 45 pre-fight facts about the UFC 238 preliminary card.

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Featured ESPN prelim

Tatiana Suarez’s (7-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak in strawweight competition is tied with Ansaroff and Jessica Andrade for the longest active streak in the division.

Suarez has earned five of her seven career victories by stoppage.

Suarez’s three stoppage victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Andrade (four) and Rose Namajunas (four).

Suarez’s two submission victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Namajunas (three) and Cynthia Calvillo (three).

Nina Ansaroff’s (10-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak in strawweight competition is tied with Suarez and Andrade for the longest active streak in the division.

Ansaroff has earned three of her four UFC victories by decision.

Ansaroff defends 80.6 percent of all opponent takedown attempts in UFC strawweight competition, the third highest rate in divisional history.

Other ESPN prelims

Aljamain Sterling’s (17-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in bantamweight competition is tied for the third longest active streak in the division behind Marlon Moraes (four) and Petr Yan (four).

Sterling’s three submission victories in UFC bantamweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Urijah 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 1.47 significant strikes per minute in UFC bantamweight competition, the second-best rate in divisional history behind Chico Camus (1.31).

Sterling is one of three fighters in UFC history to earn a submission victory by Suloev Stretch. He accomplished the feat at UFC 228.

Pedro Munhoz’s (18-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in bantamweight competition is tied for the third longest active streak in the division behind Moraes (four) and Yan (four).

Munhoz’s six stoppage victories in UFC bantamweight competition are tied with Faber for second most in divisional history behind T.J. Dillashaw (eight).

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

Munhoz’s three knockdowns landed at UFC 227 are tied for the UFC single-fight bantamweight record along with Hugo Viana (TUF 16 Finale) and Andre Soukhamthath (UFC Fight Night 114).

Karolina Kowalkiewicz (12-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) is 2-4 in her past six fights dating back to when she challenged for the UFC strawweight title in November 2016.

Kowalkiewicz has earned all five of her UFC victories by decision. She hasn’t earned a stoppage since May 2014.

Kowalkiewicz defends 83.7 percent of all opponent takedown attempts in UFC strawweight competition, the highest rate in divisional history.

Ricardo Lamas (19-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) competes in his 16th UFC featherweight bout, tied for the fourth most appearances in divisional history behind Max Holloway (18), Darren Elkins (18) and Cub Swanson (17).

Lamas’ 10 victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Holloway (15) and Elkins (13).

Lamas’ seven stoppage victories in UFC featherweight competition are second most in divisional history behind Holloway (10).

Lamas’ three submission victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Charles Oliveira (six) and Chas Skelly (four).

Featured ESPN+ prelim

Yan Xiaonan (10-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is 7-0 (with one no-contest) since returning from a nearly five-year layoff in July 2015.

Xiaonan’s three-fight UFC winning streak in strawweight competition is tied for the fourth longest active streak in the division behind Suarez (four), Ansaroff (four) and Andrade (four).

Xiaonan landed 150 significant strikes against Syuri Kondo at UFC Fight Night 141, the single-fight record for a three round UFC strawweight fight.

Xiaonan has earned all three of her UFC victories by decision.

Angela Hill (9-6 MMA, 4-6 UFC) competes in her 11th UFC strawweight bout, tied with Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Randa Markos for the most appearances in divisional history.

Hill makes her third UFC appearance in a 77-day stretch. She won at UFC on ESPN+ 8 in April and lost at UFC on ESPN+ 5 in March.

Hill becomes the first fighter to make three UFC appearances in 2019.

Hill is 3-4 since she returned to the UFC for a second stint in February 2017.

Hill’s two knockdowns landed in UFC strawweight competition are second most in divisional history behind Namajunas (three).

Hill has landed 100+ significant strikes in five separate UFC strawweight fights, the second most in divisional history behind Jedrzejczyk (six).

Hill has earned all four of her UFC victories by decision.

Other ESPN+ prelims

Darren Stewart (9-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) is 2-3 since he dropped to the UFC middleweight division in November 2017.

Eddie Wineland (23-13-1 MMA, 5-7 UFC) competes in his 20th UFC/WEC bantamweight bout, the most appearances in combined divisional history.

Wineland is 3-5 in his past eight UFC appearance dating back to when he challenged for the UFC bantamweight title in September 2013.

Wineland’s seven stoppage victories in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Dillashaw (eight) and Yahya (eight).

Wineland’s seven knockout victories in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are tied with Dillashaw for the most in combined divisional history.

Wineland’s 11 knockdowns landed in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are the most in combined divisional history.

Wineland has defended 93.2 percent of all opponent takedown attempts in UFC bantamweight competition, the second highest rate in divisional history behind Renan Barao (94.7 percent).

Katlyn Chookagian (11-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) is 2-1 since she dropped to the UFC flyweight division in January 2018.

Chookagian has earned eight of her 11 career victories by decision. That includes all four of her UFC wins.

Joanne Calderwood (13-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) is 3-0 in UFC women’s flyweight competition. She’s 5-0 in her career at 125 pounds.

Calderwood’s three victories in UFC women’s flyweight competition are tied with three others for most in divisional history.

Calderwood’s three-fight UFC winning streak in women’s flyweight competition is tied with Jessica Eye and Montana De La Rosa for the longest active streak in the division.

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