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UFC 240 pre-event facts: Frankie Edgar looks to avoid dubious record

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The UFC makes its second stop in Edmonton on Saturday with UFC 240, which goes down at Rogers Place with a main card that airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway (20-4 MMA, 16-4 UFC) sees yet another headlining spot in Canada when he returns to his weight class after a lightweight loss earlier this year to take on future UFC Hall of Famer Frankie Edgar (23-6-1 MMA, 17-6-1 UFC) in a fight that’s fallen through twice before.

For more on the numbers behind the main event, as well as the rest of the athletes on the card, check below for 40 pre-event facts about UFC 240.

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Main event

Holloway owns or is on the verge of owning several key UFC records, which can be viewed in his complete career stat sheet.

Edgar, 37, is the oldest of the 24 fighters scheduled to compete at the event.

Edgar, 37, can become the oldest featherweight champion in UFC history.

Edgar fights for the UFC featherweight title for the third time. He’s 0-2 in previous fights.

Edgar is one of two fighters in UFC history to lose four consecutive title bouts. Urijah Faber is the other.

Edgar is 8-3 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in February 2013.

Edgar’s total fight time of 6:47:33 in UFC competition is the most in company history.

Edgar’s 1,477 significant strikes landed in UFC competition are fourth most in company history behind Holloway (1,808), Michael Bisping (1,567) and Donald Cerrone (1,518).

Edgar’s 67 takedowns landed in UFC competition are fifth most in company history behind Georges St-Pierre (90), Gleison Tibau (84), Demetrious Johnson (74) and Nik Lentz (68).

Edgar’s 259 total strikes landed against Cub Swanson at UFC Fight Night 57 are the second most in a single UFC/WEC featherweight contest behind Holloway’s 307 against Brian Ortega at UFC 231.

Edgar’s submission of Swanson at the 4:56 mark of Round 5 at UFC Fight Night 57 stands as the third-latest stoppage in a UFC bout behind Demetrious Johnson at UFC 186 (4:59, Round 5) and Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night 139 (4:59, Round 5).

Edgar is one of two fighters in UFC history to defeat a single opponent on three separate occasions inside the octagon. He did so against B.J. Penn. Tito Ortiz (Ken Shamrock) also accomplished the feat.

Edgar is the only fighter in UFC history to suffer three knockdowns in a single round and not lose the fight. The feat occurred in his UFC 125 draw with Gray Maynard.

Co-main event

Cris Cyborg (20-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) enters the event following her first loss since May 2005.

Cyborg competes in her fifth UFC women’s featherweight bout, the most appearances in divisional history.

Cyborg’s three victories in UFC women’s featherweight competition are most in divisional history.

Cyborg’s two knockout victory in UFC women’s featherweight competition are most in divisional history.

Cyborg has earned 17 of her 20 career victories by knockout. That includes four of her five UFC wins.

Cyborg has outlanded her six UFC opponents 338-110 in significant strikes.

Cyborg out-lands her opponents by +4.76 significant strikes per minute in UFC competition, the best rate in company history.

Remaining main card

Niko Price (13-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned 12 of his 13 career victories by stoppage. That includes all five of his UFC wins.

Price’s average fight time of 5:48 in UFC welterweight competition is the shortest among active fighters in the weight class.

Olivier Aubin-Mercier (11-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) enters the event on the first two-fight losing skid of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since April 2018.

Aubin-Mercier lands 54.5 percent of his significant strike attempts in UFC lightweight competition, the third-best rate in divisional history behind Justin Gaethje (54.7 percent) and Caol Uno (54.6 percent).

Aubin-Mercier landed just three significant strikes in his decision victory at UFC Fight Night 74, tied for the record low for a winner of any three-round UFC fight to go the distance. Demian Maia also accomplished the feat against Anthony Rocco Martin at UFC on ESPN 3.

Arman Tsarukyan (13-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC), 22, is the youngest of the 24 fighters scheduled to compete at the event.

Krzysztof Jotko’s (20-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since November 2016.

Jotko absorbs 1.73 significant strikes per minute in UFC middleweight competition, the second best rate among active fighters in the weight class behind Antonio Carlos Junior (1.66).

Jotko defends 87 percent of all opponent takedown attempts in UFC middleweight competition, the highest rate in divisional history.

Preliminary card

Alexis Davis (19-9 MMA, 6-4 UFC) enters the event on the first two-fight losing skid of her career. She hasn’t earned a victory since December 2017.

Davis is 1-2 since she dropped to the UFC flyweight division in December 2017.

Viviane Araujo (7-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) drops to the UFC women’s flyweight division after making her promotional debut at bantamweight.

Hakeem Dawodu (9-1-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned his past three victories by decision after opening his career with six stoppages.

Alexandre Pantoja’s (21-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in flyweight competition is tied with Joseph Benavidez for the second-longest active streak in the division behind Henry Cejudo (four).

Deiveson Figueiredo (15-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) absorbs 1.65 significant strikes per minute in UFC flyweight competition, the best rate in divisional history.

Gillian Robertson (6-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) competes in her fifth UFC women’s flyweight bout, tied with Roxanne Modafferi for the most appearances in divisional history.

Robertson’s three victories in UFC women’s flyweight competition are tied with five other fighters for most in divisional history.

Robertson’s three stoppage victories in UFC women’s flyweight competition are tied with Montana De La Rosa for most in divisional history.

Robertson’s three submission victories in UFC women’s flyweight competition are tied with De La Rosa for most in divisional history.

Erik Koch (14-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC) moves up to the welterweight division for the first time. He began his UFC tenure at featherweight.

Koch competes for the first time this year. He hasn’t fought more than once in a calendar year since 2014.

Tanner Boser (16-5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is 1-1-1 in his past three fights going into his UFC debut.

For more on UFC 240, check out the UFC schedule.

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

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