By The Numbers: Andrei Arlovski vs. Carlos Felipe
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Father Time has not yet caught up to Andre Arlovski.
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As Arlovski and Felipe make final preparations for their three-round encounter, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
42: Years of age for Arlovski, who was born on
Feb. 4, 1979 in Babruysk, Belarus.
17: Arlovski victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 55% of his career total (31). His list of UFC victims: Travis Browne, Antonio Silva, Marcio Cruz, Paul Buentello, Justin Eilers, Wesley Correira, Vladimir Matyushenko and Ian Freeman. Arlovski owns three other victories by submission—he has not prompted a tapout since he put away Tim Sylvia with an Achilles lock at UFC 51 on Feb. 5, 2005—and 11 more by decision.
1,462: Total strikes landed by Arlovski as a member of the UFC roster, placing him third on the promotion’s all-time heavyweight list. Only Stipe Miocic (1,537) and Cain Velasquez (1,465) have connected with more.
246: Days spent by Arlovski as undisputed UFC heavyweight champion. He held sway over the division from Aug. 12, 2005 to April 15, 2006.
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.748: Cumulative winning percentage between the 13 men who have beaten Arlovski in the UFC. The perpetrators: Sylvia (twice), Miocic, Tom Aspinall, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Augusto Sakai, Shamil Abdurakhimov, Tai Tuivasa, Marcin Tybura, Francis Ngannou, Josh Barnett, Alistair Overeem, Pedro Rizzo and Ricco Rodriguez. They boast a combined record of 315-105-1.
26: Years of age for Felipe, who was born in Feira de Santana, Brazil on Jan. 12, 1995.
6: Felipe wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 55% of his career total (11). His complete list of victims: Francisco Sandro da Silva Bezerra, Paulo Cesar Almeida, Pedro Mendes, Alex Ardson, Fernando Batista and Ronilson Santos. Felipe holds five other wins by decision.
41: Seconds needed for Felipe to cut down Almeida with punches at a Fight On MMA event on April 1, 2017. It remains the fastest finish of his 12-fight career.
94: Significant strikes landed by Felipe in his contentious split decision over Collier, establishing a personal benchmark for the Brazilian. However, he absorbed 130 such strikes in return.
1: Loss on the Felipe resume. He wound up on the wrong side of a majority decision against Sergey Spivak at UFC Fight Night 172 on July 18, 2020.
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