By The Numbers: Philip De Fries vs. Szymon Bajor

All who have tried to remove Philip De Fries from power in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki have failed. Perhaps his latest suitor can bring something different to the table.

The 6-foot-4, 265-pound Englishman will defend his heavyweight championship against Szymon Bajor in the KSW 84 headliner on Saturday at Polsat Plus Arena in Gdynia, Poland. De Fries enters the cage on the strength of an 11-fight winning streak. He last appeared at KSW 79, where he laid waste to Todd Duffee with punches in the first round of their Feb. 25 encounter. Bajor, meanwhile, has won four fights in a row. He last competed on Aug. 13, when he took a three-round unanimous decision from Ronny Markes under the Professional Fighters League banner.

As De Fries and Bajor work towards their forthcoming battle on the shores of the Baltic Sea, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

37: Years of age for De Fries, who was born in Sunderland, England, on April 21, 1986.

13: De Fries victories by submission, accounting for 57% of his career total (23). His methods of choice: eight rear-naked chokes, one brabo choke, one armbar, one guillotine choke, one keylock and one bulldog choke. De Fries holds six other victories by knockout or technical knockout (26%) and four more by decision (17%).

1,918: Days spent by De Fries as KSW heavyweight champion. He laid claim to the title with a first-round technical knockout of Michal Andryszak at KSW 43 on April 14, 2018 and has since successfully defended it on eight different occasions.

7: Countries in which De Fries has suited up as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone 13-1 in England, 6-0 in Poland, 1-2 in the United States, 1-1 in Japan, 1-1 in Russia, 1-0 Czech Republic and 0-1 in Sweden.

.693: Cumulative winning percentage between the six opponents—Duffee, Ivan Shtyrkov, Thomas Denham, Satoshi Ishii, Matt Mitrione and Stipe Miocic—who have defeated De Fries. They sport a combined record of 96-42-2.

35: Years of age for Bajor, who was born on June 15, 1988 in Kolbuszowa, Poland.

11: Bajor wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 46% of his career total (24). Ednaldo Oliveira, Chaban Ka and Nikolai Danilov highlight his list of victims. Bajor owns nine other wins by submission (37%) and four more by decision (17%).

106: Seconds needed for Bajor to dispatch Norbert Piskorski with a heel hook at an Olimp Extreme Fight show on May 22, 2011. More than 12 years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

13: Consecutive calendar years in which Bajor has fought at least once. He went 2-0 in 2010, 5-1 in 2011, 3-2 in 2012, 3-1 in 2013, 1-1 in 2014, 0-1 in 2015, 2-1 in 2016, 1-0 in 2017, 0-1 in 2018, 3-0 in 2019, 1-1 in 2020, 2-0 in 2021 and 1-0 in 2022.

146: Combined victories between the nine opponents—Oli Thompson, Aleksander Emelianenko, Valentin Moldavsky, Michal Wlodarek, Jacek Czajczynski, Denis Goltsov, Bjoern Schmiedeberg, Piotr Piotrowski and Marcin Tybura—who have beaten Bajor. They boast a cumulative .692 winning percentage at 146-64-3.