Stuck in a logjam within the
Ultimate Fighting Championship division’s middle tier,
Andre Fili
and
Bill
Algeo hope to soon gain some separation from one another at 145
pounds.
The north-of-30 veterans will square off in a
UFC Fight Night 210 showcase on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas, where the winner moves closer to relevance in one of the
sport’s deepest and most talent-rich weight classes. Fili enters
the Octagon winless across his past three outings, with two losses
and a no contest. The
Team Alpha Male mainstay last appeared at UFC on ESPN 35, where
he succumbed to punches from
Joanderson
Brito just 41 seconds into their April 30 encounter. Algeo,
meanwhile, has the solid footing of a two-fight winning streak from
which to operate. The former
Ring of
Combat champion last competed on July 16, when he forced
Herbert
Burns to retire in the second round of their UFC on ABC 3
pairing.
As Fili and Algeo approach their forthcoming battle, a look at some
of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
32: Years of age for Fili, who was born on June 25, 1990 in Federal
Way, Washington.
9: Fili wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 43%
of his career total (21). His list of UFC victims:
Sheymon
Moraes,
Gabriel
Benitez and
Jeremy
Larsen. Fili owns three other wins by submission (14%) and nine
more by decision (43%).
32: Takedowns executed by Fili as a UFC featherweight, placing him
fifth on the promotion’s all-time list in the category. Only
Darren
Elkins (54),
Dennis
Bermudez (46),
Enrique
Barzola (36) and
Makwan
Amirkhani (33) have been credited with more.
53: Rounds completed by Fili as a professional mixed martial
artist. He has gone the distance on 13 different occasions and
carries a 9-4 record in those bouts.
144: Combined victories between the nine men—Brito,
Bryce
Mitchell,
Sodiq
Yusuff,
Michael
Johnson,
Calvin
Kattar,
Yair
Rodriguez,
Godofredo
Castro,
Max
Holloway and
Derrick
Burnsed—who have defeated Fili. They boast a .742 cumulative
winning percentage at 144-49-1.
33: Years of age for Algeo, who was born on June 9, 1989 in
Boothwyn, Pennsylvania.
6: Algeo victories by submission, accounting for 37.5% of his
career total (16). His methods of choice: five rear-naked chokes
and one armbar. Algeo holds four other victories by knockout or
technical knockout (25%) and six more by decision (37.5%).
171: Seconds needed for Algeo to submit
Mike Pope with
a rear-naked choke under the Cage Fury Fighting Championships
banner on June 28, 2014. More than eight years later, it remains
his fastest finish to date.
92: Significant strikes by which Algeo has outlanded his five UFC
opponents. He has connected on 322 such strikes while absorbing
only 230 in return.
.746: Cumulative winning percentage between the six men—
Ricardo
Ramos,
Ricardo
Lamas,
Brendan
Loughnane,
Jared
Gordon,
Shane
Burgos and
Dean
Lavin—who have beaten Algeo. They sport a combined record of
97-33.