By The Numbers: Manel Kape vs. Alex Perez

Manel Kape looks to be hitting his stride in the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight division.

The former Rizin Fighting Federation titleholder will lock horns with Alex Perez in a featured UFC on ESPN 43 attraction this Saturday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. Kape enters the Octagon with the wind of a three-fight winning streak at his back. He last competed at UFC Fight Night 216, where he took a three-round unanimous decision from David Dvorak on Dec. 17. Perez, meanwhile, finds himself reeling after back-to-back defeats. The onetime Tachi Palace Fights champion last appeared on July 30, when he submitted to a neck crank from Alexandre Pantoja in the first round of their UFC 277 pairing.

As Kape and Perez make final preparations for their forthcoming showdown at 125 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

29: Years of age for Kape, who was born in Luanda, Angola, on Nov. 14, 1993.

11: Kape victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 61% of his career total (18). His list of victims includes Zhalgas Zhumagulov, Kai Asakura and Takeya Mizugaki. Kape owns five other victories by submission (28%) and two more by decision (11%).

45: Seconds needed for Kape to put away Renato Ferreira with punches at a Cage Fighters show on Nov. 4, 2012. More than a decade later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

5: Countries in which Kape has plied his mixed martial arts trade. He has gone 6-3 in Japan, 7-0 in Portugal, 3-2 in the United States, 1-1 in France and 1-0 in Spain.

.760: Cumulative winning percentage between the six opponents—Pantoja, Asakura, Matheus Nicolau, Yuta Sasaki, Kyoji Horiguchi and Souksavanh Khampasath—who have beaten Kape. They boast a combined record of 128-39-4.

31: Years of age for Perez, who was born March 21, 1992 in Hanford, California.

7: Perez wins by submission, accounting for 29% of his career total (24). His methods of choice: two anaconda chokes, one kimura, one rear-naked choke, one guillotine choke, one brabo choke and one arm-triangle choke. Perez holds five other wins by knockout or technical knockout (21%) and 12 more by decision (50%).

100,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Perez across his nine UFC appearances. He has been awarded “Performance of the Night” twice.

42: Rounds completed by Perez as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 13 different occasions and carries a 12-1 record in those bouts.

115: Combined victories between the seven opponents—Pantoja, Deiveson Figueiredo, Joseph Benavidez, Jared Papazian, Adam Antolin, John MaCalolooy and Edgar Diaz—who have defeated Perez. They sport a cumulative .736 winning percentage at 115-41-1.