By The Numbers: Mauro Cerilli vs. Amir Aliakbari

Some heavyweights age gracefully in mixed martial arts—a fate Mauro Cerilli and Amir Aliakbari undoubtedly hope awaits them.

The two One Championship brutes will toe the line against one another as part of the One on Prime Video 1 main draw this Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Cerilli has rattled off seven wins across his past nine outings. The former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder has not competed since he took care of Abdulbasir Vagabov with second-round punches at One “Unbreakable 2” on Jan. 22, 2021. Aliakbari, meanwhile, enters the cage on the heels of back-to-back defeats. He last fought on Sept. 24, when he succumbed to first-round punches from Anatoliy Malykhin at One “Revolution.”

As Cerilli and Aliakbari prepare to butt heads, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

39: Years of age for Cerilli, who was born on March 22, 1983 in Terracina, Italy.

9: Cerilli wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 64% of his career total (14). His list of victims includes Vagabov, Alain Ngalani and Karl Moore. Cerilli owns one other win by submission (7%)—he put away Giancarlo Grasselli with a first-round keylock in his 2012 professional debut—and four more by decision (29%).

18: Rounds completed by Cerilli as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on five different occasions and carries a 4-1 record in those bouts. Only current One Championship heavyweight titleholder Arjan Singh Bhullar has managed to outpoint Cerilli.

2: Sub-minute finishes on the Cerilli resume. He cut down Istvan Ruzsinszki with punches in 56 seconds at Magnum Fighting Championship 1 on March 11, 2017 and wiped out Moore with a knee strike and follow-up punches in 15 seconds at Cage Warriors 92 on March 24, 2018.

49: Combined victories between the four opponents—Bhullar, Brandon Vera, Stefan Croitoru and Prince Aounallah—who have beaten Cerilli. At 49-23-1, they sport a .671 cumulative winning percentage.

34: Years of age for Aliakbari, who was born on Dec. 11, 1987 in Jamalabad, Iran.

7: Aliakbari victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 70% of his career total (10). His list of victims includes Shelton Graves, Denis Smoldarev and Geronimo dos Santos. Aliakbari holds three other victories by decision (30%).

17: Seconds needed for Aliakbari to dispatch Hyung Chul-Lee with punches at a Full Metal Dojo event on Oct. 31, 2015. Nearly seven years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

5: Countries in which Aliakbari has suited up as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 6-1 in Japan, 2-0 in Russia, 0-2 in Singapore, 1-0 in Thailand and 1-0 in Azerbaijan.

.794: Cumulative winning percentage between the three opponents—Malykhin, Ji Won Kang and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic—who have defeated Aliakbari. They boast a combined record of 54-12-2.