On Saturday UFC heads to FOX for the second time this year with a stacked card headlined by a title eliminator bout in the middleweight division.

Top contenders Luke Rockhold (13-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Lyoto Machida (22-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) collide in the UFC on FOX 15 headliner at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., with a shot at the winner of next month’s UFC 187 bout between champ Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort potentially on the line.

Along with the main event, FOX’s 15th UFC showcase features several bouts of significance. Nine fighters on the card put winning streaks of at least three fights on the line.

Take a look at the statistics each fighter carries into the event with 75 pre-fight facts about UFC on FOX 15.

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Main event

Rockhold competes in his fourth main event out of five UFC appearances. He is 2-1 in previous headliners.

Rockhold has earned 11 of his 13 career victories by stoppage. He’s earned all but one of those finishes inside the first round.

Rockhold’s three-fight UFC stoppage streak is tied for the second longest among active fighters behind women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey (five).

Rockhold’s 10 stoppages in UFC/Strikeforce middleweight competition are the second most in the combined history of the weight class behind Anderson Silva (11).

Rockhold’s nine first-round stoppages in UFC/Strikeforce competition since the inception of the five-minute round are the most in the combined history of the two organizations.

Rockhold’s nine knockdowns landed in UFC/Strikeforce middleweight competition are tied with Nate Marquardt for the third most in the combined history of the weight class behind Silva (12) and Cung Le (10).

Rockhold is one of 14 fighters in UFC history to earn a knockout victory stemming from a body kick. He accomplished the feat against Costas Philippou at UFC Fight Night 35.

Rockhold’s six submission victories in UFC/Strikeforce middleweight competition are the most in the combined history of the weight class.

Rockhold was the only middleweight champion in the history of the now-defunct Strikeforce organization to successfully defend his belt twice.

Machida competes in the 10th main event of his UFC career. He is the 11th fighter in UFC history to main event 10 or more shows. He is 5-4 in his previous nine headliners.

Machida is the only fighter in UFC history to absorb zero strikes in two main events. He accomplished the feat against C.B. Dollaway at UFC Fight Night 58 and Mark Munoz at UFC Fight Night 31.

Machida has earned eight career victories against fighters who once held a title in UFC, Strikeforce or PRIDE.

Machida’s 13 knockdowns landed in his UFC career are tied with Melvin Guillard for the third most in company history behind A. Silva (17) and Chuck Liddell (14).

Machida is one of five fighters in UFC history to earn three or more knockout victories from a kick. Belfort, Donald Cerrone, Edson Barboza and Daron Cruickshank are the others.

Machida is one of eight fighters in UFC history to earn two or more knockout victories stemming from a head kick. He accomplished the feat against Munoz at UFC Fight Night 31 and Randy Couture at UFC 129.

Machida has landed 63.6 percent of his takedown attempts in his UFC career, the third highest rate among active fighters behind Robbie Lawler (80 percent) and Iuri Alcantara (70 percent).

Machida has earned a fight-night bonus in all four of his UFC middleweight appearances.

Co-main event

Ronaldo Souza’s (21-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak is tied for the fourth longest active streak in the middleweight division behind Weidman (eight), Yoel Romero (five) and Thales Leites (five).

Souza’s seven-fight MMA winning streak is his longest since 2008. “Jacare” has earned all but one of those victories by stoppage.

Chris Camozzi (19-9 MMA, 6-6 UFC) competes as an injury replacement for Romero on just seven days’ notice.

Camozzi faces Souza in a rematch from their UFC on FX 8 bout in May 2013. He suffered a first-round submission loss in that bout.

Camozzi returns to the organization for a third stint after he was released in September. He went 2-0 in his time outside the company.

Camozzi enters the event on a four-fight UFC losing skid. He lost to Rafael Natal, Bruno Santos, Lorenz Larkin and Souza during that stretch. He has not earned a victory inside the octagon since a split decision over Nick Ring at UFC 158 in March 2013.

Camozzi has landed 160 leg kicks in UFC middleweight competition, the most in divisional history.

Remaining main card

Cub Swanson (21-6 MMA, 6-2 UFC) competes in his 17th UFC/WEC featherweight bout, the most appearances in the combined history of the weight class.

Swanson’s 11 victories in UFC/WEC featherweight competition are the third most in the combined history of the weight class behind Jose Aldo (15) and Chad Mendes (12).

Swanson’s six stoppage victories in UFC/WEC featherweight competition are tied with Chad Mendes for the third most in the combined history of the weight class behind Aldo (nine) and Urijah Faber (seven).

Swanson’s four stoppages in UFC featherweight competition banner alone are tied for the third most in divisional history behind Mendes (five) and Dustin Poirier (five).

Swanson’s four knockout victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied with Conor McGregor for the second most in divisional history behind Mendes (five).

Swanson has completed 56.3 percent of his takedown attempts in UFC/WEC featherweight competition, the second highest rate in the combined history of the weight class behind Hatsu Hioki (57.1 percent).

Swanson is 7-1 in UFC/WEC competition when he lands at least one takedown.

Swanson has been awarded eight fight-night bonuses in his UFC/WEC career, the most of any featherweight in the combined history of the weight class.

Max Holloway (12-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) competes in his second UFC bout in a 63-day stretch. He defeated Cole Miller by unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 60.

Holloway will compete in his 11th UFC featherweight bout and tie Poirier for the most appearances in divisional history.

Holloway’s four-fight UFC winning streak in featherweight competition is the third longest active streak in the featherweight division behind Aldo (seven) and McGregor (five).

Holloway’s seven victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied for the third most in divisional history behind Mendes (eight) and Poirier (eight).

Holloway’s four stoppages in UFC featherweight competition banner are tied for the third most in divisional history behind Mendes (five) and Poirier (five).

Holloway’s three knockout victories in UFC featherweight competition are the fourth most in divisional history behind Mendes (five), Swanson (four) and McGregor (four).

Holloway’s six knockdowns landed in UFC featherweight competition are tied with Mendes for the most in divisional history.

Holloway lands 5.27 significant strikes per minute of fighting, the third highest striking rate in UFC featherweight history behind McGregor (5.72) and Nam Phan (5.37).

Holloway’s 70.7 percent significant striking defense rate ranks second in UFC featherweight history behind Mendes (71.6 percent).

Holloway is one of two fighters in UFC/WEC featherweight history to land 100 or more significant strikes in two or more fights. Phan accomplished the feat three times during his UFC tenure.

Holloway’s submission of Andre Fili at the 3:39 mark of Round 3 at UFC 172 is the second latest submission ever in a three-round UFC featherweight bout behind Charles Rosa’s submission of Sean Soriano at UFC Fight Night 59. It was also the third latest submission overall in divisional history.

Paige VanZant (4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), 21, is the youngest of the 22 fighters scheduled to compete at the event.

VanZant earned the first stoppage victory in the history of the UFC women’s strawweight division with her knockout of Kailin Curran at UFC Fight Night 57.

Preliminary card

Jim Miller (24-5 MMA, 13-4 UFC) competes in his 19th UFC lightweight bout, the fourth most appearances in divisional history behind Gleison Tibau (25), Guillard (20) and Yves Edwards (20).

Miller enters the event off his first knockout loss. Cerrone stopped him with strikes at UFC Fight Night 45.

Miller’s 13 UFC lightweight victories are tied with champion Rafael dos Anjos for the third most in divisional history behind Tibau (16) and Cerrone (14).

Miller’s eight stoppage victories in UFC lightweight competition are tied for the third most in divisional history behind Joe Lauzon (10) and B.J. Penn (nine).

Miller’s six submission finishes in UFC lightweight competition are the fourth most in divisional history behind Lauzon (seven), Nate Diaz (seven) and Kenny Florian (seven).

Miller’s has attempted 31 submissions in his UFC career, the most in lightweight history and tied with Chris Lytle for the most of any fighter to ever step in the octagon overall.

Beneil Dariush (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) competes in his second UFC bout in a 35-day stretch. He stopped Cruickshank in the second round at UFC 185.

Dariush has earned eight of his 10 career victories by stoppage and three of his four UFC victories by submission.

Patrick Cummins’ (7-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak is tied for the fourth longest active streak in the light-heavyweight division behind champ Jon Jones (11), Fabio Maldonado (four) and Ryan Bader (four).

Cummins completed 10 takedowns against Kyle Kingsbury at UFC on FOX 12, the second most ever in a light-heavyweight bout. Rodney Wallace holds the record with 11 takedowns against Jared Hamman at UFC 111.

Ovince Saint Preux (17-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC) has earned all five of his UFC victories by a different method (TKO, decision, submission, technical submission and knockout).

Saint Preux registered just the second Von Flue choke submission in UFC history when he tapped out Nikita Krylov at UFC 171. No other UFC fighter has successfully finished a fight with the technique since namesake Jason Von Flue submitted Alex Karalexis at UFC Fight Night 3.

Corey Anderson’s (5-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) 61-second knockout of Matt Van Buren at the TUF 19 Finale marked the fastest finish to a finale of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show.

Gian Villante (12-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and Sean O’Connell combined for 202 significant strikes landed at UFC Fight Night 43, a three-round light-heavyweight record.

Villante is the only light-heavyweight fighter in UFC history to absorb 100 or more significant strikes in two separate fights. He accomplished the feat in his past two bouts.

Takeya Mizugaki’s (20-8-2 MMA, 7-3 UFC) competes in his 11h UFC bantamweight fight and will tie Faber for the most bouts in divisional history. His total fight time of 3:25:21 in his UFC/WEC career is the longest of any bantamweight in the combined history of the two promotions.

Mizugaki’s seven victories in UFC bantamweight competition are tied for the third most in divisional history behind Faber (eight) and Renan Barao (eight).

Mizugaki has earned six of his seven UFC victories by decision. He has defeated his opponent by going the distance in 14 of his 20 pro wins overall.

Mizugaki’s 152 significant strikes landed against Phan at UFC Fight Night 33 stand as the most ever in a UFC/WEC bantamweight fight.

Mizugaki and Phan combined for 252 significant strikes landed in their bout, a single-fight UFC/WEC bantamweight record.

Mizugaki has landed 16 takedowns in UFC bantamweight competition and is tied for the second most takedowns in divisional history behind Faber (18). His 53.3 percent takedown accuracy rate is second in the weight class behind Erik Perez (61.9 percent).

Diego Brandao (18-10 MMA, 4-3 UFC) is 3-3 under the UFC banner since defeating Dennis Bermudez to win “TUF 14.”

Brandao has defended 81.8 percent off all opponent takedowns in UFC featherweight competition, the third best defense rate in divisional history behind Bermudez (92.3 percent) and Aldo (88.7 percent).

Jimy Hettes (11-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) competes in his first bout of the year. He fought just once annually in 2014, 2013 and 2012.

Hettes has completed 21 takedowns in UFC featherweight competition, the third most in divisional history behind Dennis Bermudez (28) and Nik Lentz (22). His 11 takedowns landed against Phan at UFC 141 are the single-fight UFC/WEC featherweight record.

Hettes’ 221 total strikes landed against Phan at UFC 141 are the third most ever in UFC/WEC featherweight history behind Frankie Edgar, who landed 259 total strikes against Swanson at UFC Fight Night 57, and Dennis Siver, who landed 222 total strikes against Phan at UFC on FOX 5.

Tim Means’ (23-6-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak is tied for the third longest active streak in the welterweight division behind Neil Magny (six) and Stephen Thompson (four).

Means competes in his second UFC bout in a 49-day stretch. He stopped Dhiego Lima in the first round at UFC 184.

Means is 3-1 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in May 2014.

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FightMetric research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.