After an absence of more than five years, the UFC returns to Ohio on Saturday night with UFC Fight Night 40, which takes place at Cincinnati’s U.S. Bank Arena.

“The Buckeye State” gets some hometown flare in the main event as Matt Brown (18-11 MMA, 11-6 UFC) takes on Brazilian Erick Silva (16-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC) in a high-stakes welterweight affair.

Both men have received fight-night bonuses in their past two UFC victories, and they’ll look to continue that trend with another exciting performance in the FOX Sports 1 headliner.

Brown and Silva have proven to be arguably the two most consistently violent fighters at 170 pounds, but they’re not the only ones on the card who have a lot going for them.

With the UFC’s first event in Cincinnati since October 2007 just days away, here are 45 pre-fight facts about UFC Fight Night 40.

MAIN EVENT

B rown’s six-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active streak in the welterweight division.

Brown’s 11 UFC welterweight victories are the tied for the sixth most in divisional history behind Georges St-Pierre (19), Matt Hughes (16), Josh Koscheck (14), Jon Fitch (13) and Thiago Alves (12).

Brown has finished his opponent by knockout or submission in 16 of his 18 professional wins, including nine of his 11 victories under the UFC banner.

Brown’s nine UFC victories by knockout or submission are the second most in welterweight history behind Hughes (10).

Brown’s eight knockout victories under the UFC banner are the most in welterweight history He’s scored seven knockdowns in his UFC career, which is the fourth most in 170-pound history behind Alves (12), St-Pierre (eight), Jake Ellenberger (eight) and Anthony Johnson (eight).

Brown’s 56.7 percent significant strike accuracy is the highest rate in UFC welterweight history. It’s also the ninth highest rate of any fighter in UFC history.

Brown has attempted the third most submissions in UFC welterweight history with 18, which is tied for third most behind Lytle (31) and St-Pierre (23). Oppositely, the 33-year-old is one of only seven fighters in UFC history to have four or more submission losses inside the octagon.

Silva has alternated wins and losses throughout his seven-fight UFC career.

Silva has finished his opponent by first-round knockout or submission in all four of his UFC victories.

Silva has earned a fight-night bonus in four of his past five UFC bouts.

Silva landed all 18 significant strikes thrown in his 52-second knockout of Takenori Sato at UFC Fight Night 36. That’s the most in UFC history for a fighter who didn’t miss a strike. Anderson Silva, who went 13-for-13 against James Irvin at UFC Fight Night 14, held the previous record.

Silva is the only competitor in UFC history to have three fights with the organization without absorbing a single strike. He accomplished the feat against Sato, Jason High at UFC on FUEL TV 10 and Carlo Prater at UFC 142.

Silva is one of six fighters in modern UFC history to register two knockout victories in less than one minute each, as he did against Sato and Luis Ramos at UFC 134. B.J. Penn, Johny Hendricks, Mike Swick, Anthony Johnson and Roy Nelson are the only other fighters to accomplish the feat.

Silva’s average fight time of 4:24 is the lowest among active UFC fighters and tied for the seventh lowest of any fighter in modern UFC history (minimum of five fights).

Silva and Brown are just the second pair of opponents in modern UFC history to face each other after winning their most recent bout by knockout in less than one minute. The other pair included Gabriel Gonzaga and Shawn Jordan, who faced off at UFC 166.

CO-MAIN EVENT

Constantinos Philippou (12-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC) enters the event on the first two-fight losing streak of his career. Luke Rockhold knocked him out at UFC Fight Night 35, and he dropped a decision to Francis Carmont at UFC 165.

Philippou lands 86.8 percent of his significant strikes to his opponent’s head, the largest proportion in middleweight history (minimum of five UFC fights and 300 attempts).

Philippou has landed 71.6 percent of his significant strikes from a distance, the seventh largest proportion among active middleweight fighters (minimum of five UFC fights and 350 attempts).

Philippou’s three knockdowns landed against Jared Hamman at UFC 140 are tied for the second most ever in a UFC middleweight fight.

Lorenz Larkin (14-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has fought to a decision in all three of his UFC appearances.

REMAINING MAIN CARD

Erik Koch (14-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is 1-0 since moving up to the lightweight division. He defeated Rafaello Oliveira by first-round knockout in his divisional debut at UFC 170.

Daron Cruickshank (14-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) is one of seven fighters in UFC history to earn two or more head-kick knockouts inside the octagon. He accomplished the feat against Mike Rio at UFC on FOX 10 and Henry Martinez at UFC on FOX 5.

Tim Means (20-5-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has earned 18 of his 20 professional victories by knockout (15) or submission (three).

Soa Palelei (20-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned all 20 of his professional victories by knockout or submission. “The Hulk” has defeated his past 10 opponents by knockout.

Palelei, 36, is the oldest of the 26 fighters scheduled to compete on the card.

Ruan Potts (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has earned all eight of his professional victories by knockout (four) or submission (four). Six of those finishes came in the first round.

Chris Cariaso (16-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) is 3-2 since dropping to the UFC flyweight division.

Louis Smolka (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is one of three fighters in UFC history to give up nine or more takedowns in a single bout and go on to win a decision. He accomplished the feat against Alptekin Ozkilic at UFC Fight Night 35.

Smolka’s 92 significant strikes landed against Ozkilic were the fourth most ever in a single UFC flyweight bout and third most for a three-round fight. Demetrious Johnson holds the record with 127 significant strikes landed against John Dodson at UFC on FOX 6 (Elliott at UFC 164, 116; Lineker at UFC on FOX 3, 96).

PRELIMINARY CARD

Ed Herman’s (21-10 MMA, 8-6 UFC) eight UFC middleweight victories are tied for the seventh most in divisional history behind Anderson Silva (13), Yushin Okami (13), Chris Leben (12), Michael Bisping (10), Nate Marquardt (10) and Demian Maia (nine).

Herman has completed 29 takedowns in his UFC career, the second most in UFC middleweight history behind Chael Sonnen (35). Herman’s 52.7 percent takedown accuracy ranks fourth among active 185-pound fighters.

Herman is tied for the fourth most submission attempts in middleweight history with 13.

Kyoji Horiguchi (12-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) drops to the flyweight division after defeating Dustin Pague by second-round knockout as a bantamweight at UFC 166.

Zak Cummings (16-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is one of 10 fighters in UFC history to finish a fight via D’Arce choke. He used the technique to defeat Ben Alloway at UFC Fight Night 27.

Eddie Wineland’s (21-9-1 MMA, 3-3 UFC) five knockout victories in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are the most in 135-pound history. The second closest tally is just two, which nine fighters have accomplished.

Wineland’s eight knockdowns in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Wineland has some of the best takedown defense in not just his division’s history, but also all of UFC history. Wineland has shaken off 90.9 percent (20 of 22) of all his opponent’s takedown attempts, the fourth best rate in UFC history only behind Jon Jones (96.6 percent), Gleison Tibau (91.9 percent) and Dennis Bermudez (91.3 percent).

Wineland’s only losses in the past four years have come to Joseph Benavidez, Urijah Faber and Barao.

Johnny Eduardo (26-9 MMA, 1-1 UFC) enters the event off a 725-day layoff, his longest since 2006. His most recent octagon appearance was a unanimous decision victory over Jeff Curran at UFC on FUEL TV 3.

Nik Lentz (24-6-2 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) is 3-1 since dropping to the UFC featherweight division. His only loss at 145 pounds came to top contender and former title challenger Chad Mendes.

Lentz has landed two or more takedowns against 10 of his 13 UFC opponents. “The Carny” has landed a total of 45 takedowns throughout his octagon career, the 10th most in modern UFC competition.

Lentz’s 13 guillotine-choke submission attempts in UFC competition are the third most in organizational history behind Chris Lytle (16) and Joe Stevenson (15).

Lentz’s 205 total strikes landed against Diego Nunes at UFC on FX 7 are the third most ever in a single UFC/WEC featherweight fight.

Manny Gamburyan’s (13-7 MMA, 4-5 UFC) 28 takedowns landed in UFC/WEC featherweight competition are the second most in divisional history behind Chad Mendes (37).

Justin Salas (11-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered all five of his professional defeats by knockout or submission.

Ben Wall (7-1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has earned his past five MMA victories by decision. He has not finished an opponent since November 2010.

Albert Tumenov (12-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC), 22, is the youngest of the 22 fighters scheduled to compete on the card.

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