The UFC returns from a three-week hiatus on Saturday night with UFC Fight Night 47 at Bangor’s Cross Insurance Center for the promotion’s Maine debut.

Set to headline the FOX Sports 1-televised fight card is a prominent matchup in the light heavyweight division between Ryan Bader (17-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) and Ovince Saint Preux (16-5 MMA, 4-0 UFC).

The two fighters expressed interest in facing each other after they both earned victories at UFC 174 in June, and now 63 days later, they’ll meet inside the octagon with the winner likely to get a sizable boost in the 205-pound rankings.

For the numbers behind the Bader vs. Saint Preux matchup, as well as the other nine contests scheduled for Bangor, here are 55 pre-fight facts about UFC Fight Night 47.

Main event

Bader will compete in the second main event of his UFC career. His previous headliner saw him suffer a first-round knockout loss to Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night 28.

Bader is 5-4 in his past nine UFC appearances.

Bader has earned 10 UFC light heavyweight victories during his career, which is tied for fifth most of any fighter in divisional history behind Jon Jones (14), Rashad Evans (13), Chuck Liddell (13) and Lyoto Machida (11).

Bader’s six knockdowns landed in light heavyweight competition are tied for the fifth most in UFC divisional history behind Liddell (14), Machida (11), Mauricio Rua (nine) and Quinton Jackson (eight).

Bader’s three UFC knockout victories stemming from a single punch landed at distance are tied for the second most in 205-pound history behind Liddell (four).

Bader out-landed Anthony Perosh, 156-11, in total strikes over at UFC Fight Night 33. The +145 strikes landed difference is tied for the third largest margin ever in a UFC light heavyweight contest.

Bader’s 71.4 percent significant strike defense rate is the highest in UFC light heavyweight history among fighters with at least five bouts and 350 opponent attempts. He absorbs just 1.4 significant strikes per minute, the third best rate in divisional history behind Randy Couture (1.34) and Phil Davis (1.36).

Bader’s 30 takedowns landed in UFC light heavyweight competition are the fourth most in divisional history behind Evans (50), Tito Ortiz (33) and Matt Hamill (31). His 44.8 percent takedown accuracy ranks fifth in divisional history among fighters with at least five bouts and 20 takedown attempts. Bader lands an average of 3.53 takedowns per 15 minutes of fighting, the highest rate among active light heavyweights and second highest in UFC divisional history behind Alessio Sakara (4.86).

Bader is the owner of the fastest submission in modern UFC light heavyweight history, a 50-second tap-out of Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC on FOX 6.

Saint Preux’s four-fight UFC winning streak is the second longest active streak in the light heavyweight division behind champion Jones (11).

Saint Preux can become the first light heavyweight to start his UFC career with a 5-0 record since Teixeira. Only four fighters in divisional history have opened their UFC career by winning their first five fights. Those fighters are Teixeira, Bader, Machida and Davis.

Saint Preux has earned all four of his UFC victories by a different method (submission, technical submission, knockout and technical decision).

Saint Preux registered just the second Von Flue choke submission victory 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.

Saint Preux’s submission of Krylov at the 1:29 mark of Round 1 at UFC 171 stands as the fourth fastest tap-out in UFC light heavyweight history.

Saint Preux has suffered four of his five career losses by decision.

Saint Preux has connected with 60 percent (12 of 20) of his takedown attempts in UFC and Strikeforce competition.

Saint Preux had landed 50.2 percent of his 273 significant strikes under the UFC banner on the ground (UFC average: 23.3 percent).

Co-main event

Gray Maynard (11-3-1 MMA, 9-3-1 UFC) will become the 12th fighter in UFC history to compete in 15 lightweight bouts.

Maynard enters the event on the first two-fight losing streak of his career. He has just one victory in his past five UFC appearances. “The Bully” has suffered all three of his career losses by knockout.

Maynard has earned his past eight victories under the UFC banner by decision. He is one of two fighters in UFC history to go eight wins without a stoppage, along with former lightweight champion Benson Henderson.

Maynard’s nine-second knockout of Joe Veres at UFC Fight Night 11 stands as the fastest knockout in UFC lightweight history.

Maynard’s striking defense of 70.8 percent is the fifth highest in UFC lightweight history. However, his past two opponents have landed better than 50 percent against him, resulting in two knockout losses.

Ross Pearson (15-7 MMA, 7-4 UFC) is 2-1 with one no-contest since returning to the UFC lightweight division in December 2012.

Pearson has earned both of his victories since returning to 155 pounds by knockout.

Pearson has out-landed his opponent in total strikes in all seven of his UFC victories.

Pearson lands 98 percent of his significant strikes in UFC competition while standing, the third largest proportion among active lightweights. His 23.1 percent clinch striking proportion is the third best among active UFC lightweights.

Pearson’s significant strike defense rate of 72.1 percent ranks second in UFC lightweight history among fighters with at least five bouts and 350 opponent attempts behind John Makdessi (75.5 percent).

Remaining main card

Tim Boetsch (17-7 MMA, 8-6 UFC) is 5-3 since dropping to the UFC middleweight division in May 2011. He was 3-3 in the organization as a light heavyweight.

Boetsch’s 53.1 percent significant strike accuracy is the third highest in UFC middleweight history behind Anderson Silva (67 percent) and Evan Tanner (54.4 percent).

Boetsch enters the event with just one victory in his past four UFC appearances.

Brad Tavares’ (12-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) past five UFC victories have come by decision. His most recent stoppage win was a first-round knockout of Phil Baroni at UFC 125 in January 2011.

Tavares’ average fight time of 13:49 is the third longest in UFC middleweight history behind Riki Fukuda (15:00) and Nick Ring (14:46).

Tavares lands 83.5 percent of his significant strikes from a distance, the second largest proportion among active UFC middleweights behind Luke Barnatt (85.1 percent).

Tavares’ 116 significant strikes against Fukuda at UFC on FUEL TV 8 are the fourth most ever landed by a middleweight in a single UFC fight.

Tavares, 26, is the youngest of the 20 fighters scheduled to compete on the card.

Seth Baczynski (19-11 MMA, 5-4 UFC) enters the event with just one victory in his past four UFC appearances.

Baczynski holds a UFC victory over highly ranked welterweight contender Matt Brown.

Shawn Jordan (15-6 MMA, 3-3 UFC) enters the event on the first two-fight losing streak of his professional career.

Jordan has earned 14 of his 15 career victories by knockout or submission.

Thiago Tavares (18-5-1 MMA, 8-5-1 UFC) drops to the featherweight division for the first time in his professional career. He competed in his first 14 UFC contests at 155 pounds.

Tavares competes outside of his home country of Brazil for the first time since March 2011.

Robbie Peralta (18-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has recorded two knockout victories in UFC featherweight competition, tied for the third most in divisional history behind Cub Swanson (four) and Chad Mendes (four).

Peralta’s four knockdowns landed are also tied for the third most in UFC divisional history behind Dennis Bermudez (five) and Max Holloway (five).

Peralta has earned 13 of his 18 career victories by knockout, with eight of those stoppages coming in the first round.

Peralta’s 23-second knockout of Jason Young at UFC on FUEL TV 5 stands as the second fastest knockout in UFC featherweight history. Chan Sung Jung’s seven-second finish of Mark Hominick at UFC 140 holds the record.

Peralta’s knockout of Estevan Payan at the 12-second mark of Round 3 at UFC 168 was the fastest knockout to start a third round in UFC history.

Preliminary card

Jussier Formiga’s (16-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) career losses come to top-ranked UFC flyweights Joseph Benavidez, John Dodson and Ian McCall.

Formiga has alternated losses and wins in his four UFC appearances. He won his most recent bout, a first-round submission of Scott Jorgensen at UFC Fight Night 38.

Zach Makovsky’s (18-4 MMA, 2-0 UFC) two-fight UFC winning streak is tied for the third longest active streak in the flyweight division behind champion Demetrious Johnson (six) and Chris Cariaso (three).

Makovsky is undefeated (4-0) since his December 2012 release from Bellator MMA.

Makovsky has landed 11 takedowns in his two UFC appearances.

Makovsky has suffered three of his four career losses by submission.

Sara McMann (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) returns to the octagon for the first time since her failed bid at the women’s bantamweight championship against Ronda Rousey at UFC 170 in February.

McMann, 33, is the second oldest active fighter in the UFC women’s bantamweight division behind Shayna Baszler, who is also 33.

Lauren Murphy (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has earned six of her eight career victories by knockout.

Tom Watson (16-7 MMA, 1-3 UFC) enters the event on the first two-fight losing streak of his professional career. He has lost three of his four UFC appearances overall.

Watson has been taken down a total of 20 times in his four-fight UFC career (five in each bout).

Watson and opponent Sam Alvey (23-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) have never suffered a knockout loss in a combined 52 professional fights.

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