UFC Fight Night 62 was hit hard by injuries, but the end result will see a welterweight headliner in the organization’s 21st event in Brazil.

Demian Maia (19-6 MMA, 13-6 UFC) battles Ryan LaFlare (11-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) at the top of the 12-fight lineup set to take place at Rio de Janerio’s Maracanazinho Gymnasium. The main card airs on FOX Sports 1 following prelims on FOX Sports 2 and UFC Fight Pass.

The card features a Brazilian against a foreigner in every bout, which has been a trend in the UFC’s events in Brazil. To date, Brazilians hold a 107-58 advantage in head-to-head matchups against outsiders in Brazil. That seems like a large disparity, but a greater number of foreigners have emerged victorious in three of the past five events in the country, so the gap is closing.

For the numbers behind the UFC’s latest trip to South America’s largest country, check out 35 pre-fight facts about UFC Fight Night 62.

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Main event

Maia will compete in the third main event of his UFC career. He is 0-2 in previous headliners.

Maia is 4-2 since he dropped to the UFC welterweight division in July 2013.

Maia, 37, is the oldest of the 24 fighters scheduled to compete on the card.

Maia’s six submission victories in UFC competition are tied for sixth most of any fighter in the modern era. He’s the only fighter in the modern era to win five consecutive UFC fights by submission.

Maia committed to 13 submission attempts in his UFC middleweight career, tied for the fifth most in divisional history. He’s attempted four more since he dropped to welterweight.

Maia lands 3.68 takedowns per 15 minutes of fighting at welterweight, the second highest rate among active welterweights. For his career, he’s landed 43 takedowns, the 12th most by a modern era UFC fighter.

Maia is 13-2 in UFC bouts in which he lands at least one takedown.

Maia completed just two of 22 takedown attempts in his unanimous-decision loss to Rory MacDonald at UFC 170. Those 22 takedown attempts were the most ever in a single UFC welterweight bout.

LaFlare’s four-fight UFC winning streak is tied for the second longest active streak in the welterweight division behind Neil Magny (six).

LaFlare will fight outside the U.S. for the fifth time in his UFC career. He’s 2-0 in bouts located in Brazil.

LaFlare has earned all four of his UFC victories by decision.

Co-main event

Erick Silva (17-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC) has alternated wins and losses throughout his nine-fight UFC career. He was victorious in his most recent bout.

Silva’s average fight time of 4:55 in UFC welterweight competition is lowest among active fighters in the weight class.

Silva has earned all five of his UFC victories by first-round stoppage in a total fight time of 8:41.

Silva’s five first-round stoppage victories in UFC welterweight competition are tied with Anthony Johnson for the third most in divisional history behind Matt Hughes (six) and Josh Koscheck (six).

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 eleven 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.

Silva attempts 2.4 submissions per 15 minutes of fighting, the second highest rate among active UFC welterweights behind TJ Waldburger (4.8).

Silva has earned been awarded a fight-night bonus in six of his past seven UFC bouts.

Josh Koscheck (17-9 MMA, 15-9 UFC) competes just 21 days following his submission loss to Jake Ellenberger at UFC 184. It marks the quickest turnaround of his pro career.

Koscheck enters the event on the first four-fight losing skid of his career. He had previously never lost consecutive bouts prior to losses against Ellenberger, Tyron Woodley, Robbie Lawler and Johny Hendricks.

Koscheck will compete in his 24th UFC welterweight bout and set the record for most appearances in divisional history.

Koscheck’s 14 victories in UFC welterweight competition are the third most in divisional history behind Georges St-Pierre (19) and Matt Hughes (16).

Koscheck’s eight stoppage victories in UFC welterweight competition are the fourth most in divisional history behind Hughes (11), Matt Brown (10) and Thiago Alves (nine).

Remaining main card

Leonardo Santos (13-3-1 MMA, 2-0-1 UFC) fought to the UFC’s lone draw of 2014 when he faced Norman Parke at UFC Fight Night 38.

Amanda Nunes (9-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) is one of two fighters in UFC women’s bantamweight history to earn back-to-back first-round knockout victories. Ronda Rousey is the other. She accomplished the feat against Germaine de Randamie at UFC Fight Night 31 and Sheila Gaff at UFC 163.

Nunes has earned all nine of her professional victories by knockout or submission.

Shayna Baszler (15-9 MMA, 0-1 UFC) enters the event with just one victory in her past four bouts.

Baszler has earned 14 of her 15 career victories by submission.

Godofredo Pepey (11-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has earned two of his three UFC victories by first-round stoppage. He has earned a fight-night bonus for both of those finishes.

Pepey is one of 12 fighters in UFC history to earn a knockout stemming from a flying knee strike. He accomplished the feat against Noad Lahat at UFC Fight Night 38.

Preliminary card

Akbarh Arreola (23-8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned 22 of his 23 career victories by stoppage. He has earned 18 of those finishes the first round.

Francisco Trinaldo (15-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC) is one of six fighters in UFC history to earn two arm-triangle submission victories inside the octagon. He’s one of only two fighters to earn the submission from half-guard (Rick Story). Both of his arm-triangle submissions have come from half-guard.

Edimilson Souza (15-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned 15 of his 16 career victories by stoppage.

Jorge Oliveira (7-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has earned all seven of his career victories by stoppage. He has earned all of those finishes in the first round.

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