Three main event changes won’t prevent the UFC from making its return to Broomfield, Colo., for the first time in nearly five years as UFC Fight Night 60 takes places Saturday at the 1STBank Center.

Originally scheduled to feature a headliner between Matt Brown and Tarec Saffiedine, the main event will now see former UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson (21-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC) move up to the welterweight division for the first time against surging prospect Brandon Thatch (11-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC).

“Smooth” will enter the contest on the first two-fight losing skid of his career, but hopes a change in fighting weight will alter his fortunate. Thatch won’t make it easy, though, as he’ll bring his tenacious finishing ability to the octagon for the biggest fight of his career.

Henderson and Thatch bring strong resumes into the contest, as do several others fighters on the card. Check below for 55 pre-fight facts about UFC Fight Night 60.

Main event

Henderson competes in his ninth main event out of 13 UFC appearances.

Henderson moves up to the welterweight division for the first time in his UFC career.

Henderson enters the event on the first two-fight losing skid of his career. He dropped a split decision to Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night 59 and Rafael dos Anjos stopped him with strikes at UFC Fight Night 49.

Henderson has earned 14 victories in UFC/WEC lightweight competition, the third most in the combined history of the two organizations behind Cerrone (20) and Gleison Tibau (16).

Henderson has earned eight of his nine UFC victories by decision. He is the only fighter in history to start his or her UFC career with eight decision wins.

Henderson went 215 minutes and 56 seconds of fighting without a finish before he submitted Rustam Khabilov at UFC Fight Night 42.

Henderson has completed 46 takedowns in UFC/WEC lightweight competition, the third most in the combined history of the two organizations behind Tibau (82) and Clay Guida (48).

Henderson has landed 54.2 percent of his takedowns attempts in the UFC, the third best rate among active UFC lightweights. He has landed 24 of his 26 takedowns in the octagon from the clinch position.

Henderson’s 53 leg kicks landed in his defeat to Cerrone at UFC Fight Night 59 stand as the most ever in a three-round UFC bout. Thiago Alves held the previous record with 52 at UFC on FOX 11.

Thatch returns to competition for the first time since Nov. 9, 2013. His 462-day layoff is the longest of his professional career.

Thatch competes in the first main event of his UFC career.

Thatch has earned all 11 of his career victories by first-round stoppage.

Thatch is one of 14 fighters in UFC history to earn a knockout victory stemming from a knee to the body. He used the technique to stop Paulo Thiago at UFC Fight Night 32.

Co-main event

Max Holloway (11-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) will compete in his 11th UFC featherweight bout and tie Dustin Poirier for the most appearances in divisional history.

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

Holloway’s streak of four consecutive finishes in UFC competition is tied with women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and lightweight champion Anthony Pettis for the most consecutive finishes among active UFC fighters.

Holloway’s four stoppage victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied for the second most in divisional history behind Poirier (five).

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

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

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

Holloway’s 70.1 percent striking defense rate ranks second in UFC featherweight history behind Mendes (71.9 percent).

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

Holloway’s submission of Andre Fili at 3:39 of round 3 at UFC 172 stands as 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.

Cole Miller (21-8 MMA, 10-6 UFC) enters the event on a two-fight winning streak. He has never earned three consecutive victories during his UFC career, which dates back to his June 2007 debut.

Miller is 3-3 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in March 2012.

Miller’s seven submission victories under the UFC banner are tied with Joe Lauzon for the fifth most in history behind Royce Gracie (11), Frank Mir (eight), Kenny Florian (eight) and Nate Diaz (eight).

Miller’s has attempted 23 submissions in UFC competition, tied for the fifth most in history.

Miller’s 10 serious submission attempts against Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 11 are a single-fight UFC record.

Miller’s submission of Jorge Gurgel at the 4:48 mark of round 3 at UFC 86 stands as the latest submission victory ever in a three-round UFC fight.

Miller’s 143 significant strikes landed against Phan at UFC on FOX 4 are the second most ever landed in UFC/WEC featherweight history. Phan leads the category for his 174 significant strikes against Garcia at UFC 136.

Remaining main card

Neil Magny’s (13-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active streak in the welterweight division.

Magny’s five UFC victories in 2014 tied Roger Huerta’s record for most octagon wins in a calendar year. Huerta accomplished the feat in 2007.

Magny has earned four of his six UFC victories by decision.

Magny’s strike differential rate of +1.83 in UFC welterweight competition is the best among active fighters in the weight class.

Magny absorbs just 1.59 strikes per minute, the least among active UFC welterweights.

Kiichi Kunimoto (18-5-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) enters the event on a career-best seven-fight winning streak. The 33-year-old has suffered just one defeat in his past 15 fights overall.

Daniel Kelly (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), 37, is the oldest of the 22 fighters scheduled to compete on the card.

Patrick Walsh (5-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) drops a weight class to the UFC middleweight division after winning at light heavyweight in his promotional debut.

Kevin Lee (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.

Lee has landed eight takedowns in his two UFC victories.

Michel Prazeres (18-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.

Ray Borg (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), 21, is the youngest of the 22 fighters scheduled to compete on the card. He’s also the youngest active fighter in the UFC flyweight division.

Borg’s submission of Shane Howell at the 2:17 mark of round 1 at UFC Fight Night 44 stands as the fastest submission finish in UFC flyweight history.

Preliminary card

Nik Lentz (25-6-2 MMA, 9-3-1 UFC) will fight on the preliminary card for the 14th time out of 15 UFC appearances.

Lentz is 4-1 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in August 2012. His only loss at 145 pounds came to two-time title challenger Mendes.

Lentz has earned seven of his nine UFC victories by decision.

Lentz has landed two or more takedowns against 11 of his 14 UFC opponents. “The Carny” has landed a total of 49 takedowns throughout his octagon career, the ninth most in modern UFC history.

Lentz has completed 22 takedowns in UFC featherweight competition, the second most in divisional history behind Dennis Bermudez (28).

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 has landed 52.6 percent of his significant strike attempts in UFC featherweight competition, the second highest rate in divisional history behind Jimy Hettes (57.1 percent).

Lentz absorbs just 1.98 significant strikes per minute in UFC featherweight competition, the second best rate in divisional history behind Rani Yahya (1.05).

Chas Skelly (13-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) set the UFC record for quickest turnaround between UFC wins outside of one-night tournaments when he earned victories 13 days apart at UFC Fight Night 49 and UFC Fight Night 50.

Skelly attempted seven submissions against Sean Soriano at UFC Fight Night 50, the most ever in a UFC featherweight bout.

Tim Elliott (10-5-1 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has fought to a decision in four of his five UFC appearances.

Elliott lands 4.60 significant strikes per minute, the second highest rate in UFC flyweight history behind John Lineker (5.43).

Elliott has completed 18 takedowns in UFC flyweight competition, the second most in divisional history behind champion Demetrious Johnson (25).

Elliott’s seven submission attempts in UFC flyweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Elliott’s takedown accuracy of 56.3 percent in UFC flyweight competition is the highest rate in divisional history.

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