Whilst the rest of the MMA world focuses on Nate Diaz, the UFC prepares for its fourth trip to Singapore.

In the main event, two-time UFC title contender Demian Maia (27-9 MMA, 21-9 UFC) takes on former Bellator and ONE welterweight champion Ben Askren (19-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

The 20-fight disparity in UFC victories between these two opponents matches the all-time record set when Donald Cerrone faced Justin Gaethje in September.

Let’s take a look at the last three results of the two men in the main event:

Maia rebounded from a unanimous decision defeat against reigning UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman with a first-round submission win against Lyman Good and a majority decision victory over Tony Martin.

Only Donald Cerrone (23) has more UFC victories than Maia (21) in promotional history.

Askren announced his retirement from MMA in November 2017 after a first-round TKO victory against Shinya Aoki, the fourth defense of his ONE welterweight title.

Like most MMA retirements, Askren’s didn’t last long, returning with a controversial technical submission victory over Robbie Lawler earlier this year before finding himself on the receiving end of the fastest knockout in UFC history (5 seconds) against Jorge Masvidal.

Here’s a look at how these two fighters fared when competing against common opponents shared throughout their careers. On the left of the graphic, you’ll see how Maia fared against any shared opponents and on the right, you’ll see Askren’s results against the same men.

The two men share two common opponents; Jorge Masvidal and Lyman Good.

Maia’s superior grappling secured a split-decision victory over Masvidal in May 2017, whilst Askren’s 5-second loss to Masvidal earlier this year is probably one of the most-viewed knockouts in MMA history.

Both men scored wins over former Bellator welterweight champion Good, with Maia winning via first-round submission in February, whilst Askren won a five-round unanimous decision verdict back in October 2010.

The Dwyer Score Each event, I calculate a ‘Dwyer Score’ for the card. It essentially gives a numeric value to the momentum of fighters competing at any one event. I do this by assigning a figure to each fighter’s current streak; a fighter on a five-fight winning streak contributes +5 to an event’s score, whilst a fighter on a two-fight losing streak contributes -2 to the score. Only UFC results are considered and a fighter coming off a no-contest, a draw, or a bout with another promotion has a streak of 0. When you tally up the scores for every fighter on a card, you get a total for the event- the ‘Dwyer Score.’ This score does not claim to predict or measure the quality or excitement of any one card, but it does give you an idea of the general momentum of fighters heading into a specific event. The graphic to the above-right displays some of the highest-scoring events of all time, to help give some context to this score. UFC Fight Night 162: Demian Maia vs. Ben Askren posts a score of +12. This score ranks joint-21st out of all 46 UFC events in the last year or joint-11th out of 27 Fight Night events in the same period. Here’s a look at how this score compares to other events’ scores over the past year: