By The Numbers: Abdoul Abdouraguimov vs. Laureano Staropoli

Abdoul Abdouraguimov looks like a man who wants to move mountains in the Professional Fighters League welterweight division.

The once-beaten Russian will attempt to take another step toward securing his reservation at the promotion’s global table when he collides with Laureano Staropoli in the PFL Europe 2024 Finals main event on Saturday at LDLC Arena in Lyon, France. Abdouraguimov enters the cage with the wind of an eight-fight winning streak in his sails. He last suited up on March 7, when he was awarded split scorecards against Jack Grant in their three-round PFL 1 pairing. On the other side of the equation, Staropoli steps into the spotlight having won four of his past five bouts. However, the Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran finds himself on the rebound after he tapped to a rear-naked choke from Murad Ramazanov in the first round of their PFL 3 encounter on April 19.

As Abdouraguimov and Staropoli approach their forthcoming showdown at 170 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

29: Years of age for Abdouraguimov, who was born on Aug. 1, 1995 in Nizhny Dzhengutay, Russia.

12: Abdouraguimov wins by submission, accounting for 67% of his career total (18). His methods of choice: five rear-naked chokes, two anaconda chokes, two arm-triangle chokes, one brabo choke, one inverted triangle choke and one kneebar. Abdouraguimov holds two other wins by knockout or technical knockout (11%) and four more by decision (22%).

99: Seconds needed for Abdouraguimov to dismiss Aleko Saghliani with a rear-naked choke under the Hit Fighting Championship banner on Oct. 21, 2017. More than seven years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

9: Consecutive calendar years in which Abdouraguimov has fought at least once. In addition to his 1-0 mark in 2024, he went 2-0 in 2016, 4-0 in 2017, 3-0 with one no contest in 2018, 1-1 in 2019, 2-0 in 2020, 1-0 in 2021, 2-0 in 2022 and 2-0 in 2023.

135: Combined victories between the eight men—Grant, Brad Wheeler, Rafal Haratyk, Karl Amoussou, Godofredo Castro, Luciano Contini, Louis Glismann and Carl Booth—Abdouraguimov has beaten during his current streak. They sport a cumulative .682 winning percentage at 135-62-4.

31: Years of age for Staropoli, who was born in La Plata, Argentina, on Feb. 27, 1993.

7: Staropoli victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 54% of her career total (13). His list of victims: Boundjou Baba Nadjombe, Mickael Lebout, Carlos Bazan, Sebastian Delgadillo, Sebastian Munoz, Ezequiel Miranda and Adrian Miranda. Staropoli owns two other victories by submission (15%) and four more by decision (31%).

40: Rounds started by Staropoli as a professional mixed martial artist. He has involved the judges on eight different occasions and carries a 4-4 record in those bouts.

6: Different countries in which Staropoli has plied his mixed martial arts trade. He has gone 6-1 in his native Argentina, 4-0 in France, 0-4 in the United States, 2-0 in Bolivia, 1-0 in Brazil and 0-1 in Singapore.

.708: Cumulative winning percentage between the six men—Ramazanov, Jamie Pickett, Roman Dolidze, Tim Means, Muslim Salikhov and Alejandro Ezequiel Coslovsky—who have defeated Staropoli. They boast a combined record of 100-41-1.