By The Numbers: Bartosz Lesko vs. Piotr Kuberski

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Not much wiggle room exists in the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki middleweight division—a harsh reality with which Bartosz Lesko and Piotr Kuberski are beginning to familiarize themselves.

Lesko and the once-beaten Kuberski will collide in the KSW 88 co-headliner on Saturday at RCS Hall in Radom, Poland, where they are set to jockey for position at 185 pounds. Pawel Pawlak currently rules the organization’s middleweight roost. Lesko has rattled off five victories across his past seven outings. He last appeared at KSW 84, where he disposed of Nemanja Nikolic with a rear-naked choke in the first round of their July 15 pairing. Kuberski, meanwhile, steps into his promotional debut on a nine-fight winning streak. The Ankos MMA rep last competed on May 27, when he punched out Kamil Wojciechowski in the first round of their confrontation at a Fight Exclusive Night event.

As Lesko and Kuberski make final preparations for their forthcoming battle, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

27: Years of age for Lesko, who was born on April 28, 1996 in Gdynia, Poland.

7: Lesko wins by submission, accounting for 54% of his career total (13). All seven have resulted in rear-naked chokes. Lesko holds two other wins by knockout or technical knockout (15%), three more by decision (23%) and another by disqualification (8%).

121: Seconds needed for Lesko to subdue Maciej Szydlowski with a rear-naked choke at a Time of Masters show on Nov. 19, 2016. Nearly seven years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

2: Stalemates on the Lesko resume. He settled for a majority draw against Robert Maciejowski inside the Szczerek Fight Team promotion in December 2015 and fought to a split draw with Marcin Naruszczka under the Fight Exclusive Night banner in March 2019.

57: Combined victories between the three men—Naruszczka, Tom Breese and Husein Kushagov—who have beaten Lesko. They sport a cumulative .699 winning percentage at 57-24-2.

35: Years of age for Kuberski, who was born in Oborniki, Poland, on Oct. 24, 1988.

9: Kuberski victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 82% of his career total. Wojciechowski, Naruszczka and Mateusz Strzelczyk highlight his list of victims. Kuberski owns two other victories by decision (18%).

1,736: Days since Kuberski experienced his only professional setback. He tapped to a second-round guillotine choke from Jakub Kamieniarz at X Fight Series “Poznan Fight Night 3” on Feb. 9, 2019.

21: Rounds started by Kuberski as a mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on two different occasions and carries a 2-0 record in those bouts.

.571: Cumulative winning percentage between the nine men—Wojciechowski, Naruszczka, Strzelczyk, Marcin Filipczak, Krystian Bielski, Markus Cuk, Ahmed Saeb, Alexander Gluschenko and Adam Ugorski—Kuberski has defeated during his current tear. They boast a combined record of 75-56-3.