By The Numbers: Jared Vanderaa vs. Chase Sherman

Nothing breeds uncertainty quite like the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight division.

No one can be sure what to expect when Jared Vanderaa meets Chase Sherman as part of the UFC on ESPN 39 main card this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Both men appear to be on thin ice. Vanderaa will step into the Octagon on a three-fight losing streak. The Team Quest rep last competed at UFC 273, where he submitted to an Alexey Oleynik scarf hold in the first round of their April 9 pairing. Sherman, meanwhile, has suffered four straight losses. He last appeared on April 30, when he submitted to a first-round keylock from the unbeaten Alexander Romanov at UFC on ESPN 35.

Ahead of the Vanderaa-Sherman confrontation in Sin City, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

30: Years of age for Vanderaa, who was born in Richland, Washington, on May 12, 1992.

7: Vanderaa victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 58% of his career total (12). His list of victims includes Harry Hunsucker, Ruan Potts and Mychal Clark. Vanderaa holds three other victories by submission and two more by decision.

29: Seconds needed for Vanderaa to dismiss John Rizzo with a rear-naked choke in his professional debut under the King of the Cage banner on June 14, 2015. Having occurred more than seven years ago, it remains his fastest finish to date.

8: Consecutive calendar years in which Vanderaa has fought at least once. In addition to his 0-2 mark in 2022, he went 2-0 in 2015, 3-0 in 2016, 1-2 in 2017, 2-1 in 2018, 2-1 in 2019, 1-0 in 2020 and 1-2 in 2021.

.743: Cumulative winning percentage between the eight opponents—Oleynik, Romanov, Andrei Arlovski, Sergey Spivak, Renan Ferreira, Vernon Lewis, Andrew van Zyl and Richard Odoms—who have beaten Vanderaa. They carry a combined record of 171-58-1.

32: Years of age for Sherman, who was born on Nov. 6, 1989 in D’Iberville, Mississippi.

14: Sherman wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 93% of his career total (15). His list of victims includes Isaac Villanueva, Rashad Coulter and Jack May. Sherman owns one other win by decision, having outpointed former M-1 Global champion Damian Grabowski to a unanimous verdict at UFC on Fox 25 in 2017.

787: Days since Sherman last had his hand raised—a second-round technical knockout of Villanueva at UFC Fight Night 171 on May 13, 2020.

3: UFC appearances in which Sherman has connected with at least 100 significant strikes. He set a personal high-water mark when he landed 117 of them in a unanimous decision defeat to Parker Porter at UFC on ESPN 29 in August.

156: Combined victories between the 10 opponents—Romanov, Arlovski, Porter, Jake Collier, Augusto Sakai, Justin Willis, Shamil Abdurakhimov, Walt Harris, Justin Ledet and Alex Nicholson—who have defeated Sherman. They sport a cumulative .687 winning percentage (156-70-1).