If prizefighters have a biological clock, Josh Emmett can probably hear his ticking.
As Emmett and Topuria approach their marquee matchup at 145 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
38: Years of age for Emmett, who was born in Phoenix on March 4, 1985.
6: Emmett wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 33% of his career total (18). His list of UFC victims: Mirsad Bektic, Michael Johnson and Ricardo Lamas. Emmett holds two other wins by submission (11%) and 10 more by decision (56%).
11: Knockdowns landed by Emmett as an Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight, tying him with Jeremy Stephens for first on the promotion’s all-time list at 145 pounds. They rank ahead of Cub Swanson (nine), Chad Mendes (eight) and Max Holloway (eight).
42: Rounds completed by Emmett as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 11 different occasions and carries a 10-1 record in those bouts. The lone outlier? A split decision loss to Desmond Green at UFC 210 in April 2017.
152: Combined victories between the nine opponents—Bektic, Johnson, Lamas, Calvin Kattar, Dan Ige, Shane Burgos, Felipe Arantes, Scott Holtzman and Jon Tuck—Emmett has defeated as a member of the UFC roster. They boast a cumulative .687 winning percentage at 152-69-1.
26: Years of age for Topuria, who was born on Jan. 21, 1997 in Halle Westfalen, Germany.
8: Topuria victories by submission, accounting for 62% of his career total (13). His methods of choice: two rear-naked chokes, two guillotine chokes, one triangle choke, one anaconda choke, one triangle armbar and one arm-triangle choke. Topuria owns four other wins by knockout or technical knockout (31%) and one more by decision (7%).
100,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Topuria across his five assignments in the UFC. He has been awarded “Performance of the Night” twice.
63: Seconds needed for Topuria to dispatch Kalil Martin El Chalibi with a rear-naked choke at a Climent Club show on May 9, 2015. More than eight years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.
.794: Cumulative winning percentage between the five opponents—Mitchell, Jai Herbert, Ryan Hall, Damon Jackson and Youssef Zalal—Topuria has beaten since he linked arms with the UFC in 2020. They sport a combined record of 70-17-3.