The UFC octagon returns to Louisville, Ky., for the primary time in additional than 13 years on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 57, which works down at KFC Yum! Heart and airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+.

Ranked middleweights meet within the headlining act of the cardboard as former middleweight title challenger Jared Cannonier (17-6 MMA, 10-6 UFC) clashes with surging Frenchman Nassourdine Imavov (13-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in a five-round combat.

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Jared Cannonier vs. Nassourdine Imavov

Jared Cannonier

Jared Cannonier

Cannonier is 7-2 since he dropped to the UFC middleweight division in November 2018.

Cannonier is one in all 17 fighters in UFC historical past to win fights in three weight lessons. He’s been victorious at middleweight, gentle heavyweight and heavyweight.

Cannonier is one in all two fighters in UFC historical past to earn knockout victories in three weight lessons. Conor McGregor additionally completed the feat.

Cannonier’s 241 vital strikes landed at UFC on ESPN 47 are the single-fight report for a UFC middleweight bout.

Cannonier and Marvin Vettori mixed for 394 vital strikes landed at UFC on ESPN 47, the single-fight report for a UFC middleweight bout.

Nassourdine Imavov

Nassourdine Imavov

Imavov competes in his third UFC headliner. He’s 1-1 in earlier principal occasions.

Imavov has earned three of his 5 UFC victories by choice.

Imavov defends 66 % of all opponent vital strike makes an attempt in UFC middleweight competitors, the very best charge amongst lively fighters within the weight class.

Dominick Reyes vs. Dustin Jacoby

Dominick Reyes

Dominick Reyes

Dominick Reyes (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) has suffered 4 consecutive losses after beginning his profession 12-0.

Reyes’ 29-second knockout of Joachim Christensen at UFC Struggle Evening 112 marked the second quickest stoppage by any debuting gentle heavyweight in UFC historical past behind Ryan Jimmo’s seven-second win at UFC 149.

Dustin Jacoby

Dustin Jacoby

Dustin Jacoby (19-8-1 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC) is 7-3-1 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in October 2020.

Jacoby lands 6.44 vital strikes per minute in UFC gentle heavyweight competitors, the third-best charge in divisional historical past behind Carlos Ulberg (7.52) and Jamahal Hill (6.85).

Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios

Raul Rosas Jr.

Raul Rosas Jr. (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), at 18, grew to become the youngest fighter in historical past to earn an octagon victory when he received at UFC 282.

Rosas Jr. has earned seven of his eight profession victories by stoppage. That features each of his UFC wins.

Miguel Baeza vs. Punahele Soriano

Miguel Baeza

Miguel Baeza (10-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) returns to competitors for the primary time since April 16, 2022. The 784-day layoff it eh longest of his almost nine-year profession.

Baeza has suffered three consecutive losses after beginning his profession 10-0.

Punahele Soriano (9-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) drops to the UFC welterweight division after spending his earlier seven octagon appearances at middleweight.

Thiago Moises vs. Ludovit Klein

Thiago Moises

Thiago Moises (18-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC) has earned one in all 17 stoppage victories in UFC historical past stemming from leg kicks. He completed the feat at UFC Struggle Evening 239.

Ludovit Klein (21-4-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) five-fight UFC unbeaten streak at light-weight is tied for the second-longest lively streak within the division behind Islam Makhachev (13).

Klein is one in all 4 fighters in UFC historical past to earn a knockout stemming from a entrance kick to the physique. Alexander Volkov, Dan Hooker and Siyar Bahadurzada additionally completed the feat.

Brad Katona vs. Jesse Butler

Brad Katona

Brad Katona (13-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is the one two-time winner of “The Final Fighter” actuality sequence.

Andrea Lee vs. Montana De La Rosa

Andrea Lee

Andrea Lee (13-9 MMA, 5-7 UFC) competes in her thirteenth UFC ladies’s flyweight bout, tied with Gillian Robertson for the second-most appearances in divisional historical past behind Katlyn Cerminara (14).

Lee’s four-fight dropping skid is tied for the longest of her profession. She hasn’t earned a victory since November 2021.

Lee has landed 21 takedowns in UFC ladies’s flyweight competitors are tied for second-most in divisional historical past behind Valentina Shevchenko (39).

Lee is one in all 11 fighters in UFC historical past to earn a submission victory by triangle-armbar. She completed the feat at UFC 262.

Lee’s two fight-night bonuses for UFC ladies’s flyweight bouts are tied for second-most in divisional historical past behind Molly McCann (three).

Montana De La Rosa’s (12-9-1 MA, 5-5-1 UFC) three-fight dropping skid is the longest of her profession. She hasn’t earned a victory since June 2021.

De La Rosa’s 4 stoppage victories in UFC ladies’s flyweight competitors are third-most in historical past behind Robertson (seven) and Valentina Shevchenko (5).

De La Rosa’s three submission victories in UFC ladies’s flyweight competitors are tied for the second-most in divisional historical past behind Robertson (six).

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UFC analysis analyst and reside statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Observe him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.