An up-and-coming heavyweight gets the biggest and most experienced test possible in the main event of the next batch of fights going down in Las Vegas this Saturday, as Augusto Sakai challenges heavyweight mainstay Alistair Overeem. The co-main event features the rescheduled bout between the rising Alonzo Menifield and always tricky Ovince Saint Preux, and an important and intriguing women’s flyweight bout shapes up to be a good test between talented contenders.
To get an idea of how these matchups might shape up once the cage door closes, we took a look at the stats and to see what kind of trends might clash on September 5.