After a week off, the UFC returned to ESPN 68 from UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. The main card plays ESPN after Prelims on ESPN+.
High-risk women's flight headlines are the center of the card. Top contenders Erin Blanchfield (13-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) and Maycee Barber (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) met in five rounds, with a large stake in the title picture.
For more information on the numbers behind the main event and the rest of the card, check out the pre-fact facts about UFC on ESPN 68 below.
Blanchfield's three stop wins in the UFC women's lightweight division ranked fourth in division history, behind Gillian Robertson (seven), Valentina Shevchenko (five) and Montana de La Rosa (fourth).
Blanchfield's three submission wins in the UFC Women's Lightweight Championship are the most in division history after Robertson (six).
Blanchfield's seven batsmen landed in UFC 269, a singles record for the UFC women's lightweight match.
The barber's six-game UFC streak in the women's lightweight competition is the second-longest positive streak after Natalia Silva (seven).
Barber's eight wins in the UFC women's lightweight competition ranked third in division history, behind only Shevchenko (11) and Katlyn Cerminara (Nine).
Since the barber was promoted to the UFC Women’s Fly Division in March 2019, the barbers are 8-2.
The barbers’ three stop wins in the UFC women’s lightweight competition ranked fourth in division history, behind only Robertson (seven), Shevchenko (five) and De la Rosa (four).
Barber's three knockout wins in the UFC women's lightweight competition are the second largest in division history after Shevchenko (four).
In the UFC Women’s Fly Competition, the barbers absorbed only 2.4 general strikes per minute, the third-best rate in the history of the department for Sevshenko (1.88) and Natalia Silva (2.1).
Mateusz Gamrot (24-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) completed 43 hits in the UFC lightweight competition, the most active fighters in the weight class.
Ludovit Klein (23-4-1 MMA, 7-2-1 UFC)'s seven-game unbeaten streak in the UFC lightweight division is the second longest positive streak (14) after Islam Makhachev.
Klein's efforts to defend all opponents in the UFC lightweight competition beat 95.2%, the best deal in department history.
Ramiz Brahimaj (11-5 MMA, 3-3 UFC) dates back to May 2018 in the past 11 battles. He won the latest round at UFC 309.
Dustin Jacoby (20-9-1 MMA, 8-6-1 UFC) has been 8-5-1 since returning to the UFC for the second match in October 2020.
Jacoby hit 6.06 major strikes per minute in the UFC lightweight heavyweight match, the third highest rate in the history of the division behind Carlos Ulberg (6.82) and Jamahal Hill (6.76).
Dusko Todorovic (12-5 MMA, 3-5 UFC) has won 11 battle streaks in the last seven games and 2-5 in the last seven games.
Trevin Giles (16-7 MMA, 7-7 UFC) lost the game with a three-pointer, the longest of his career. He has not won since March 2023.
Giles has been 2-4 since falling to middleweight division in January 2022.
Ketlen Vieira (14-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC)’s eight wins in the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship were third in division history after Amanda Nunes (13) and Raquel Pennington (12).
Vieira's seven decision-making wins in the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship are the second largest in division history after Pennington (10).
Vieira defended the 88.9% attempt to defend the UFC women's bantamweight rivals, the best deal in zoning history.
Macy Chiasson (10-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) scored four straight wins in the women’s bantamweight four games, the division’s second-longest active streak behind Ailin Perez (Five).
Chiasson's four stop wins in the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship ranked third in division history, behind only Nunes (eight) and Ronda Rousey (six).
Chiasson's three knockout wins in the UFC Women's Blowweight Championship are second in the division history after Nunes (six).
Chiasson absorbed only 2.0 major strikes per minute in the UFC women’s bantamweight competition, the second highest speed among active fighters in the weight class, behind Perez (1.83).
Jordan Leavitt (11-3 MA, 4-3 UFC) is one of the 12 fighters in UFC history, winning the knockout round by the Grand Slam. He accomplished his feat on the UFC on ESPN 19.
Leavitt's 22-second big knockout title on ESPN 19 is the second fastest champion in UFC history, behind Josh Burkman in November 2005 in the Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale.
Leavitt won 22 seconds on ESPN 19 at UFC, the second fastest champion in UFC history, behind Terrance McKinney’s seven-second victory at UFC 263.
Leavitt is three fighters in UFC history that can win the reverse triangle submission. He achieved this feat at UFC Fight Night 199. ColeMiller and Olivier Aubin-Mercier also won the technology.
UFC research analyst and real-time statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to the story. Follow him on Twitter @mjcflipdascript.