UFC 150 Preview: 11 Facts About Saturday’s Event

Are you hungry for some UFC knowledge? Good because we have you covered with 11 facts about UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar II, scheduled for this Saturday (Aug. 11th) from Denver, CO.

The event is headlined by an lightweight championship bout of Benson Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar and can be seen on live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.

Check below for 11 facts about Saturday’s UFC 150 event.

1 – Buddy Roberts fights top-10 ranked Yushin Okami in his second UFC fight.

2 – Yushin Okami is on the first two-fight losing streak in his 33-fight professional career.

3 – Melvin Guillard fights Donald Cerrone 28-days after his unanimous decision victory against Fabricio Camoes at UFC 148.

4 – Donald Cerrone and Melvin Guillard, who fight each other in the co-main event, were once teammates at Greg Jackson’s gym in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

5 – Since April 2010, A total of four men have competed for the UFC lightweight championship (Benson Henderson, Frankie Edgar, BJ Penn and Gray Maynard).

6 – Jake Shields competes at middleweight for the first time since his unanimous decision victory against Dan Henderson at Strikeforce: Nashville on Apr. 17, 2010.

7 – Dustin Pague fights for the third time in 57-days.

8 – After starting his UFC career with a 5-0-1 record, Nik Lentz is 0-2 with one no contest in his last three UFC fights.

9 – In 22-combined fights under the ZUFFA banner, main event fighters Benson Henderson and Frankie Edgar have never lost by anything other than a decision.

10 – The UFC 150 fight card features zero flyweight, welterweight, light heavyweight or heavyweight bouts.

11 – In his 18-fight UFC career, Melvin Guillard has never gone to a decision in back-to-back fights. He fought to a decision in his last fight.

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