5 Quick Facts for Each Main Card Fighter at UFC Fight Night: Boston

UFC Fight Night: Boston continues a star-studded January of highly-anticipated fights as it features a main event of Conor McGregor vs. Dennis Siver, along with a co-main event clash featuring top lightweights Benson "Smooth" Henderson and Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone. 

McGregor has been marching through the 145-pound division ever so loudly and has set his sights on champion Jose Aldo. This is a pivotal matchup for both him and Siver, as Dublin's own would be vaulted into the No. 1-contender spot with a win—something that the Russian-German kickboxer hopes to play spoiler too. 

In the co-main event, it will mark the third time in their respective careers that Cowboy and Smooth have met, with Henderson owning a 2-0 advantage over Cerrone. Cerrone is also making an incredible turnaround after fighting at UFC 182 on January 3, notching a win over top-10 lightweight Myles Jury.

Rounding out the card at TD Garden are fights that feature up-and-coming fighters Uriah Hall and Norman Parke, as they take on veterans Ron Stallings and Gleison Tibau. Here are five quick facts for each main card fighter to get you ready for Saturday night's UFC action in Boston. 

All facts in this slideshow are courtesy of FightMetric and Sherdog.com.

Norman Parke vs. Gleison Tibau

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Parke, the lightweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes, has produced a nearly unblemished record in the Octagon, going 4-0-1 since December 2012.

The 28-year-old Judo black belt faces another ground specialist in the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Tibau, who is one of the most tenured lightweights in the UFC. Before these two face off, and you make your prediction, go behind the numbers of these dangerous lightweights. 

Parke

• 94: percentage of takedowns defended
• 12: career submission wins
• 5: career victories via rear-naked choke
• 2.4: average amount of takedowns per UFC fight
• 2: career losses in the first round 

Tibau

• 15: career UFC wins 
• 6: split-decision bouts 
• 5: finishes in the Octagon
• 94: percentage of takedowns defended
• 4.4: average amount of takedowns per UFC fight

Uriah Hall vs. Ron Stallings

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TUF 17 runner-up and karate fighter Hall has enjoyed a lackluster UFC career thus far to say the least but is beginning to show signs of promise.

The 30-year-old Jamaican looks to notch a third straight victory over the late replacement Stallings, who is a Strikeforce veteran, southpaw and well-rounded mixed martial artist. In a matchup that pits veteran against talented prospect, get to know these gentlemen before they grace the cage. 

Hall

• 6: career knockouts
• 2: career losses to middleweight champion Chris Weidman and Costas Philippou
• 2: UFC career split-decision losses
• 64: percentage of takedowns defended
• 1: time Hall has won in the UFC despite being outstruck by his opponent 

Stallings

• 12: career wins
• 12: career finishes
• 3: career losses in the first round
• 3: career losses via decision
• 6: first-round finishes

Donald Cerrone vs. Benson Henderson

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Cerrone, whose second home is the Octagon, is arguably the UFC's hottest fighter right now. Cowboy has a 13-3 record, is on a six-fight winning streak and takes on the former lightweight champion Henderson on just two weeks of vacation.

Smooth is as game of a lightweight as they come, having defended his title three times while earning six performance bonuses in his World Extreme Cagefighting and UFC careers. Before you put money on either of these top-five lightweights, check out these numbers. 

Cerrone 

• 8: finishes in UFC career 
• 3: losses to top-tier lightweights Rafael dos Anjos, Anthony Pettis and Nate Diaz
• 2: times Cowboy has been taken down on his current win streak 
• 3: victories over top-10 opponents during current win streak
• 2: average number of submission attempts per fight in WEC/UFC career

Henderson

• 6: longest streak of consecutive wins in which Smooth scored at least one takedown
• 2.6: average number of takedowns per WEC/UFC fight
• 2: first-round defeats suffered in last four fights
• 4: amount of UFC wins after being taken down at least four times in the contest
• 2: amount of times Henderson has been outstruck in his career and still won 

Conor McGregor vs. Dennis Siver

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The undefeated Irishman McGregor looks to make his dreams a reality when he faces the 10th-ranked featherweight Siver in his adopted hometown of Boston. The 26-year-old has taken the UFC by storm and ravaged the 145-pound division en route to a potential title shot against Jose Aldo. 

Siver, who this week turns 36 years old, is 3-1-0-1 in his last five fights and would skyrocket up the featherweight pecking order if he were able to defeat the uncontrollable hype train that is McGregor.

While some have called the bout's design into question, try digesting some of these key ingredients that make this main event such an intriguing matchup before completely writing off Siver.

McGregor

• 3: first-round knockout victories in the UFC
• 4.6: significant strikes landed per fight
• 69: percentage of significant strikes defended 
• 2: career submission losses in the first round
• 5: total takedowns in UFC career

Siver

• 11: career UFC victories 
• 3: number of UFC losses in first round (out of six total)
• 5: career UFC finishes
• 4: years since last finish in the Octagon
• 68: percentage of significant strikes avoided 

All statistics courtesy of FightMetric and Sherdog.com unless otherwise noted.