The former Cage Fury Fighting Championships titleholder will take on Douglas Lima in a Bellator Champions Series 4 welterweight feature on Saturday at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Jeffery has posted eight wins across his past 11 outings. The Canadian finds himself on the rebound after he dropped a three-round unanimous decision to Fabian Edwards at Bellator Champions Series 1 on March 22. Jeffery has never suffered consecutive setbacks. Lima, meanwhile, has lost four of his last five fights. The three-time welterweight champion has not seen action since he outpointed Costello van Steenis to a unanimous verdict at Bellator 296 on May 12, 2023.
As Jeffery and Lima make final preparations for their forthcoming battle at 170 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
31: Years of age for Jeffery, who was born on Nov. 14, 1992 in Tillsonburg, Canada.
9: Jeffery victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 64% of his career total (14). Austin Vanderford and Fabio Aguiar comprise his list of Bellator victims. Jeffery owns one other victory by submission (7%)—he tapped Matt Anderson with a triangle choke at an Ohio Fighting Championship show in his October 2014 debut—and four more by decision (29%).
48: Rounds started by Jeffery as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on eight different occasions and carries a 4-4 record in those bouts.
.848: Cumulative winning percentage between the five men—Edward, Borralho, Allen, John Salter and Sean Brady —who have defeated Jeffery. They sport a combined record of 89-16.
36: Years of age for Lima, who was born in Goiania, Brazil, on Jan. 5, 1988.
1,486: Days spent by Lima as Bellator welterweight champion. He held the 170-pound title from April 18, 2014 to July 17, 2015, from Nov. 10, 2016 to Jan. 20, 2018 and from Oct. 26, 2019 to June 11, 2021.
3: Sub-minute finishes on the Lima resume. He wrecked Joshua Hancock with punches in 37 seconds at Evolution “Mayhem in Albany” on March 10, 2007, prompted an injury stoppage against Ed Nuno in 28 seconds under the Xtreme Fight Series banner on July 14, 2007 and put away Daniel Douglas with a rear-naked choke in 28 seconds at a Premier Championship Fighting show on Oct. 26, 2007.
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