The UFC returns to France on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 243. The event will take place at the Accor Arena in Paris and will be streamed in its entirety on ESPN+.

The lineup includes two five-round non-title fights at the beginning of the card. In the lightweight main event, Renato Moicano (19-6-1 MMA, 11-5 UFC) will face Benoit Saint Denis (13-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC). In the co-headliner, middleweights Brendan Allen (24-5 MMA, 12-2 UFC) and Nassourdine Imavov (14-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) are ready to fight.

For more on the numbers behind the card, check out MMA Junkie's pre-event facts for UFC Fight Night 243 below.

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Renato Moicano vs Benoit Saint Denis

Renato Moicano

Renato Moicano

Moicano has a 6-1 record since moving up to the UFC's lightweight division in March 2020.

Moicano's six rear-naked choke submission victories in UFC competition are the third most in company history, behind Demian Maia (nine) and Kenny Florian (seven).

Benoit Saint-Denis

Benoit Saint-Denis

Saint Denis won all 13 of his career victories by stoppage.

Saint Denis lands 58.4 percent of his significant strike attempts in the UFC's lightweight competition, the third-best rate in division history behind Islam Makhachev (60.3 percent) and Justin Gaethje (59.2 percent).

Brendan Allen vs. Nassourdine Imavov

Brendan Allen

Brendan Allen

Allen's six-fight UFC middleweight winning streak is the third-longest active winning streak in the division behind Dricus Du Plessis (eight) and Caio Borralho (seven).

Allen has won 18 of his 24 career victories by stoppage, including eight of his 12 UFC victories.

Allen's six victories by submission in the UFC middleweight division are the second most in the history of his division after Gerald Meerschaert (11).

Allen's six rear-naked choke submission victories in UFC competition are the third most in company history, behind Maia (nine) and Florian (seven).

Nassourdine Imavov

Nassourdine Imavov

Imavov has won 10 of his 14 career victories by stoppage.

Imavov fends off 62.3 percent of all of his opponent's heavy strike attempts in UFC middleweight fights, giving him, along with Sean Strickland, the best rate among active fighters in this weight class.

William Gomis vs. Joanderson Brito

Joanderson Brito

Joanderson Brito's (17-3-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) five-fight UFC featherweight winning streak is the fourth-longest active winning streak in the division behind Movsar Evloev (seven), Ilia Topuria (six) and Lerone Murphy (six).

Brito has won 15 of his 16 career victories by stoppage, including all five of his UFC victories.

Brito's average fight time of 6:21 in UFC lightweight competition is the shortest among active fighters in this weight class.

Brito's five UFC fight stoppage streak is the second longest among active fighters on the team after Shavkat Rakhmonov (six).

Fight between Kevin Jousset and Bryan

Bryan Battle

Bryan Battle (10-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) has a record of 3-1 with one no contest since dropping to the UFC welterweight division in August 2022.

Battle's average fight time of 6:18 in the UFC welterweight division is the shortest among all active fighters in that weight class.

Fares Ziam vs Matt Frevola

Tariffs Ziam

Fares Ziam (15-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has won all five of his UFC victories by decision.

Ion Cutelaba vs. Ivan Erslan

Ion Cutelaba

Ion Cutelaba (17-9-1 MMA, 6-8-1 UFC) has a record of 2-6-1 in his last nine UFC appearances since February 2020.

Cutelaba completes 57.6 percent of his takedown attempts in the UFC's light heavyweight competition, the third-best rate in division history behind Vitor Petrino (66.7 percent) and Lyoto Machida (65 percent).

Oumar Sy vs Da Woon Jung

Da Woon Jung

Da Woon Jung's (15-5-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC) three-fight losing streak is the longest of his career. He hasn't won since November 2021.

Ludovit Klein vs Roosevelt Roberts

Ludovit Klein

Ludovit Klein's (22-4-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC) six-fight winning streak in the UFC lightweight competition is the second longest active streak in the division behind Islam Makhachev (13).

Klein is one of four fighters in UFC history to achieve a knockout with a front kick to the body, along with Alexander Volkov, Dan Hooker and Siyar Bahadurzada.

Roosevelt Roberts' (12-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) four fights without a win in the UFC is the longest of his career. He hasn't won since May 2020.

Darya Zheleznyakova vs. Ailin Perez

Ailin Perez

Ailin Perez (10-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has won all three of her UFC victories by decision.

Perez scored ten takedowns in her win at UFC on ESPN 49, setting a record for a UFC women's bantamweight fight.

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UFC research analyst and live stats producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.