It has been more than a month since the UFC held a pay-per-view event, but this Saturday the organization is back with a loaded card as “UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber” is set to go down from Newark, N.J.’s Prudential Center. The event features the 20th championship doubleheader in UFC history, as both the bantamweight and featherweight belts will be up for grabs in “The Garden State.” In the headliner, undisputed 135-pound kingpin Renan Barao (31-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) looks to keep his incomparable undefeated streak alive when he faces Urijah Faber (30-6 MMA, 6-2 UFC) for a second time just 18 months after their first meeting at UFC 149, a fight the Brazilian won by decision. That’s not all, though, as Jose Aldo (23-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) – another champion on a tremendous winning streak – puts his featherweight strap on the line for the sixth time against top contender Ricardo Lamas (13-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC), who earned his shot at the belt with four consecutive wins. The UFC’s first pay-per-view event of 2014 is shaping up to be a good one, and with the help of FightMetric’s ( www.fightmetric.com ) research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll , here are 60 pre-fight facts about UFC 169
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UFC 169 preview: 60 pre-fight facts about ‘Barao vs. Faber’ in Newark – MMA Junkie