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Bob Cook vs.
Tiki Ghosn

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-0-0 Bob Cook · UFC
0-4-0 Tiki Ghosn · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-0-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
Age
49.5
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
316.9
Layoff (months)Δ 48.8 mo
268.1
W
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Bob Cook is a submission threat — 4.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Tiki Ghosn rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Bob Cook hunts takedowns — 2.31 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Bob Cook

Full career not yet synced for Bob Cook — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Tiki Ghosn

Full career not yet synced for Tiki Ghosn — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

223.39/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
592.39/min · norm 3.17
243.70/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
732.96/min · norm 3.06
46.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
44.4%norm 44.9%
61.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
52.6%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Bob Cook

Distance 72.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 25.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 8.0%)

Tiki Ghosn

Distance 71.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 28.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Bob Cook

Head 63.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 23.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 7.9%)

Tiki Ghosn

Head 58.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 23.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Cook L/AAccLightweight med Ghosn L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 34 44.1% 37.9% 38 / 95 40.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 7 / 12 too few to rate 67.3% 21 / 38 55.3% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 12 / 30 40.0% 35.0% 21 / 78 26.9% 37.2%
To the body 7 / 11 too few to rate 69.1% 21 / 31 67.7% 70.7%
To the legs 3 / 6 too few to rate 81.9% 17 / 24 too few to rate 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Cook L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Ghosn L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 47 31.9% 38.9% 41 / 111 36.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 9 / 16 too few to rate 68.6% 21 / 28 75.0% 68.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 11 / 15 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 12 / 45 26.7% 35.1% 50 / 118 42.4% 35.6%
To the body 10 / 16 too few to rate 68.1% 14 / 23 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 81.5% 9 / 13 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

120.0% acc · 2.31/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
0— def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
646.2% def · norm 63.9%
1:0917.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
2:3410.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
2:074:53 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
11:166:51 per 15 · norm 3:15
24.63/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Ghosn has more cage time on record.

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