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Bolaji Oki vs.
Timmy Cuamba

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

2-3-0 Bolaji Oki · UFC
2-3-0 Timmy Cuamba · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-3-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
30.7
AgeΔ 3.2 yrs
27.5
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.8
Layoff (months)Δ 2.1 mo
2.7
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL
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.

Bolaji Oki outworks the Lightweight division — 6.17 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Bolaji Oki absorbs 5.15 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Timmy Cuamba hunts takedowns — 1.47 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Bolaji Oki

Full career not yet synced for Bolaji Oki — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Timmy Cuamba

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

In the UFC: 1-0 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

3466.17/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1772.89/min · norm 3.52
2895.15/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2173.54/min · norm 3.58
44.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 43.4%
61.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 56.6%
10.27/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.24/15 · norm 0.30

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

Bolaji Oki

Distance 92.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 8.0%)

Timmy Cuamba

Distance 89.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Bolaji Oki

Head 79.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 7.9%)

Timmy Cuamba

Head 74.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Oki L/AAccLightweight med Cuamba L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 310 / 712 43.5% 37.9% 147 / 347 42.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 25 / 34 73.5% 67.3% 16 / 20 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 11 / 28 39.3% 69.1% 14 / 19 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 236 / 616 38.3% 35.0% 109 / 287 38.0% 34.9%
To the body 80 / 122 65.6% 69.1% 43 / 58 74.1% 66.8%
To the legs 30 / 36 83.3% 81.9% 25 / 41 61.0% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Oki L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Cuamba L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 238 / 661 36.0% 38.9% 179 / 451 39.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 16 / 27 59.3% 68.6% 11 / 16 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 35 / 55 63.6% 68.0% 27 / 30 90.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 219 / 633 34.6% 35.1% 143 / 395 36.2% 34.9%
To the body 46 / 68 67.6% 68.1% 39 / 62 62.9% 66.0%
To the legs 24 / 42 57.1% 81.5% 35 / 40 87.5% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

457.1% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
631.6% acc · 1.47/15 · norm 1.12
975.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1066.7% def · norm 66.7%
6:4412.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
10:3117.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
6:451:48 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:143:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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