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Cam Rowston vs.
Andre Petroski

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

3-0-0 Cam Rowston · UFC
8-5-0 Andre Petroski · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-0-0
UFC record
8-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
31.5
AgeΔ 3.7 yrs
35.2
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
78"
ReachΔ 5"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
3.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.5 mo
2.7
WWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Andre Petroski is a submission threat — 1.23 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Cam Rowston owns the mat — in control 48% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Andre Petroski hunts takedowns — 3.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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.

Cam Rowston

Full career not yet synced for Cam Rowston — 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 +1.3 wins over .500

Andre Petroski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.01 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1485.52/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3702.75/min · norm 3.25
531.98/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
4022.99/min · norm 3.20
48.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.2%norm 47.4%
53.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.5%norm 53.8%
10.56/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.11/15 · norm 0.32

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

Cam Rowston

Distance 56.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 40.7% (norm 10.3%)

Andre Petroski

Distance 83.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Cam Rowston

Head 86.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)

Andre Petroski

Head 77.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rowston L/AAccMiddleweight med Petroski L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 72 / 171 42.1% 40.5% 278 / 628 44.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 8 / 10 too few to rate 70.3% 9 / 11 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 68 / 124 54.8% 69.1% 83 / 113 73.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 118 / 264 44.7% 38.9% 237 / 579 40.9% 38.9%
To the body 14 / 24 too few to rate 71.7% 74 / 96 77.1% 71.7%
To the legs 16 / 17 too few to rate 83.3% 59 / 77 76.6% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Rowston L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Petroski L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 51 / 111 45.9% 39.5% 319 / 700 45.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 2 / 4 too few to rate 70.9% 21 / 26 80.8% 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0% 62 / 103 60.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 27 / 84 32.1% 37.9% 281 / 658 42.7% 37.9%
To the body 9 / 12 too few to rate 71.3% 64 / 96 66.7% 71.3%
To the legs 17 / 19 too few to rate 82.1% 57 / 75 76.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

342.9% acc · 1.68/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2852.8% acc · 3.13/15 · norm 1.42
1100.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1986.4% def · norm 63.1%
12:5047.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
52:3239.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
0:240:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
7:540:52 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
111.23/15 · norm 0.47

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

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