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Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov

UFC 6-5-0 (1 NC) vs. 8-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
8-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39
AgeΔ 4 yrs
35
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
7.2
Layoff (months)Δ 6.6 mo
0.6
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Roman Kopylov carries real power — 1.00 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Chris Curtis rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Chris Curtis absorbs 5.79 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chris Curtis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 3 — regional circuit 245

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Roman Kopylov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8485.39/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
6874.57/min · norm 3.23
9105.79/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7545.02/min · norm 3.20
49.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.7%norm 47.4%
53.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 53.8%
30.29/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
101.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Chris Curtis

Distance 95.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 10.0%)

Roman Kopylov

Distance 93.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 10.0%)

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

Chris Curtis

Head 78.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 8.4%)

Roman Kopylov

Head 79.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Curtis L/AAccMiddleweight med Kopylov L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 780 / 1635 47.7% 40.5% 626 / 1273 49.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 55 / 68 80.9% 70.6% 26 / 35 74.3% 70.6%
On the ground 13 / 17 too few to rate 69.4% 35 / 47 74.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 578 / 1357 42.6% 38.8% 457 / 1082 42.2% 38.8%
To the body 225 / 312 72.1% 71.6% 129 / 163 79.1% 71.6%
To the legs 45 / 51 88.2% 83.3% 101 / 110 91.8% 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Curtis L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Kopylov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 845 / 1865 45.3% 39.5% 676 / 1516 44.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 45 / 76 59.2% 70.4% 36 / 47 76.6% 70.4%
On the ground 20 / 29 69.0% 69.0% 42 / 67 62.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 570 / 1548 36.8% 37.9% 445 / 1203 37.0% 37.9%
To the body 173 / 238 72.7% 71.3% 183 / 270 67.8% 71.3%
To the legs 167 / 184 90.8% 82.1% 126 / 157 80.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1150.0% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.35
5364.6% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
4088.9% def · norm 63.3%
3:062.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
13:268.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
26:362:32 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
13:241:20 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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