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Dennis Siver vs.
Charles Rosa

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

12-8-0 (1 NC) Dennis Siver · UFC
5-8-0 Charles Rosa · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

12-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
47.6
AgeΔ 7.6 yrs
40
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
109.4
Layoff (months)Δ 60.9 mo
48.5
WLLWNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Charles Rosa is a submission threat — 1.00 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Dennis Siver carries real power — 0.47 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Dennis Siver is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 37% land, vs a 67% 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.

Dennis Siver

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Charles Rosa

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

In the UFC: 1-5 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

8693.87/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
5533.08/min · norm 3.54
5982.67/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
6923.86/min · norm 3.47
32.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
36.3%norm 45.0%
65.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
47.2%norm 54.85%
70.47/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Dennis Siver

Distance 90.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 8.0%)

Charles Rosa

Distance 93.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Dennis Siver

Head 78.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 7.9%)

Charles Rosa

Head 75.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Siver L/AAccLightweight med Rosa L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 737 / 2423 30.4% 37.9% 492 / 1419 34.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 46 / 126 36.5% 67.3% 23 / 42 54.8% 70.8%
On the ground 86 / 129 66.7% 69.1% 38 / 63 60.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 494 / 2091 23.6% 35.0% 307 / 1150 26.7% 37.2%
To the body 118 / 228 51.8% 69.1% 89 / 168 53.0% 68.2%
To the legs 257 / 359 71.6% 81.9% 157 / 206 76.2% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Siver L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Rosa L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 472 / 1477 32.0% 38.9% 500 / 1057 47.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 44 / 77 57.1% 68.6% 53 / 80 66.2% 70.3%
On the ground 82 / 157 52.2% 68.0% 139 / 173 80.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 372 / 1335 27.9% 35.1% 482 / 1048 46.0% 35.9%
To the body 99 / 170 58.2% 68.1% 107 / 145 73.8% 67.9%
To the legs 127 / 206 61.7% 81.5% 103 / 117 88.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1332.5% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2035.1% acc · 1.67/15 · norm 1.19
3965.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1938.0% def · norm 61.5%
38:0717.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
25:3214.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
39:502:39 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
63:345:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
50.33/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
121.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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