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George Roop vs.
Josh Grispi

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

5-8-0 George Roop · UFC
0-4-0 Josh Grispi · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-8-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
44
AgeΔ 7 yrs
37
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
130.3
Layoff (months)Δ 31.3 mo
161.6
LLWLW
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.

Josh Grispi is a submission threat — 1.29 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Josh Grispi hunts takedowns — 2.26 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
George Roop owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 17% 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.

George Roop

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Josh Grispi

Full career not yet synced for Josh Grispi — 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 -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4713.48/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
400.86/min · norm 3.54
3312.44/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1904.09/min · norm 3.47
38.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
37.4%norm 45.0%
55.5%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
44.3%norm 54.85%
20.22/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

George Roop

Distance 74.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 12.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 6.5%)

Josh Grispi

Distance 80.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

George Roop

Head 77.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Josh Grispi

Head 64.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Roop L/AAccBantamweight med Grispi L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 269 / 900 29.9% 39.0% 30 / 86 34.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 88 / 154 57.1% 68.7% 5 / 13 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 114 / 163 69.9% 70.2% 5 / 8 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 294 / 948 31.0% 34.9% 14 / 69 20.3% 37.2%
To the body 119 / 186 64.0% 66.8% 10 / 18 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 58 / 83 69.9% 79.4% 16 / 20 too few to rate 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Roop L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Grispi L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 532 40.4% 39.3% 65 / 142 45.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 66 / 119 55.5% 70.4% 58 / 102 56.9% 70.3%
On the ground 50 / 93 53.8% 72.4% 67 / 97 69.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 194 / 580 33.4% 34.9% 131 / 269 48.7% 35.9%
To the body 71 / 89 79.8% 66.0% 41 / 49 83.7% 67.9%
To the legs 66 / 75 88.0% 79.1% 18 / 23 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

850.0% acc · 0.89/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
743.8% acc · 2.26/15 · norm 1.19
3459.6% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
125.0% def · norm 61.5%
35:3626.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
8:0017.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
45:135:00 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
29:309:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.11/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
41.29/15 · norm 0.46

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

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