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Gokhan Saki vs.
Khalil Rountree Jr.

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

1-1-0 Gokhan Saki · UFC
10-7-0 (1 NC) Khalil Rountree Jr. · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
10-7-0 (1 NC)
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
42.8
AgeΔ 6.4 yrs
36.4
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
97
Layoff (months)Δ 86.9 mo
10.1
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.

Gokhan Saki carries real power — 4.72 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Khalil Rountree Jr. carries real power — 1.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Gokhan Saki outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 7.09 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.41 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.

Gokhan Saki

Full career not yet synced for Gokhan Saki — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 107
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

457.09/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
6803.88/min · norm 3.41
294.57/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
7584.33/min · norm 3.35
58.4%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
40.6%norm 48.3%
53.2%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
49.5%norm 52.9%
24.72/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
141.20/15 · norm 0.40

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

Gokhan Saki

Distance 98.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Distance 94.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.4%)

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

Gokhan Saki

Head 87.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 9.7%)

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Head 76.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.3% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Saki L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Jr. L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 76 57.9% 41.4% 617 / 1576 39.1% 41.4%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.9% 36 / 53 67.9% 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3% 27 / 44 61.4% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 37 / 67 55.2% 38.9% 375 / 1276 29.4% 38.9%
To the body 2 / 4 too few to rate 71.9% 162 / 223 72.6% 71.9%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 81.8% 143 / 174 82.2% 81.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Saki L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Jr. L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 48 31.2% 40.4% 684 / 1407 48.6% 40.4%
In the clinch 8 / 8 too few to rate 68.7% 31 / 41 75.6% 68.7%
On the ground 6 / 6 too few to rate 70.4% 43 / 53 81.1% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 25 / 57 43.9% 37.5% 439 / 1101 39.9% 37.5%
To the body 4 / 5 too few to rate 72.3% 165 / 215 76.7% 72.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.0% 154 / 185 83.2% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
1100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2058.8% def · norm 66.7%
0:082.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
3:111.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
0:371:27 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
17:491:31 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.09/15 · norm 0.27

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

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