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Hatsu Hioki vs.
George Roop

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

3-5-0 Hatsu Hioki · UFC
5-8-0 George Roop · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-5-0
UFC record
5-8-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
43
AgeΔ 1 yrs
44
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
134.9
Layoff (months)Δ 4.6 mo
130.3
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Hatsu Hioki hunts takedowns — 2.48 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Hatsu Hioki owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 17% 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.

Hatsu Hioki

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2522.32/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4713.48/min · norm 3.52
2432.23/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3312.44/min · norm 3.58
43.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
38.7%norm 43.4%
65.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
55.5%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.22/15 · norm 0.30

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

Hatsu Hioki

Distance 83.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 6.5%)

George Roop

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

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

Hatsu Hioki

Head 70.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 25.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 7.8%)

George Roop

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hioki L/AAccFeatherweight med Roop L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 178 / 480 37.1% 40.9% 269 / 900 29.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 22 / 33 66.7% 70.8% 88 / 154 57.1% 68.7%
On the ground 52 / 65 80.0% 69.2% 114 / 163 69.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 152 / 408 37.3% 37.2% 294 / 948 31.0% 34.9%
To the body 82 / 149 55.0% 68.2% 119 / 186 64.0% 66.8%
To the legs 18 / 21 too few to rate 80.7% 58 / 83 69.9% 79.4%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Hioki L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Roop L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 160 / 565 28.3% 39.2% 215 / 532 40.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 43 / 65 66.2% 70.3% 66 / 119 55.5% 70.4%
On the ground 40 / 65 61.5% 69.4% 50 / 93 53.8% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 137 / 502 27.3% 35.9% 194 / 580 33.4% 34.9%
To the body 61 / 103 59.2% 67.9% 71 / 89 79.8% 66.0%
To the legs 45 / 90 50.0% 81.5% 66 / 75 88.0% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1854.5% acc · 2.48/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
850.0% acc · 0.89/15 · norm 1.12
1050.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3459.6% def · norm 66.7%
37:5034.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
35:3626.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
24:513:25 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
45:135:00 per 15 · norm 2:24
50.69/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.11/15 · norm 0.28

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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