Jake Rosholt vs.
Kendall Grove
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Jake Rosholt
Full career not yet synced for Jake Rosholt — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500
Kendall Grove
Full career not yet synced for Kendall Grove — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jake Rosholt
Distance 55.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 13.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 31.0% (norm 10.3%)
Kendall Grove
Distance 58.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 28.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jake Rosholt
Head 82.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 8.4%)
Kendall Grove
Head 79.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 13.4%) · 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 | Rosholt L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Grove L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 12 / 32 | 37.5% | 40.5% | 85 / 344 | 24.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 129 / 167 | 77.2% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 11 / 18 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 49 / 75 | 65.3% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 20 / 48 | 41.7% | 38.9% | 163 / 464 | 35.1% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 71.7% | 72 / 82 | 87.8% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 28 / 40 | 70.0% | 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: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Rosholt L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Grove L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 12 / 49 | 24.5% | 39.5% | 82 / 221 | 37.1% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 46 / 64 | 71.9% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 140 / 227 | 61.7% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 9 / 41 | 22.0% | 37.9% | 160 / 386 | 41.5% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 72 / 84 | 85.7% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 8 / 13 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 36 / 42 | 85.7% | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Grove has more cage time on record.