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Josh Ferguson vs.
Roland Delorme

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

0-2-0 Josh Ferguson · UFC
3-3-0 (1 NC) Roland Delorme · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
3-3-0 (1 NC)
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
38
AgeΔ 4 yrs
42
5'5"
HeightΔ 4"
5'9"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
168.8
Layoff (months)Δ 25.4 mo
143.4
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWNC
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.

Roland Delorme is a submission threat — 1.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Roland Delorme hunts takedowns — 2.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Josh Ferguson owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight 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.

Josh Ferguson

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Roland Delorme

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

542.13/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
1502.28/min · norm 3.52
1064.18/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2844.32/min · norm 3.58
43.9%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
44.2%norm 43.4%
32.5%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
40.3%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
20.46/15 · norm 0.30

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

Josh Ferguson

Distance 88.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 7.3%)

Roland Delorme

Distance 81.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Josh Ferguson

Head 84.6% (norm 75.9%) · Body 13.0% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 2.4% (norm 9.3%)

Roland Delorme

Head 74.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ferguson L/AAccFlyweight med Delorme L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 42 / 109 38.5% 40.0% 98 / 276 35.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 7 / 9 too few to rate 70.4% 20 / 21 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 5 / 5 too few to rate 69.7% 32 / 42 76.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 37 / 104 35.6% 37.6% 87 / 254 34.3% 34.9%
To the body 14 / 16 too few to rate 68.5% 44 / 59 74.6% 66.8%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 80.0% 19 / 26 73.1% 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Ferguson L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Delorme L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 55 / 102 53.9% 40.1% 198 / 346 57.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 28 / 31 90.3% 68.8% 27 / 35 77.1% 70.4%
On the ground 23 / 24 too few to rate 71.1% 59 / 95 62.1% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 114 56.1% 35.2% 227 / 415 54.7% 34.9%
To the body 33 / 34 97.1% 68.2% 24 / 26 92.3% 66.0%
To the legs 9 / 9 too few to rate 80.3% 33 / 35 94.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

111.1% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1134.4% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.12
654.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
342.9% def · norm 66.7%
8:5134.9% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
13:3220.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
5:483:25 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
25:505:53 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
71.60/15 · norm 0.28

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

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