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Marcelo Rojo vs. Kyler Phillips

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
38
AgeΔ 7 yrs
31
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
46.6
Layoff (months)Δ 40.5 mo
6.1
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kyler Phillips hunts takedowns — 2.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Marcelo Rojo absorbs 6.42 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Marcelo Rojo rarely shoots — 0.46 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Marcelo Rojo

Full career not yet synced for Marcelo Rojo — 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 +0.3 wins over .500

Kyler Phillips

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.27 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1604.92/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6434.68/min · norm 3.52
2096.42/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5283.84/min · norm 3.58
39.6%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 43.5%
55.1%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
59.0%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.22/15 · norm 0.29

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

Marcelo Rojo

Distance 92.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 6.5%)

Kyler Phillips

Distance 88.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 6.4%)

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

Marcelo Rojo

Head 75.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.9% (norm 7.9%)

Kyler Phillips

Head 81.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 11.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rojo L/AAccFeatherweight med Phillips L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 373 37.5% 40.5% 519 / 1324 39.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 15 / 25 60.0% 70.5% 38 / 54 70.4% 69.0%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.3% 86 / 121 71.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 304 25.3% 37.1% 434 / 1226 35.4% 35.3%
To the body 31 / 44 70.5% 68.0% 118 / 169 69.8% 66.9%
To the legs 52 / 56 92.9% 80.3% 91 / 104 87.5% 79.2%

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: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Rojo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Phillips L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 151 / 381 39.6% 39.3% 461 / 1187 38.8% 39.4%
In the clinch 24 / 29 82.8% 70.3% 47 / 66 71.2% 70.6%
On the ground 34 / 55 61.8% 69.4% 20 / 34 58.8% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 140 / 380 36.8% 35.9% 307 / 975 31.5% 34.9%
To the body 37 / 52 71.2% 68.0% 146 / 223 65.5% 66.1%
To the legs 32 / 33 97.0% 81.5% 75 / 89 84.3% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
2647.3% acc · 2.84/15 · norm 1.12
866.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3075.0% def · norm 65.7%
0:583.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
28:2120.6% of cage time · norm 17.8%
8:173:49 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
13:451:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.33/15 · norm 0.28

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