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Mateusz Rebecki vs.
Roosevelt Roberts

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

5-4-0 Mateusz Rebecki · UFC
4-5-0 (1 NC) Roosevelt Roberts · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-4-0
UFC record
4-5-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
33.8
AgeΔ 1.3 yrs
32.5
5'7"
HeightΔ 7"
6'2"
66"
ReachΔ 7"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 22 mo
22.2
WLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLNCL
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.

Mateusz Rebecki carries real power — 0.71 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Mateusz Rebecki hunts takedowns — 2.86 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Roosevelt Roberts rarely shoots — 0.80 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Mateusz Rebecki

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 64
Tier 3 — regional circuit 151

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Roosevelt Roberts

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5705.43/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2522.67/min · norm 3.42
4504.29/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3013.19/min · norm 3.37
49.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.4%norm 43.5%
55.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
53.6%norm 56.3%
50.71/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mateusz Rebecki

Distance 82.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 14.8% (norm 8.0%)

Roosevelt Roberts

Distance 89.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mateusz Rebecki

Head 82.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 7.9%)

Roosevelt Roberts

Head 85.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rebecki L/AAccLightweight med Roberts L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 403 / 947 42.6% 37.9% 201 / 543 37.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 27 / 35 77.1% 67.3% 17 / 26 65.4% 67.3%
On the ground 140 / 171 81.9% 69.1% 34 / 39 87.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 411 / 949 43.3% 35.0% 183 / 518 35.3% 35.0%
To the body 83 / 121 68.6% 69.1% 38 / 53 71.7% 69.1%
To the legs 76 / 83 91.6% 81.9% 31 / 37 83.8% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Rebecki L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Roberts L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 385 / 913 42.2% 38.9% 213 / 532 40.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 18 / 28 64.3% 68.6% 40 / 50 80.0% 68.6%
On the ground 47 / 58 81.0% 68.0% 48 / 67 71.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 338 / 820 41.2% 35.1% 135 / 426 31.7% 35.1%
To the body 88 / 149 59.1% 68.1% 89 / 129 69.0% 68.1%
To the legs 24 / 30 80.0% 81.5% 77 / 94 81.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2050.0% acc · 2.86/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
519.2% acc · 0.80/15 · norm 1.38
853.3% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1047.6% def · norm 64.0%
30:2028.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
19:5421.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
12:421:48 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
32:015:05 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.29/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
40.64/15 · norm 0.49

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

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