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Orion Cosce vs.
Phil Rowe

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

1-2-0 Orion Cosce · UFC
4-5-0 Phil Rowe · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
32.1
AgeΔ 4 yrs
36.1
5'11"
HeightΔ 4"
6'3"
71"
ReachΔ 9"
80"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
38.6
Layoff (months)Δ 33.1 mo
5.5
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Orion Cosce owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Orion Cosce hunts takedowns — 2.32 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Phil Rowe rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Orion Cosce

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

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

Phil Rowe

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.93 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

631.95/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3703.11/min · norm 3.17
1604.96/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4723.96/min · norm 3.06
46.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 44.9%
41.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
50.9%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.38/15 · norm 0.38

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

Orion Cosce

Distance 73.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 11.0% (norm 8.1%)

Phil Rowe

Distance 92.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Orion Cosce

Head 77.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Phil Rowe

Head 84.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cosce L/AAccWelterweight med Rowe L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 100 38.0% 38.6% 324 / 725 44.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 13 / 21 too few to rate 67.8% 43 / 55 78.2% 67.8%
On the ground 12 / 15 too few to rate 67.2% 3 / 7 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 40 / 106 37.7% 37.2% 275 / 665 41.4% 37.2%
To the body 16 / 22 too few to rate 70.7% 45 / 63 71.4% 70.7%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 82.9% 50 / 59 84.7% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Cosce L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Rowe L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 94 / 193 48.7% 39.0% 345 / 796 43.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 46 / 56 82.1% 68.9% 52 / 81 64.2% 68.9%
On the ground 20 / 24 too few to rate 68.0% 75 / 84 89.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 91 / 187 48.7% 35.6% 282 / 730 38.6% 35.6%
To the body 51 / 61 83.6% 69.6% 82 / 119 68.9% 69.6%
To the legs 18 / 25 72.0% 82.1% 108 / 112 96.4% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

535.7% acc · 2.32/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
436.4% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.27
133.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2253.7% def · norm 63.9%
16:0549.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
14:2712.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
4:282:04 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
48:426:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.25/15 · norm 0.45

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

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