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Robbie Lawler vs.
Tiki Ghosn

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

15-10-0 Robbie Lawler · UFC
0-4-0 Tiki Ghosn · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

15-10-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44.4
AgeΔ 5.1 yrs
49.5
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
74"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
37
Layoff (months)Δ 231.1 mo
268.1
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL
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.

Tiki Ghosn rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Robbie Lawler absorbs 5.18 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Robbie Lawler rarely shoots — 0.80 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.

Robbie Lawler

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

In the UFC: 10-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500

Tiki Ghosn

Full career not yet synced for Tiki Ghosn — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13344.19/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
592.39/min · norm 3.17
16505.18/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
732.96/min · norm 3.06
48.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.4%norm 44.9%
58.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
52.6%norm 55.25%
100.47/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Robbie Lawler

Distance 78.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 8.1%)

Tiki Ghosn

Distance 71.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 28.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Robbie Lawler

Head 85.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.4% (norm 8.4%)

Tiki Ghosn

Head 58.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 23.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lawler L/AAccWelterweight med Ghosn L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 927 / 2176 42.6% 38.6% 38 / 95 40.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 288 / 403 71.5% 67.8% 21 / 38 55.3% 67.8%
On the ground 119 / 181 65.7% 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1012 / 2371 42.7% 37.2% 21 / 78 26.9% 37.2%
To the body 265 / 323 82.0% 70.7% 21 / 31 67.7% 70.7%
To the legs 57 / 66 86.4% 82.9% 17 / 24 too few to rate 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 Lawler L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Ghosn L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1319 / 3467 38.0% 39.0% 41 / 111 36.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 293 / 437 67.0% 68.9% 21 / 28 75.0% 68.9%
On the ground 38 / 53 71.7% 68.0% 11 / 15 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 1049 / 3155 33.2% 35.6% 50 / 118 42.4% 35.6%
To the body 332 / 468 70.9% 69.6% 14 / 23 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 269 / 334 80.5% 82.1% 9 / 13 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1773.9% acc · 0.80/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
7064.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
646.2% def · norm 63.9%
32:0910.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:3410.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
56:212:39 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
11:166:51 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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