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Robert Bryczek vs.
Cam Rowston

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 Robert Bryczek · UFC
3-0-0 Cam Rowston · 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
3-0-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36
AgeΔ 5 yrs
31
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
75"
ReachΔ 3"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
3.2
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWW
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.

Cam Rowston owns the mat — in control 48% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Cam Rowston carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Robert Bryczek rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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.

Robert Bryczek

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.65 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

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

Cam Rowston

Full career not yet synced for Cam Rowston — 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 +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

1172.80/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1485.52/min · norm 3.25
1884.51/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
531.98/min · norm 3.20
38.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.5%norm 47.4%
55.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.9%norm 53.8%
10.36/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.56/15 · norm 0.32

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

Robert Bryczek

Distance 86.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 10.3%)

Cam Rowston

Distance 56.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 40.7% (norm 10.3%)

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

Robert Bryczek

Head 74.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.4%)

Cam Rowston

Head 86.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bryczek L/AAccMiddleweight med Rowston L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 90 / 265 34.0% 40.5% 72 / 171 42.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 11 / 22 too few to rate 70.3% 8 / 10 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 16 / 21 too few to rate 69.1% 68 / 124 54.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 71 / 229 31.0% 38.9% 118 / 264 44.7% 38.9%
To the body 34 / 61 55.7% 71.7% 14 / 24 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 12 / 18 too few to rate 83.3% 16 / 17 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Bryczek L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Rowston L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 134 / 338 39.6% 39.5% 51 / 111 45.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 9 / 16 too few to rate 70.9% 2 / 4 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 45 / 66 68.2% 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 133 / 345 38.6% 37.9% 27 / 84 32.1% 37.9%
To the body 19 / 34 55.9% 71.3% 9 / 12 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 36 / 41 87.8% 82.1% 17 / 19 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.

1100.0% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
342.9% acc · 1.68/15 · norm 1.42
1071.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 63.1%
1:574.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
12:5047.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
14:095:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
0:240:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.36/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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