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Roger Huerta vs.
Doug Evans

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

6-2-0 Roger Huerta · UFC
0-2-0 Doug Evans · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-2-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
AgeΔ 2 yrs
45
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
70"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
202.6
Layoff (months)Δ 20.6 mo
223.2
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Doug Evans hunts takedowns — 3.19 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Roger Huerta owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Roger Huerta hunts takedowns — 2.13 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.

Roger Huerta

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Doug Evans

Full career not yet synced for Doug Evans — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3333.64/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
421.79/min · norm 3.42
2132.33/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
602.55/min · norm 3.37
36.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 43.5%
56.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.9%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Roger Huerta

Distance 62.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 28.2% (norm 8.0%)

Doug Evans

Distance 73.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 22.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Roger Huerta

Head 86.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 7.9%)

Doug Evans

Head 84.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Huerta L/AAccLightweight med Evans L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 148 / 566 26.1% 37.9% 22 / 86 25.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 44 / 88 50.0% 67.3% 18 / 26 69.2% 67.3%
On the ground 141 / 257 54.9% 69.1% 2 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 258 / 790 32.7% 35.0% 26 / 99 26.3% 35.0%
To the body 43 / 75 57.3% 69.1% 11 / 12 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 32 / 46 69.6% 81.9% 5 / 6 too few to rate 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 Huerta L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Evans L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 135 / 368 36.7% 38.9% 19 / 70 27.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 39 / 65 60.0% 68.6% 17 / 22 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 39 / 58 67.2% 68.0% 24 / 44 54.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 151 / 400 37.8% 35.1% 37 / 110 33.6% 35.1%
To the body 41 / 60 68.3% 68.1% 15 / 18 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 21 / 31 67.7% 81.5% 8 / 8 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1346.4% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
583.3% acc · 3.19/15 · norm 1.38
2052.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1669.6% def · norm 64.0%
33:5037.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
3:4415.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
19:343:12 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:408:43 per 15 · norm 2:46
30.49/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.64/15 · norm 0.49

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

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