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Roman Kopylov vs. Ateba Gautier

UFC 8-5-0 vs. 5-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-0
UFC record
5-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
AgeΔ 11 yrs
24
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
6'4"
75"
ReachΔ 6"
81"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.6
WWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ateba Gautier carries real power — 2.93 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Roman Kopylov carries real power — 1.00 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Ateba Gautier rarely shoots — 0.49 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Roman Kopylov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Ateba Gautier

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 60
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.9 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6874.57/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1173.80/min · norm 3.23
7545.02/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1033.35/min · norm 3.20
50.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
36.2%norm 47.4%
53.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
49.8%norm 53.8%
101.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
62.93/15 · norm 0.32

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

Roman Kopylov

Distance 93.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 10.0%)

Ateba Gautier

Distance 92.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 10.0%)

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

Roman Kopylov

Head 79.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 8.4%)

Ateba Gautier

Head 85.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kopylov L/AAccMiddleweight med Gautier L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 626 / 1273 49.2% 40.5% 100 / 298 33.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 26 / 35 74.3% 70.6% 12 / 17 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 35 / 47 74.5% 69.4% 5 / 8 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 457 / 1082 42.2% 38.8% 86 / 275 31.3% 38.8%
To the body 129 / 163 79.1% 71.6% 27 / 44 61.4% 71.6%
To the legs 101 / 110 91.8% 83.3% 4 / 4 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Kopylov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Gautier L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 676 / 1516 44.6% 39.5% 94 / 195 48.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 36 / 47 76.6% 70.4% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 42 / 67 62.7% 69.0% 7 / 8 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 445 / 1203 37.0% 37.9% 62 / 145 42.8% 37.9%
To the body 183 / 270 67.8% 71.3% 27 / 43 62.8% 71.3%
To the legs 126 / 157 80.3% 82.1% 14 / 17 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1150.0% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 1.35
4088.9% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
5100.0% def · norm 63.3%
13:268.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
0:050.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
13:241:20 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
1:140:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
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 — Kopylov has more cage time on record.