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Roman Kopylov vs. Karl Roberson

UFC 8-5-0 vs. 4-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-0
UFC record
4-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 50.8 mo
51.4
WWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Roman Kopylov carries real power — 1.00 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Roman Kopylov absorbs 5.02 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Karl Roberson rarely shoots — 0.73 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

Karl Roberson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.58 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6874.57/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
2082.51/min · norm 3.23
7545.02/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2002.42/min · norm 3.20
50.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 47.4%
53.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 53.8%
101.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · 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%)

Karl Roberson

Distance 75.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 16.3% (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%)

Karl Roberson

Head 74.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kopylov L/AAccMiddleweight med Roberson L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 626 / 1273 49.2% 40.5% 122 / 303 40.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 26 / 35 74.3% 70.6% 33 / 35 94.3% 70.6%
On the ground 35 / 47 74.5% 69.4% 53 / 66 80.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 457 / 1082 42.2% 38.8% 127 / 299 42.5% 38.8%
To the body 129 / 163 79.1% 71.6% 37 / 54 68.5% 71.6%
To the legs 101 / 110 91.8% 83.3% 44 / 51 86.3% 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 Roberson L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 676 / 1516 44.6% 39.5% 100 / 344 29.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 36 / 47 76.6% 70.4% 14 / 18 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 42 / 67 62.7% 69.0% 86 / 111 77.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 445 / 1203 37.0% 37.9% 147 / 384 38.3% 37.9%
To the body 183 / 270 67.8% 71.3% 32 / 53 60.4% 71.3%
To the legs 126 / 157 80.3% 82.1% 21 / 36 58.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1150.0% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
440.0% acc · 0.73/15 · norm 1.35
4088.9% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1140.7% def · norm 63.3%
13:268.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
14:2617.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
13:241:20 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
30:005:26 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.54/15 · 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.