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Romie Aram vs.
Dave Strasser

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

0-1-0 Romie Aram · UFC
1-1-0 Dave Strasser · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
48
AgeΔ 9 yrs
57
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
279.4
Layoff (months)Δ 5.1 mo
274.3
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LW
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.

Romie Aram carries real power — 1.00 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Romie Aram owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Dave Strasser is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 38% land, vs a 68% 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.

Romie Aram

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Dave Strasser

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

In the UFC: 0-0 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

241.60/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
623.29/min · norm 3.17
604.00/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
371.96/min · norm 3.06
34.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
45.6%norm 44.9%
52.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
59.8%norm 55.25%
11.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Romie Aram

Distance 54.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 37.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 8.1%)

Dave Strasser

Distance 45.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 28.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 25.7% (norm 8.1%)

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

Romie Aram

Head 95.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 1.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 8.4%)

Dave Strasser

Head 83.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 1.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aram L/AAccWelterweight med Strasser L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 10 / 38 26.3% 38.6% 23 / 62 37.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 11 / 26 42.3% 67.8% 15 / 39 38.5% 67.8%
On the ground 3 / 6 too few to rate 67.2% 24 / 35 68.6% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 21 / 67 31.3% 37.2% 47 / 114 41.2% 37.2%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.7% 13 / 20 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.9% 2 / 2 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 Aram L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Strasser L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 22 / 56 39.3% 39.0% 13 / 45 28.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 14 / 34 41.2% 68.9% 18 / 34 52.9% 68.9%
On the ground 24 / 35 68.6% 68.0% 6 / 13 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 46 / 105 43.8% 35.6% 29 / 84 34.5% 35.6%
To the body 12 / 18 too few to rate 69.6% 4 / 4 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.1% 4 / 4 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.

250.0% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 0.80/15 · norm 1.27
150.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
337.5% def · norm 63.9%
4:5432.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
4:5626.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
4:424:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:376:03 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 — Strasser has more cage time on record.

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