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Rory Singer vs.
Ross Pointon

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

2-2-0 Rory Singer · UFC
0-2-0 Ross Pointon · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
50.2
AgeΔ 3.7 yrs
46.5
6'2"
HeightΔ 6"
5'8"
77"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
229.7
Layoff (months)Δ 4.6 mo
234.3
LLWW
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.

Ross Pointon carries real power — 1.41 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Ross Pointon's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Rory Singer rarely shoots — 0.39 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.

Rory Singer

Full career not yet synced for Rory Singer — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Ross Pointon

Full career not yet synced for Ross Pointon — 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 -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

972.55/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
272.54/min · norm 3.17
922.42/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
252.35/min · norm 3.06
39.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
21.8%norm 44.9%
63.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
62.7%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
11.41/15 · norm 0.38

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

Rory Singer

Distance 71.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 26.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 10.3%)

Ross Pointon

Distance 95.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Rory Singer

Head 84.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)

Ross Pointon

Head 84.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 2.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Singer L/AAccMiddleweight med Pointon L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 50 / 176 28.4% 40.5% 25 / 118 21.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 45 / 64 70.3% 70.3% 2 / 4 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 2 / 5 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 2 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 60 / 206 29.1% 38.9% 10 / 105 9.5% 37.2%
To the body 16 / 16 too few to rate 71.7% 2 / 3 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 21 / 23 too few to rate 83.3% 15 / 16 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Singer L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Pointon L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 149 18.8% 39.5% 25 / 67 37.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 17 / 24 too few to rate 70.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 47 / 80 58.8% 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 62 / 213 29.1% 37.9% 9 / 46 19.6% 35.6%
To the body 12 / 17 too few to rate 71.3% 6 / 8 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 18 / 23 too few to rate 82.1% 10 / 13 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.

125.0% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
1164.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
2:356.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
0:203.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
16:216:26 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
0:420:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.79/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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