Ross Pointon vs.
Rory Singer
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
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
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
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Ross Pointon
Distance 95.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.6% (norm 8.1%)
Rory Singer
Distance 71.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 26.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Ross Pointon
Head 84.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 2.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.4%)
Rory Singer
Head 84.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pointon L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Singer L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 25 / 118 | 21.2% | 38.6% | 50 / 176 | 28.4% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 45 / 64 | 70.3% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 10 / 105 | 9.5% | 37.2% | 60 / 206 | 29.1% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 16 / 16 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 15 / 16 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 21 / 23 | 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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Pointon L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Singer L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 25 / 67 | 37.3% | 39.0% | 28 / 149 | 18.8% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 17 / 24 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 47 / 80 | 58.8% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 9 / 46 | 19.6% | 35.6% | 62 / 213 | 29.1% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 12 / 17 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 18 / 23 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Singer has more cage time on record.