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Royce Alger vs.
Enson Inoue

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

0-2-0 Royce Alger · UFC
1-0-0 Enson Inoue · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
1-0-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
Age
59
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
324.7
Layoff (months)Δ 25.5 mo
350.2
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
W
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.

Enson Inoue is a submission threat — 9.38 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Royce Alger hunts takedowns — 3.79 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Royce Alger owns the mat — in control 40% of cage time, vs a 20% 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.

Royce Alger

Full career not yet synced for Royce Alger — 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

Enson Inoue

Full career not yet synced for Enson Inoue — 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

141.77/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
00.00/min · norm 3.42
212.65/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
31.88/min · norm 3.37
43.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
norm 43.5%
54.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Royce Alger

Distance 21.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 65.6% (norm 10.3%)

Enson Inoue

Distance 0.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Royce Alger

Head 100.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 0.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Enson Inoue

Head 0.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alger L/AAccMiddleweight med Inoue L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 7 too few to rate 40.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 37.9%
In the clinch 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 11 / 21 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 14 / 32 43.8% 38.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 35.0%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.7% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Alger L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Inoue L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 11 / 34 32.4% 39.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 38.9%
In the clinch 5 / 7 too few to rate 70.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 5 / 5 too few to rate 69.0% 3 / 6 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 15 / 40 37.5% 37.9% 3 / 6 too few to rate 35.1%
To the body 6 / 6 too few to rate 71.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

222.2% acc · 3.79/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
0— def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 64.0%
2:3340.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
0:200:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
19.38/15 · norm 0.49

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

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