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Soa Palelei vs.
Jared Rosholt

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

4-3-0 Soa Palelei · UFC
6-2-0 Jared Rosholt · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
6-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
49.1
AgeΔ 9.1 yrs
40
6'4"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
81"
ReachΔ 6"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
132.2
Layoff (months)Δ 6.2 mo
126
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
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.

Jared Rosholt owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Soa Palelei hunts takedowns — 2.25 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Soa Palelei owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight 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.

Soa Palelei

Full career not yet synced for Soa Palelei — 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 -0.3 wins over .500

Jared Rosholt

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

In the UFC: 4-1 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

1212.02/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2222.08/min · norm 3.36
1792.99/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1621.52/min · norm 3.19
57.3%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
46.1%norm 47.8%
48.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
59.9%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Soa Palelei

Distance 45.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 17.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 37.4% (norm 9.3%)

Jared Rosholt

Distance 63.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 21.4% (norm 9.3%)

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

Soa Palelei

Head 81.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.6%)

Jared Rosholt

Head 78.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Palelei L/AAccHeavyweight med Rosholt L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 95 40.0% 40.1% 93 / 304 30.6% 40.1%
In the clinch 26 / 37 70.3% 70.6% 53 / 75 70.7% 70.6%
On the ground 57 / 79 72.2% 70.2% 76 / 103 73.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 91 / 171 53.2% 38.9% 137 / 379 36.1% 38.9%
To the body 18 / 27 66.7% 76.8% 48 / 61 78.7% 76.8%
To the legs 12 / 13 too few to rate 87.8% 37 / 42 88.1% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Palelei L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Rosholt L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 65 / 199 32.7% 40.7% 113 / 328 34.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 98 / 129 76.0% 70.6% 28 / 50 56.0% 70.6%
On the ground 16 / 19 too few to rate 72.0% 21 / 26 80.8% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 111 / 257 43.2% 38.8% 118 / 341 34.6% 38.8%
To the body 38 / 53 71.7% 75.1% 33 / 51 64.7% 75.1%
To the legs 30 / 37 81.1% 84.4% 11 / 12 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

945.0% acc · 2.25/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1341.9% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 0.95
981.8% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
866.7% def · norm 64.3%
21:2435.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
44:1341.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
18:494:42 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
9:591:24 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.16

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

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