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Tiki Ghosn vs.
Bob Cook

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

0-4-0 Tiki Ghosn · UFC
1-0-0 Bob Cook · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-4-0
UFC record
1-0-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
49.5
Age
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
268.1
Layoff (months)Δ 48.8 mo
316.9
LLLL
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.

Bob Cook is a submission threat — 4.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Tiki Ghosn rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Bob Cook hunts takedowns — 2.31 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Tiki Ghosn

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Bob Cook

Full career not yet synced for Bob Cook — 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

592.39/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
223.39/min · norm 3.42
732.96/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
243.70/min · norm 3.37
44.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
46.8%norm 43.5%
52.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
61.9%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Tiki Ghosn

Distance 71.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 28.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Bob Cook

Distance 72.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 25.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Tiki Ghosn

Head 58.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 23.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 8.4%)

Bob Cook

Head 63.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 23.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ghosn L/AAccWelterweight med Cook L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 95 40.0% 38.6% 15 / 34 44.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 21 / 38 55.3% 67.8% 7 / 12 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 21 / 78 26.9% 37.2% 12 / 30 40.0% 35.0%
To the body 21 / 31 67.7% 70.7% 7 / 11 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 17 / 24 too few to rate 82.9% 3 / 6 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Ghosn L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Cook L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 41 / 111 36.9% 39.0% 15 / 47 31.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 21 / 28 75.0% 68.9% 9 / 16 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 11 / 15 too few to rate 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 118 42.4% 35.6% 12 / 45 26.7% 35.1%
To the body 14 / 23 too few to rate 69.6% 10 / 16 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 9 / 13 too few to rate 82.1% 2 / 2 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.

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
120.0% acc · 2.31/15 · norm 1.38
646.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 64.0%
2:3410.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
1:0917.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
11:166:51 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
2:074:53 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
24.63/15 · norm 0.49

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

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