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Timmy Cuamba vs. Roberto Romero

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
27
AgeΔ 1 yrs
26
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 17.7 mo
17.8
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Roberto Romero carries real power — 0.63 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Roberto Romero rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Timmy Cuamba hunts takedowns — 2.17 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Timmy Cuamba

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

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

Roberto Romero

Full career not yet synced for Roberto Romero — 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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1992.88/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1094.56/min · norm 3.52
2263.27/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1546.44/min · norm 3.50
45.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
49.1%norm 44.7%
57.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
44.4%norm 54.8%
10.22/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.63/15 · norm 0.29

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

Timmy Cuamba

Distance 87.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 6.4%)

Roberto Romero

Distance 91.9% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Timmy Cuamba

Head 75.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 15.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)

Roberto Romero

Head 58.1% (norm 77.5%) · Body 19.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 22.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cuamba L/AAccBantamweight med Romero L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 158 / 382 41.4% 39.2% 97 / 204 47.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 19 / 24 too few to rate 69.0% 11 / 15 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 22 / 30 73.3% 70.2% 1 / 3 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 124 / 329 37.7% 35.3% 35 / 129 27.1% 37.1%
To the body 50 / 66 75.8% 66.9% 33 / 43 76.7% 68.0%
To the legs 25 / 41 61.0% 79.2% 41 / 50 82.0% 80.3%

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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Cuamba L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Romero L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 188 / 486 38.7% 39.4% 114 / 212 53.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 11 / 17 too few to rate 70.6% 11 / 15 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 27 / 30 90.0% 72.1% 29 / 50 58.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 145 / 413 35.1% 34.9% 116 / 224 51.8% 35.9%
To the body 42 / 69 60.9% 66.1% 24 / 36 66.7% 68.0%
To the legs 39 / 51 76.5% 78.8% 14 / 17 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1043.5% acc · 2.17/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.17
1168.8% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
571.4% def · norm 61.5%
15:1822.1% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
3:3314.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
13:142:52 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
4:352:52 per 15 · norm 3:11
10.22/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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