Timmy Cuamba vs. Roberto Romero

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
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
2.7
Layoff (months)Δ 12.7 mo
15.4
LWWLL
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 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Timmy Cuamba hunts takedowns — 1.47 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

1772.89/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1094.56/min · norm 3.54
2173.54/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1546.44/min · norm 3.47
45.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
49.1%norm 45.0%
56.3%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
44.4%norm 54.85%
10.24/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.63/15 · norm 0.29

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

Timmy Cuamba

Distance 89.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

Roberto Romero

Distance 91.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Timmy Cuamba

Head 74.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 8.4%)

Roberto Romero

Head 58.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 22.5% (norm 7.8%)

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 147 / 347 42.4% 39.0% 97 / 204 47.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 16 / 20 too few to rate 68.7% 11 / 15 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 14 / 19 too few to rate 70.2% 1 / 3 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 287 38.0% 34.9% 35 / 129 27.1% 37.2%
To the body 43 / 58 74.1% 66.8% 33 / 43 76.7% 68.2%
To the legs 25 / 41 61.0% 79.4% 41 / 50 82.0% 80.7%

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: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 179 / 451 39.7% 39.3% 114 / 212 53.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 11 / 16 too few to rate 70.4% 11 / 15 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 27 / 30 90.0% 72.4% 29 / 50 58.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 143 / 395 36.2% 34.9% 116 / 224 51.8% 35.9%
To the body 39 / 62 62.9% 66.0% 24 / 36 66.7% 67.9%
To the legs 35 / 40 87.5% 79.1% 14 / 17 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
631.6% acc · 1.47/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
1066.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
571.4% def · norm 61.5%
10:3117.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
3:3314.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:143:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
4:352:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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