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TJ Brown vs.
Charles Rosa

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

3-5-0 TJ Brown · UFC
5-8-0 Charles Rosa · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-5-0
UFC record
5-8-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36.2
AgeΔ 3.8 yrs
40
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Switch
Stance
Switch
33.7
Layoff (months)Δ 14.8 mo
48.5
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

TJ Brown is a submission threat — 1.33 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
TJ Brown hunts takedowns — 3.11 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Charles Rosa is a submission threat — 1.00 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight 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.

TJ Brown

Full career not yet synced for TJ Brown — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Charles Rosa

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

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3423.37/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5533.08/min · norm 3.54
3143.10/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6923.86/min · norm 3.47
44.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
36.3%norm 45.0%
49.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
47.2%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

TJ Brown

Distance 88.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 6.5%)

Charles Rosa

Distance 93.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

TJ Brown

Head 83.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 7.8%)

Charles Rosa

Head 75.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brown L/AAccFeatherweight med Rosa L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 270 / 687 39.3% 40.9% 492 / 1419 34.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 42 / 52 80.8% 70.8% 23 / 42 54.8% 70.8%
On the ground 30 / 35 85.7% 69.2% 38 / 63 60.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 246 / 643 38.3% 37.2% 307 / 1150 26.7% 37.2%
To the body 69 / 95 72.6% 68.2% 89 / 168 53.0% 68.2%
To the legs 27 / 36 75.0% 80.7% 157 / 206 76.2% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Brown L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Rosa L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 246 / 535 46.0% 39.2% 500 / 1057 47.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 19 / 21 too few to rate 70.3% 53 / 80 66.2% 70.3%
On the ground 49 / 63 77.8% 69.4% 139 / 173 80.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 200 / 480 41.7% 35.9% 482 / 1048 46.0% 35.9%
To the body 45 / 62 72.6% 67.9% 107 / 145 73.8% 67.9%
To the legs 69 / 77 89.6% 81.5% 103 / 117 88.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2155.3% acc · 3.11/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2035.1% acc · 1.67/15 · norm 1.19
832.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1938.0% def · norm 61.5%
31:3431.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
25:3214.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
30:284:30 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
63:345:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
91.33/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
121.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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