Aaron Rosa vs. Matt Lucas

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 0-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
43
Age
6'4"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
77"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
173.2
Layoff (months)Δ 3.6 mo
176.8
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
L

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Matt Lucas owns the mat — in control 46% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.
Aaron Rosa rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Opponents land 93% of their clinch strikes on Matt Lucas, vs a 69% Light Heavyweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Aaron Rosa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Matt Lucas

Full career not yet synced for Matt Lucas — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1324.62/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
191.27/min · norm 3.41
1294.52/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
593.93/min · norm 3.35
45.5%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 48.3%
50.4%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
40.4%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Aaron Rosa

Distance 78.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

Matt Lucas

Distance 87.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.4%)

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

Aaron Rosa

Head 80.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 9.7%)

Matt Lucas

Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rosa L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Lucas L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 80 / 227 35.2% 41.4% 14 / 34 41.2% 41.4%
In the clinch 52 / 63 82.5% 70.9% 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3% 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 81 / 233 34.8% 38.9% 19 / 39 48.7% 38.9%
To the body 42 / 47 89.4% 71.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 81.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light 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 Rosa L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Lucas L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 84 / 206 40.8% 40.4% 18 / 55 32.7% 40.4%
In the clinch 30 / 38 78.9% 68.7% 41 / 44 93.2% 68.7%
On the ground 15 / 16 too few to rate 70.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 92 / 216 42.6% 37.5% 25 / 63 39.7% 37.5%
To the body 16 / 19 too few to rate 72.3% 29 / 31 93.5% 72.3%
To the legs 21 / 25 84.0% 83.0% 5 / 5 too few to rate 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
110.0% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 0.87
1285.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 66.7%
1:013.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
6:5045.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
13:166:57 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
0:530:53 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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