Enson Inoue vs. Royce Alger

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-0-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
59
Age
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
350.3
Layoff (months)Δ 25.6 mo
324.7
W
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Enson Inoue is a submission threat — 9.38 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Royce Alger hunts takedowns — 3.79 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Royce Alger owns the mat — in control 40% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Enson Inoue

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 118

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.14 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

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

Royce Alger

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.34 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 5 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 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

00.00/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
141.77/min · norm 3.25
31.88/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
212.65/min · norm 3.20
norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
43.8%norm 47.4%
50.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Enson Inoue

Distance 0.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

Royce Alger

Distance 21.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 65.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Enson Inoue

Head 0.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Royce Alger

Head 100.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 0.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Inoue L/AAccLightweight med Alger L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 0 too few to rate 37.9% 0 / 7 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.3% 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 11 / 21 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 0 too few to rate 35.0% 14 / 32 43.8% 38.9%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Inoue L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Alger L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 0 too few to rate 38.9% 11 / 34 32.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.6% 5 / 7 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 3 / 6 too few to rate 68.0% 5 / 5 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 3 / 6 too few to rate 35.1% 15 / 40 37.5% 37.9%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.1% 6 / 6 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
222.2% acc · 3.79/15 · norm 1.42
1100.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.1%
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
2:3340.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
— per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
0:200:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
19.38/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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