Forrest Petz vs. Daniel Roberts

UFC 2-5-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-5-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
50
AgeΔ 4 yrs
46
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
190.7
Layoff (months)Δ 16.1 mo
174.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Daniel Roberts is a submission threat — 2.46 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Forrest Petz carries real power — 0.92 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Daniel Roberts hunts takedowns — 2.46 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Forrest Petz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 236

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Daniel Roberts

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

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1842.27/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
490.73/min · norm 3.17
1782.20/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1522.27/min · norm 3.06
29.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
20.4%norm 44.9%
57.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
46.1%norm 55.25%
50.92/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Forrest Petz

Distance 83.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 8.1%)

Daniel Roberts

Distance 88.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Forrest Petz

Head 78.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.4%)

Daniel Roberts

Head 83.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Petz L/AAccWelterweight med Roberts L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 123 / 521 23.6% 38.6% 34 / 212 16.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 45 / 72 62.5% 67.8% 7 / 10 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 16 / 29 55.2% 67.2% 8 / 18 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 91 / 485 18.8% 37.2% 26 / 200 13.0% 37.2%
To the body 73 / 115 63.5% 70.7% 16 / 24 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 20 / 22 too few to rate 82.9% 7 / 16 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Petz L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Roberts L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 98 / 287 34.1% 39.0% 67 / 165 40.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 34 / 60 56.7% 68.9% 27 / 44 61.4% 68.9%
On the ground 46 / 71 64.8% 68.0% 58 / 73 79.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 107 / 334 32.0% 35.6% 76 / 197 38.6% 35.6%
To the body 27 / 37 73.0% 69.6% 40 / 48 83.3% 69.6%
To the legs 44 / 47 93.6% 82.1% 36 / 37 97.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
7100.0% acc · 1.29/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1144.0% acc · 2.46/15 · norm 1.27
2866.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
640.0% def · norm 63.9%
13:1116.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
15:4323.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
20:473:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
26:205:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
112.46/15 · norm 0.45

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