George Roop vs. Hatsu Hioki

UFC 5-8-0 vs. 3-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-8-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
44
AgeΔ 1 yrs
43
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
130.4
Layoff (months)Δ 4.6 mo
135
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Hatsu Hioki hunts takedowns — 2.48 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Hatsu Hioki owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
George Roop owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

George Roop

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 58
Tier 3 — regional circuit 105

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.21 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Hatsu Hioki

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 36
Tier 3 — regional circuit 276

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4713.48/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2522.32/min · norm 3.54
3312.44/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2432.23/min · norm 3.47
38.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
43.6%norm 45.0%
55.5%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
65.0%norm 54.85%
20.22/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

George Roop

Distance 74.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 12.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 6.5%)

Hatsu Hioki

Distance 83.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

George Roop

Head 77.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Hatsu Hioki

Head 70.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 25.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Roop L/AAccBantamweight med Hioki L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 269 / 900 29.9% 39.0% 178 / 480 37.1% 40.9%
In the clinch 88 / 154 57.1% 68.7% 22 / 33 66.7% 70.8%
On the ground 114 / 163 69.9% 70.2% 52 / 65 80.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 294 / 948 31.0% 34.9% 152 / 408 37.3% 37.2%
To the body 119 / 186 64.0% 66.8% 82 / 149 55.0% 68.2%
To the legs 58 / 83 69.9% 79.4% 18 / 21 too few to rate 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 Roop L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Hioki L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 532 40.4% 39.3% 160 / 565 28.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 66 / 119 55.5% 70.4% 43 / 65 66.2% 70.3%
On the ground 50 / 93 53.8% 72.4% 40 / 65 61.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 194 / 580 33.4% 34.9% 137 / 502 27.3% 35.9%
To the body 71 / 89 79.8% 66.0% 61 / 103 59.2% 67.9%
To the legs 66 / 75 88.0% 79.1% 45 / 90 50.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
850.0% acc · 0.89/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1854.5% acc · 2.48/15 · norm 1.19
3459.6% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1050.0% def · norm 61.5%
35:3626.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
37:5034.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
45:135:00 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
24:513:25 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.11/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
50.69/15 · norm 0.46

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