Kevin Croom vs. Roosevelt Roberts

UFC 0-3-0 (1 NC) vs. 4-5-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-5-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39
AgeΔ 7 yrs
32
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
51.8
Layoff (months)Δ 29.5 mo
22.3
LLLNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLNCL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kevin Croom carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Kevin Croom owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Roosevelt Roberts rarely shoots — 0.80 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kevin Croom

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 198

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.28 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 39 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Roosevelt Roberts

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

832.65/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2522.67/min · norm 3.42
973.10/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3013.19/min · norm 3.37
34.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.4%norm 43.5%
41.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
53.6%norm 56.3%
10.48/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Kevin Croom

Distance 95.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 6.5%)

Roosevelt Roberts

Distance 89.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Kevin Croom

Head 79.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 7.8%)

Roosevelt Roberts

Head 85.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Croom L/AAccFeatherweight med Roberts L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 231 33.8% 40.9% 201 / 543 37.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 4 / 11 too few to rate 70.8% 17 / 26 65.4% 67.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.2% 34 / 39 87.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 48 / 192 25.0% 37.2% 183 / 518 35.3% 35.0%
To the body 14 / 26 53.8% 68.2% 38 / 53 71.7% 69.1%
To the legs 21 / 25 84.0% 80.7% 31 / 37 83.8% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Croom L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Roberts L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 65 / 124 52.4% 39.2% 213 / 532 40.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 15 / 19 too few to rate 70.3% 40 / 50 80.0% 68.6%
On the ground 17 / 24 too few to rate 69.4% 48 / 67 71.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 69 / 127 54.3% 35.9% 135 / 426 31.7% 35.1%
To the body 23 / 31 74.2% 67.9% 89 / 129 69.0% 68.1%
To the legs 5 / 9 too few to rate 81.5% 77 / 94 81.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
15.9% acc · 0.48/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
519.2% acc · 0.80/15 · norm 1.38
330.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1047.6% def · norm 64.0%
8:3427.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
19:5421.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
10:114:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
32:015:05 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.48/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
40.64/15 · norm 0.49

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