Roosevelt Roberts vs. Kevin Croom
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Roosevelt Roberts
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
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
Kevin Croom
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 4 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 19 | 8 |
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
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Roosevelt Roberts
Distance 89.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.0%)
Kevin Croom
Distance 95.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Roosevelt Roberts
Head 85.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.9%)
Kevin Croom
Head 79.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Roberts L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Croom L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 201 / 543 | 37.0% | 37.9% | 78 / 231 | 33.8% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 17 / 26 | 65.4% | 67.3% | 4 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 34 / 39 | 87.2% | 69.1% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 183 / 518 | 35.3% | 35.0% | 48 / 192 | 25.0% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 38 / 53 | 71.7% | 69.1% | 14 / 26 | 53.8% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 31 / 37 | 83.8% | 81.9% | 21 / 25 | 84.0% | 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Roberts L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Croom L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 213 / 532 | 40.0% | 38.9% | 65 / 124 | 52.4% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 40 / 50 | 80.0% | 68.6% | 15 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 48 / 67 | 71.6% | 68.0% | 17 / 24 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 135 / 426 | 31.7% | 35.1% | 69 / 127 | 54.3% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 89 / 129 | 69.0% | 68.1% | 23 / 31 | 74.2% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 77 / 94 | 81.9% | 81.5% | 5 / 9 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Roberts has more cage time on record.