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Pre-fight analysis · prediction vs result
A 24-year-old with four knockouts in his last five and a perfect 100 in chin and momentum and a maximum 10.0 for striking meets the first opponent who can genuinely hit back.
Ateba Gautier has had five recorded UFC fights and finished four of them, three inside the first round. He is 24 years old, rates 10.0 for striking and 8.6 for pressure, and carries perfect 100.0 scores in both chin rating and momentum. Roman Kopylov is the first man he has faced who can plausibly do to him what he has been doing to everyone else. The finishes are worth listing because their timi…
Gautier (11-1) has won all five of his recorded UFC fights, four by knockout and three of those in round one, most recently stopping Ozzy Diaz in the second at UFC 328 in May. At 24 he holds perfect 100.0 ratings in chin and momentum, a 78.0 composite and a 0.8 finish rate. His only distance fight was a decision over Andrey Pulyaev in January.
Kopylov (15-5) beat Marco Tulio by decision in May after consecutive decision losses to Gregory Rodrigues in November and Paulo Costa in July 2025. His best recent work is a third-round TKO of Chris Curtis in January 2025. He is 34, a southpaw with 12 recorded UFC fights, a 70.0 chin rating and 57.5 momentum.
Gautier's 15.2cm reach edge against a southpaw who needs to be inside to use his 8.31 striking
Three first-round knockouts in Gautier's last five, against a 70.0 chin rating
Kopylov's 12 recorded UFC fights against Gautier's 5 — experience in the later rounds
Neither man can wrestle: grappling scores of 0.48 and 0.69, submission 0.00 on both sides
Gautier's only distance fight was a decision over Andrey Pulyaev, who also appears on this card
Kopylov's southpaw stance and 0.71 finish rate mean one clean counter changes the night
Gautier's 52.0 quality-of-victory is decent but built on opponents nobody would rank; Kopylov has shared a cage with Costa and Rodrigues
Gautier has been past the first round only twice in five UFC appearances — the deep-water evidence is thin
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