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Chico Camus vs.
Yaotzin Meza

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

3-4-0 (1 NC) Chico Camus · UFC
2-4-0 (1 NC) Yaotzin Meza · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

3-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-4-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
41.5
AgeΔ 4 yrs
45.5
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
66"
ReachΔ 5"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
130.3
Layoff (months)Δ 5 mo
125.3
LLWLNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLNC
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Yaotzin Meza is a submission threat — 1.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Yaotzin Meza's takedown defense leaks — 18% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight norm.
Chico Camus owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Chico Camus

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Yaotzin Meza

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3022.58/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1211.43/min · norm 3.54
2872.46/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1371.62/min · norm 3.47
41.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
41.2%norm 45.0%
64.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
64.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Chico Camus

Distance 82.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 6.5%)

Yaotzin Meza

Distance 90.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Chico Camus

Head 90.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Yaotzin Meza

Head 68.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.4% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Camus L/AAccBantamweight med Meza L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 221 / 606 36.5% 39.0% 100 / 266 37.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 27 / 39 69.2% 68.7% 11 / 16 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 54 / 88 61.4% 70.2% 10 / 12 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 253 / 665 38.0% 34.9% 55 / 201 27.4% 37.2%
To the body 31 / 48 64.6% 66.8% 24 / 39 61.5% 68.2%
To the legs 18 / 20 too few to rate 79.4% 42 / 54 77.8% 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 Camus L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Meza L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 682 31.5% 39.3% 97 / 332 29.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 30 / 54 55.6% 70.4% 11 / 20 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 42 / 75 56.0% 72.4% 29 / 34 85.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 200 / 674 29.7% 34.9% 80 / 300 26.7% 35.9%
To the body 63 / 105 60.0% 66.0% 23 / 46 50.0% 67.9%
To the legs 24 / 32 75.0% 79.1% 34 / 40 85.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

640.0% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
620.0% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 1.19
3172.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
218.2% def · norm 61.5%
29:4825.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
24:0628.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
34:294:25 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
25:524:34 per 15 · norm 3:12
30.39/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
81.42/15 · norm 0.46

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

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