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Chris Camozzi vs.
Nick Catone

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

9-10-0 Chris Camozzi · UFC
4-4-0 Nick Catone · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-10-0
UFC record
4-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39.7
AgeΔ 5.2 yrs
44.9
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
110.3
Layoff (months)Δ 39.8 mo
150.1
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW
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.

Nick Catone hunts takedowns — 3.71 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Nick Catone owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Chris Camozzi rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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.

Chris Camozzi

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

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Nick Catone

Full career not yet synced for Nick Catone — 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 +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8003.57/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1962.11/min · norm 3.25
6642.96/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2162.32/min · norm 3.20
44.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.6%norm 47.4%
56.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
63.2%norm 53.8%
10.07/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Chris Camozzi

Distance 88.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 10.3%)

Nick Catone

Distance 64.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Chris Camozzi

Head 76.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Nick Catone

Head 79.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Camozzi L/AAccMiddleweight med Catone L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1575 41.6% 40.5% 82 / 281 29.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 126 / 179 70.4% 70.3% 47 / 75 62.7% 70.3%
On the ground 19 / 26 73.1% 69.1% 67 / 83 80.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 470 / 1362 34.5% 38.9% 125 / 349 35.8% 38.9%
To the body 130 / 176 73.9% 71.7% 35 / 51 68.6% 71.7%
To the legs 200 / 242 82.6% 83.3% 36 / 39 92.3% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Camozzi L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Catone L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 442 / 1206 36.7% 39.5% 126 / 461 27.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 133 / 191 69.6% 70.9% 66 / 92 71.7% 70.9%
On the ground 89 / 124 71.8% 69.0% 24 / 34 70.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 366 / 1106 33.1% 37.9% 120 / 467 25.7% 37.9%
To the body 136 / 225 60.4% 71.3% 48 / 67 71.6% 71.3%
To the legs 162 / 190 85.3% 82.1% 48 / 53 90.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

419.0% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2344.2% acc · 3.71/15 · norm 1.42
4857.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2083.3% def · norm 63.1%
27:1912.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
33:4236.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
63:304:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
8:501:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.47/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
30.48/15 · norm 0.47

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

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