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Chris Camozzi vs.
Nick Ring

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
3-3-0 Nick Ring · 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
3-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39
AgeΔ 8 yrs
47
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
110.3
Layoff (months)Δ 41.7 mo
152
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Chris Camozzi rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Nick Ring is wasteful with head shots — only 28% land, vs a 39% 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 Ring

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 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
3123.52/min · norm 3.25
6642.96/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3083.48/min · norm 3.20
44.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
42.7%norm 47.4%
56.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
62.8%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 Ring

Distance 89.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.8% (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 Ring

Head 68.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 19.6% (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 Ring L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1575 41.6% 40.5% 246 / 651 37.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 126 / 179 70.4% 70.3% 36 / 45 80.0% 70.3%
On the ground 19 / 26 73.1% 69.1% 30 / 35 85.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 470 / 1362 34.5% 38.9% 141 / 500 28.2% 38.9%
To the body 130 / 176 73.9% 71.7% 62 / 88 70.5% 71.7%
To the legs 200 / 242 82.6% 83.3% 109 / 143 76.2% 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 Ring L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 442 / 1206 36.7% 39.5% 249 / 746 33.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 133 / 191 69.6% 70.9% 47 / 64 73.4% 70.9%
On the ground 89 / 124 71.8% 69.0% 12 / 17 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 366 / 1106 33.1% 37.9% 203 / 680 29.9% 37.9%
To the body 136 / 225 60.4% 71.3% 53 / 79 67.1% 71.3%
To the legs 162 / 190 85.3% 82.1% 52 / 68 76.5% 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
836.4% acc · 1.36/15 · norm 1.42
4857.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1152.4% def · norm 63.1%
27:1912.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
15:2417.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
63:304:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:342:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.47/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
20.34/15 · 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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