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Chris Cariaso vs.
Will Campuzano

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

7-6-0 Chris Cariaso · UFC
0-4-0 Will Campuzano · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-6-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
45.2
AgeΔ 5 yrs
40.2
5'3"
HeightΔ 6"
5'9"
64"
ReachΔ 6"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
130.1
Layoff (months)Δ 18.6 mo
148.7
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL
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 Cariaso rarely shoots — 0.84 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Will Campuzano's takedown defense leaks — 44% stopped, vs a 67% Bantamweight norm.
Opponents land 83% of their body shots on Will Campuzano, vs a 66% Bantamweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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 Cariaso

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

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Will Campuzano

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5913.32/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
1232.07/min · norm 3.52
4312.42/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2273.81/min · norm 3.58
43.2%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
36.0%norm 43.4%
60.3%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
48.5%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Chris Cariaso

Distance 80.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 13.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 7.3%)

Will Campuzano

Distance 90.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Chris Cariaso

Head 75.3% (norm 75.9%) · Body 17.8% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 9.3%)

Will Campuzano

Head 82.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cariaso L/AAccFlyweight med Campuzano L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 404 / 1095 36.9% 40.0% 105 / 308 34.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 133 / 186 71.5% 70.4% 8 / 13 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 54 / 87 62.1% 69.7% 10 / 21 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 337 / 1030 32.7% 37.6% 75 / 281 26.7% 34.9%
To the body 174 / 243 71.6% 68.5% 41 / 51 80.4% 66.8%
To the legs 80 / 95 84.2% 80.0% 7 / 10 too few to rate 79.4%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Cariaso L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Campuzano L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 256 / 812 31.5% 40.1% 174 / 374 46.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 90 / 138 65.2% 68.8% 13 / 16 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 85 / 137 62.0% 71.1% 40 / 51 78.4% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 251 / 842 29.8% 35.2% 158 / 361 43.8% 34.9%
To the body 131 / 184 71.2% 68.2% 34 / 41 82.9% 66.0%
To the legs 49 / 61 80.3% 80.3% 35 / 39 89.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1038.5% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
545.5% acc · 1.26/15 · norm 1.12
4256.8% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1244.4% def · norm 66.7%
24:0113.5% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
8:4314.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
67:245:40 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
20:385:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
70.59/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
10.25/15 · norm 0.28

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

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