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Diego Rivas vs.
Guido Cannetti

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

2-2-0 Diego Rivas · UFC
4-6-0 Guido Cannetti · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
4-6-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
34.7
AgeΔ 11.9 yrs
46.6
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
98.6
Layoff (months)Δ 57.7 mo
40.9
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL
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.

Diego Rivas is a submission threat — 0.89 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Guido Cannetti hunts takedowns — 2.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Diego Rivas hunts takedowns — 1.79 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 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.

Diego Rivas

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

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

Guido Cannetti

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

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

691.37/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2503.44/min · norm 3.52
1082.14/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2062.84/min · norm 3.58
40.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
55.3%norm 43.4%
52.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 56.6%
10.30/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Diego Rivas

Distance 80.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 6.5%)

Guido Cannetti

Distance 75.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Diego Rivas

Head 67.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.4%)

Guido Cannetti

Head 58.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rivas L/AAccBantamweight med Cannetti L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 42 / 137 30.7% 39.0% 167 / 342 48.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 16 / 18 too few to rate 68.7% 54 / 73 74.0% 68.7%
On the ground 11 / 16 too few to rate 70.2% 29 / 37 78.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 36 / 116 31.0% 34.9% 103 / 265 38.9% 34.9%
To the body 15 / 33 45.5% 66.8% 74 / 104 71.2% 66.8%
To the legs 18 / 22 too few to rate 79.4% 73 / 83 88.0% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Rivas L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Cannetti L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 71 / 170 41.8% 39.3% 127 / 320 39.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 11 / 20 too few to rate 70.4% 47 / 58 81.0% 70.4%
On the ground 26 / 35 74.3% 72.4% 32 / 46 69.6% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 57 / 160 35.6% 34.9% 115 / 279 41.2% 34.9%
To the body 27 / 41 65.9% 66.0% 66 / 110 60.0% 66.0%
To the legs 24 / 24 too few to rate 79.1% 25 / 35 71.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

660.0% acc · 1.79/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1155.0% acc · 2.27/15 · norm 1.12
964.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2064.5% def · norm 66.7%
10:2220.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
16:2222.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
16:044:46 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
15:263:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.89/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.41/15 · norm 0.28

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

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