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Enrique Barzola vs.
Rani Yahya

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

6-3-1 Enrique Barzola · UFC
13-6-1 (1 NC) Rani Yahya · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-3-1
UFC record
13-6-1 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
37.3
AgeΔ 4.6 yrs
41.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
76.7
Layoff (months)Δ 49.4 mo
27.3
DLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWD
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.

Rani Yahya is a submission threat — 1.49 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Enrique Barzola hunts takedowns — 4.20 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Rani Yahya hunts takedowns — 2.66 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.

Enrique Barzola

Full career not yet synced for Enrique Barzola — 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 +0.8 wins over .500

Rani Yahya

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 136
Tier 3 — regional circuit 136

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 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

5873.91/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4401.91/min · norm 3.52
4462.97/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4862.11/min · norm 3.58
41.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
39.2%norm 43.4%
68.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.4%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Enrique Barzola

Distance 82.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 13.5% (norm 6.5%)

Rani Yahya

Distance 87.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Enrique Barzola

Head 78.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 7.8%)

Rani Yahya

Head 75.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Barzola L/AAccFeatherweight med Yahya L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 424 / 1166 36.4% 40.9% 336 / 980 34.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 37 / 56 66.1% 70.8% 23 / 38 60.5% 68.7%
On the ground 126 / 190 66.3% 69.2% 81 / 104 77.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 348 / 1108 31.4% 37.2% 239 / 849 28.2% 34.9%
To the body 132 / 181 72.9% 68.2% 82 / 119 68.9% 66.8%
To the legs 107 / 123 87.0% 80.7% 119 / 154 77.3% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Barzola L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Yahya L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 417 / 1371 30.4% 39.2% 311 / 757 41.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 22 / 44 50.0% 70.3% 17 / 26 65.4% 70.4%
On the ground 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.4% 158 / 196 80.6% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 290 / 1192 24.3% 35.9% 340 / 790 43.0% 34.9%
To the body 88 / 144 61.1% 67.9% 95 / 121 78.5% 66.0%
To the legs 68 / 89 76.4% 81.5% 51 / 68 75.0% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

4245.7% acc · 4.20/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
4131.1% acc · 2.66/15 · norm 1.12
1466.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
931.0% def · norm 66.7%
44:3529.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
88:2338.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
8:440:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
62:554:05 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.30/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
231.49/15 · norm 0.28

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

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