Farid Basharat vs.
John Garza
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Farid Basharat
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.84 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500
John Garza
Full career not yet synced for John Garza — 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 +6.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Farid Basharat
Distance 87.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.2% (norm 6.5%)
John Garza
Distance 88.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Farid Basharat
Head 74.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 8.4%)
John Garza
Head 80.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Basharat L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Garza L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 308 / 635 | 48.5% | 39.0% | 66 / 165 | 40.0% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 28 / 37 | 75.7% | 68.7% | 16 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 35 / 52 | 67.3% | 70.2% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 238 / 540 | 44.1% | 34.9% | 55 / 151 | 36.4% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 56 / 87 | 64.4% | 66.8% | 27 / 33 | 81.8% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 77 / 97 | 79.4% | 79.4% | 0 / 3 | 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 (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 Basharat L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Garza L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 275 / 766 | 35.9% | 39.3% | 68 / 107 | 63.6% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 42 / 59 | 71.2% | 70.4% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 10 / 11 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 13 / 20 | too few to rate | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 186 / 608 | 30.6% | 34.9% | 65 / 109 | 59.6% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 86 / 127 | 67.7% | 66.0% | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 55 / 101 | 54.5% | 79.1% | 15 / 16 | too few to rate | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Basharat has more cage time on record.