Guy Mezger vs.
Tito Ortiz
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.
Guy Mezger
Full career not yet synced for Guy Mezger — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
Tito Ortiz
Full career not yet synced for Tito Ortiz — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 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)
Guy Mezger
Distance 33.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 24.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 41.8% (norm 8.0%)
Tito Ortiz
Distance 51.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 34.9% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Guy Mezger
Head 81.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 7.9%)
Tito Ortiz
Head 85.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Mezger L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Ortiz L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 17 / 37 | 45.9% | 37.9% | 235 / 767 | 30.6% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 20 / 27 | 74.1% | 67.3% | 153 / 213 | 71.8% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 31 / 46 | 67.4% | 69.1% | 319 / 525 | 60.8% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 49 / 90 | 54.4% | 35.0% | 526 / 1282 | 41.0% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 90 / 111 | 81.1% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 11 / 12 | too few to rate | 81.9% | 91 / 112 | 81.2% | 81.8% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Mezger L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Ortiz L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 5 / 35 | 14.3% | 38.9% | 411 / 1245 | 33.0% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 16 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 103 / 164 | 62.8% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 32 / 42 | 76.2% | 68.0% | 184 / 323 | 57.0% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 35 / 76 | 46.1% | 35.1% | 479 / 1431 | 33.5% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 68.1% | 114 / 154 | 74.0% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 2 / 7 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 105 / 147 | 71.4% | 83.0% |
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 — Ortiz has more cage time on record.