Henry Cejudo vs. Payton Talbott
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Henry Cejudo
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 6 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.32 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.7 wins over .500
Payton Talbott
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.85 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 12 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Henry Cejudo
Distance 78.8% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 13.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 7.3%)
Payton Talbott
Distance 74.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 17.8% (norm 6.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Henry Cejudo
Head 72.2% (norm 75.9%) · Body 18.1% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 9.3%)
Payton Talbott
Head 81.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Cejudo L/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Talbott L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 578 / 1394 | 41.5% | 39.9% | 251 / 490 | 51.2% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 157 / 237 | 66.2% | 70.1% | 43 / 51 | 84.3% | 69.0% |
| On the ground | 103 / 138 | 74.6% | 69.7% | 93 / 117 | 79.5% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 457 / 1278 | 35.8% | 37.6% | 280 / 535 | 52.3% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 240 / 321 | 74.8% | 68.5% | 76 / 90 | 84.4% | 66.9% |
| To the legs | 141 / 170 | 82.9% | 80.0% | 31 / 33 | 93.9% | 79.2% |
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: 121 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 Cejudo L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Talbott L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 679 / 1751 | 38.8% | 39.9% | 131 / 266 | 49.2% | 39.4% |
| In the clinch | 122 / 165 | 73.9% | 68.8% | 16 / 23 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 38 / 49 | 77.6% | 70.4% | 43 / 54 | 79.6% | 72.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 453 / 1448 | 31.3% | 35.4% | 129 / 268 | 48.1% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 221 / 306 | 72.2% | 67.9% | 31 / 40 | 77.5% | 66.1% |
| To the legs | 165 / 211 | 78.2% | 80.2% | 30 / 35 | 85.7% | 78.8% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Cejudo has more cage time on record.