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Hyder Amil vs.
Fernie Garcia

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

3-3-0 Hyder Amil · UFC
0-4-0 Fernie Garcia · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36.2
AgeΔ 1.9 yrs
34.3
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
67"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 28.3 mo
29.8
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL
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.

Hyder Amil outworks the Featherweight division — 7.28 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Fernie Garcia is a submission threat — 0.57 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Fernie Garcia rarely shoots — 0.29 takedowns 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.

Hyder Amil

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 73
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Fernie Garcia

Full career not yet synced for Fernie Garcia — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3097.28/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
991.90/min · norm 3.52
2104.95/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1913.66/min · norm 3.58
52.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
33.9%norm 43.4%
50.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
49.5%norm 56.6%
10.35/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Hyder Amil

Distance 88.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 6.5%)

Fernie Garcia

Distance 97.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Hyder Amil

Head 75.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 7.8%)

Fernie Garcia

Head 84.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Amil L/AAccFeatherweight med Garcia L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 264 / 518 51.0% 40.9% 95 / 285 33.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 25 / 41 61.0% 70.8% 1 / 4 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 20 / 28 71.4% 69.2% 3 / 3 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 441 44.4% 37.2% 68 / 248 27.4% 34.9%
To the body 67 / 83 80.7% 68.2% 14 / 23 too few to rate 66.8%
To the legs 46 / 63 73.0% 80.7% 17 / 21 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 (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 Amil L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Garcia L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 179 / 379 47.2% 39.2% 151 / 322 46.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 17 / 26 65.4% 70.3% 6 / 12 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 14 / 21 too few to rate 69.4% 34 / 44 77.3% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 146 / 345 42.3% 35.9% 109 / 267 40.8% 34.9%
To the body 49 / 65 75.4% 67.9% 49 / 65 75.4% 66.0%
To the legs 15 / 16 too few to rate 81.5% 33 / 46 71.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

216.7% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.29/15 · norm 1.12
746.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
844.4% def · norm 66.7%
5:2012.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
2:204.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
11:224:01 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
21:426:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.71/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.57/15 · norm 0.28

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

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