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Joe Riggs vs.
Chris Camozzi

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

5-7-0 Joe Riggs · UFC
9-10-0 Chris Camozzi · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-7-0
UFC record
9-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43.9
AgeΔ 4.2 yrs
39.7
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
70"
ReachΔ 5"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
125.5
Layoff (months)Δ 15.2 mo
110.3
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Joe Riggs hunts takedowns — 2.92 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Chris Camozzi rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Joe Riggs owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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.

Joe Riggs

Full career not yet synced for Joe Riggs — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Chris Camozzi

Full career not yet synced for Chris Camozzi — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1652.47/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
8003.57/min · norm 3.25
1281.92/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
6642.96/min · norm 3.20
50.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.9%norm 47.4%
52.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 53.8%
10.22/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.07/15 · norm 0.32

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

Joe Riggs

Distance 46.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 19.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 34.8% (norm 8.1%)

Chris Camozzi

Distance 88.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Joe Riggs

Head 88.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 8.4%)

Chris Camozzi

Head 76.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Riggs L/AAccWelterweight med Camozzi L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 62 / 150 41.3% 38.6% 655 / 1575 41.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 37 / 62 59.7% 67.8% 126 / 179 70.4% 70.3%
On the ground 66 / 113 58.4% 67.2% 19 / 26 73.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 136 / 288 47.2% 37.2% 470 / 1362 34.5% 38.9%
To the body 19 / 26 73.1% 70.7% 130 / 176 73.9% 71.7%
To the legs 10 / 11 too few to rate 82.9% 200 / 242 82.6% 83.3%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Riggs L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Camozzi L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 59 / 173 34.1% 39.0% 442 / 1206 36.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 47 / 66 71.2% 68.9% 133 / 191 69.6% 70.9%
On the ground 22 / 30 73.3% 68.0% 89 / 124 71.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 192 40.1% 35.6% 366 / 1106 33.1% 37.9%
To the body 30 / 47 63.8% 69.6% 136 / 225 60.4% 71.3%
To the legs 21 / 30 70.0% 82.1% 162 / 190 85.3% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1361.9% acc · 2.92/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
419.0% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.42
1872.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4857.8% def · norm 63.1%
22:0833.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
27:1912.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
17:023:49 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
63:304:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.45/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
70.47/15 · norm 0.47

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

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