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Jose Delgado vs.
Hyder Amil

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

4-1-0 Jose Delgado · UFC
3-3-0 Hyder Amil · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-1-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
28.3
AgeΔ 7.9 yrs
36.2
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
74"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Switch
Stance
Switch
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0.9 mo
1.5
WWLWW
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.

Jose Delgado carries real power — 1.24 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Hyder Amil outworks the Featherweight division — 7.28 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Jose Delgado outworks the Featherweight division — 6.05 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 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.

Jose Delgado

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2936.05/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3097.28/min · norm 3.54
2024.17/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2104.95/min · norm 3.47
54.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
52.6%norm 45.0%
53.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 54.85%
41.24/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.35/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jose Delgado

Distance 84.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 6.5%)

Hyder Amil

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

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

Jose Delgado

Head 71.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.8%)

Hyder Amil

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Delgado L/AAccFeatherweight med Amil L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 230 / 456 50.4% 40.9% 264 / 518 51.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 30 / 39 76.9% 70.8% 25 / 41 61.0% 70.8%
On the ground 33 / 42 78.6% 69.2% 20 / 28 71.4% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 172 / 385 44.7% 37.2% 196 / 441 44.4% 37.2%
To the body 86 / 113 76.1% 68.2% 67 / 83 80.7% 68.2%
To the legs 35 / 39 89.7% 80.7% 46 / 63 73.0% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Delgado L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Amil L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 184 / 404 45.5% 39.2% 179 / 379 47.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 11 / 17 too few to rate 70.3% 17 / 26 65.4% 70.3%
On the ground 7 / 11 too few to rate 69.4% 14 / 21 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 138 / 341 40.5% 35.9% 146 / 345 42.3% 35.9%
To the body 25 / 34 73.5% 67.9% 49 / 65 75.4% 67.9%
To the legs 39 / 57 68.4% 81.5% 15 / 16 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

222.2% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
216.7% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.19
1659.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
746.7% def · norm 61.5%
4:088.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:2012.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
5:541:49 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
11:224:01 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.71/15 · norm 0.46

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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