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Ode Osbourne vs.
CJ Vergara

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

5-8-0 Ode Osbourne · UFC
3-5-0 CJ Vergara · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-8-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
34.6
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
35.1
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
73"
ReachΔ 5"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
5.5
Layoff (months)Δ 10.8 mo
16.3
LLWLL
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.

Ode Osbourne carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
CJ Vergara rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
CJ Vergara absorbs 4.69 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.24 Flyweight norm — hittable.
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.

Ode Osbourne

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

CJ Vergara

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 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

3072.88/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
4144.95/min · norm 3.49
3453.24/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
3934.69/min · norm 3.24
40.4%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
56.8%norm 44.6%
49.3%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
53.4%norm 56.4%
40.56/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Ode Osbourne

Distance 91.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 7.3%)

CJ Vergara

Distance 76.8% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 16.9% (norm 7.3%)

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

Ode Osbourne

Head 80.1% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 9.3%)

CJ Vergara

Head 63.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 27.0% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Osbourne L/AAccFlyweight med Vergara L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 255 / 694 36.7% 40.0% 295 / 560 52.7% 40.0%
In the clinch 12 / 16 too few to rate 70.4% 35 / 46 76.1% 70.4%
On the ground 40 / 50 80.0% 69.7% 84 / 123 68.3% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 199 / 609 32.7% 37.6% 205 / 462 44.4% 37.6%
To the body 63 / 92 68.5% 68.5% 150 / 197 76.1% 68.5%
To the legs 45 / 59 76.3% 80.0% 59 / 70 84.3% 80.0%

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 · Flyweight: 73 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 Osbourne L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Vergara L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 217 / 490 44.3% 40.1% 341 / 774 44.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 42 / 61 68.9% 68.8% 25 / 33 75.8% 68.8%
On the ground 86 / 129 66.7% 71.1% 27 / 37 73.0% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 193 / 472 40.9% 35.2% 248 / 659 37.6% 35.2%
To the body 87 / 127 68.5% 68.2% 95 / 129 73.6% 68.2%
To the legs 65 / 81 80.2% 80.3% 50 / 56 89.3% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

626.1% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.30
2965.9% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2460.0% def · norm 62.5%
7:146.8% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
10:4512.8% of cage time · norm 17.0%
37:155:14 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
20:333:40 per 15 · norm 2:44
20.28/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
10.18/15 · norm 0.58

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

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