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Pablo Garza vs.
Yves Jabouin

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 Pablo Garza · UFC
5-5-0 Yves Jabouin · 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
5-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
42.9
AgeΔ 4.3 yrs
47.2
6'1"
HeightΔ 6"
5'7"
73"
ReachΔ 5"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
160
Layoff (months)Δ 28.6 mo
131.4
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Pablo Garza is a submission threat — 0.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Pablo Garza's takedown defense leaks — 9% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight norm.
Yves Jabouin hunts takedowns — 1.93 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.

Pablo Garza

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Yves Jabouin

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1573.46/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3002.97/min · norm 3.52
1272.80/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2842.81/min · norm 3.58
43.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.7%norm 43.4%
50.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
63.2%norm 56.6%
10.33/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.15/15 · norm 0.30

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

Pablo Garza

Distance 60.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 29.8% (norm 6.5%)

Yves Jabouin

Distance 88.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Pablo Garza

Head 73.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 7.8%)

Yves Jabouin

Head 69.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Garza L/AAccFeatherweight med Jabouin L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 76 / 218 34.9% 40.9% 242 / 635 38.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 18 / 34 52.9% 70.8% 20 / 29 69.0% 68.7%
On the ground 63 / 107 58.9% 69.2% 38 / 55 69.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 86 / 262 32.8% 37.2% 161 / 497 32.4% 34.9%
To the body 42 / 58 72.4% 68.2% 84 / 137 61.3% 66.8%
To the legs 29 / 39 74.4% 80.7% 55 / 85 64.7% 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 Garza L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Jabouin L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 151 43.7% 39.2% 179 / 615 29.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 10 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 42 / 63 66.7% 70.4%
On the ground 51 / 89 57.3% 69.4% 63 / 93 67.7% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 75 / 183 41.0% 35.9% 159 / 587 27.1% 34.9%
To the body 23 / 33 69.7% 67.9% 70 / 102 68.6% 66.0%
To the legs 29 / 38 76.3% 81.5% 55 / 82 67.1% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

325.0% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1354.2% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.12
19.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1781.0% def · norm 66.7%
9:0019.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
27:2627.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
19:136:21 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
13:342:00 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.99/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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