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Payton Talbott vs. Yanis Ghemmouri

UFC 6-1-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-1-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
28
AgeΔ 3 yrs
31
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 27.2 mo
27.8
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Payton Talbott carries real power — 1.18 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Yanis Ghemmouri rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Yanis Ghemmouri is wasteful with head shots — only 0% land, vs a 35% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Payton Talbott

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.85 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Yanis Ghemmouri

Full career not yet synced for Yanis Ghemmouri — 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 +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3876.07/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
292.29/min · norm 3.52
1902.98/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
655.14/min · norm 3.58
58.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
38.7%norm 43.5%
44.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
35.6%norm 56.6%
51.18/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Payton Talbott

Distance 74.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 17.8% (norm 6.4%)

Yanis Ghemmouri

Distance 94.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.4%)

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

Payton Talbott

Head 81.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.4%)

Yanis Ghemmouri

Head 33.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 52.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Talbott L/AAccBantamweight med Ghemmouri L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 251 / 490 51.2% 39.2% 25 / 71 35.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 43 / 51 84.3% 69.0% 4 / 4 too few to rate 69.0%
On the ground 93 / 117 79.5% 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 280 / 535 52.3% 35.3% 0 / 25 0.0% 35.3%
To the body 76 / 90 84.4% 66.9% 7 / 11 too few to rate 66.9%
To the legs 31 / 33 93.9% 79.2% 22 / 39 56.4% 79.2%

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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Talbott L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Ghemmouri L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 131 / 266 49.2% 39.4% 51 / 86 59.3% 39.4%
In the clinch 16 / 23 too few to rate 70.6% 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 43 / 54 79.6% 72.1% 9 / 9 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 129 / 268 48.1% 34.9% 22 / 42 52.4% 34.9%
To the body 31 / 40 77.5% 66.1% 6 / 15 too few to rate 66.1%
To the legs 30 / 35 85.7% 78.8% 37 / 44 84.1% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
450.0% acc · 0.94/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
3873.1% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 65.7%
13:5321.8% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
2:4221.3% of cage time · norm 17.8%
21:535:08 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
0:561:06 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.24/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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