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Rafael Natal 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.

9-7-1 Rafael Natal · 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.

9-7-1
UFC record
9-10-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43.6
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
39.7
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
108.5
Layoff (months)Δ 1.8 mo
110.3
LLLWW
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.

Chris Camozzi rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Rafael Natal hunts takedowns — 2.55 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Rafael Natal owns the mat — in control 25% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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.

Rafael Natal

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

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 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

6563.10/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
8003.57/min · norm 3.25
5242.48/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
6642.96/min · norm 3.20
47.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.9%norm 47.4%
57.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 53.8%
50.35/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.07/15 · norm 0.32

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

Rafael Natal

Distance 76.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.3% (norm 10.3%)

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)

Rafael Natal

Head 71.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 16.3% (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 Natal L/AAccMiddleweight med Camozzi L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 432 / 1049 41.2% 40.5% 655 / 1575 41.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 79 / 111 71.2% 70.3% 126 / 179 70.4% 70.3%
On the ground 145 / 210 69.0% 69.1% 19 / 26 73.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 379 / 976 38.8% 38.9% 470 / 1362 34.5% 38.9%
To the body 93 / 171 54.4% 71.7% 130 / 176 73.9% 71.7%
To the legs 184 / 223 82.5% 83.3% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Natal L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Camozzi L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 369 / 1016 36.3% 39.5% 442 / 1206 36.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 58 / 89 65.2% 70.9% 133 / 191 69.6% 70.9%
On the ground 97 / 131 74.0% 69.0% 89 / 124 71.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 315 / 950 33.2% 37.9% 366 / 1106 33.1% 37.9%
To the body 73 / 117 62.4% 71.3% 136 / 225 60.4% 71.3%
To the legs 136 / 169 80.5% 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.

3634.3% acc · 2.55/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
419.0% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.42
2777.1% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
4857.8% def · norm 63.1%
53:3925.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
27:1912.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
30:472:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
63:304:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.50/15 · norm 0.47
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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