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Randy Costa vs.
Adrian Yanez

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

2-4-0 Randy Costa · UFC
7-3-1 Adrian Yanez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
7-3-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
32
AgeΔ 0 yrs
32
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
46.2
Layoff (months)Δ 45.3 mo
0.9
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WDLWL
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.

Randy Costa carries real power — 1.69 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Adrian Yanez carries real power — 1.41 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Randy Costa absorbs 7.58 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight 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.

Randy Costa

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Adrian Yanez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.35 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1746.53/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
5045.92/min · norm 3.52
2027.58/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4455.23/min · norm 3.58
46.3%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 43.4%
58.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
56.5%norm 56.6%
31.69/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
81.41/15 · norm 0.30

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

Randy Costa

Distance 93.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.5%)

Adrian Yanez

Distance 93.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Randy Costa

Head 89.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 8.4%)

Adrian Yanez

Head 85.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Costa L/AAccBantamweight med Yanez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 155 / 351 44.2% 39.0% 459 / 1130 40.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 14 / 16 too few to rate 68.7% 9 / 18 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 5 / 9 too few to rate 70.2% 36 / 59 61.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 143 / 337 42.4% 34.9% 373 / 1028 36.3% 34.9%
To the body 27 / 35 77.1% 66.8% 64 / 105 61.0% 66.8%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 79.4% 67 / 74 90.5% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Costa L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Yanez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 135 / 386 35.0% 39.3% 427 / 997 42.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 38 / 49 77.6% 70.4% 7 / 13 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 29 / 46 63.0% 72.4% 11 / 14 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 93 / 328 28.4% 34.9% 278 / 771 36.1% 34.9%
To the body 65 / 104 62.5% 66.0% 83 / 143 58.0% 66.0%
To the legs 44 / 49 89.8% 79.1% 84 / 110 76.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
150.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1275.0% def · norm 66.7%
3:1612.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
2:042.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
5:383:10 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
6:581:13 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · 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 — Yanez has more cage time on record.

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