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Terrence Mitchell vs.
Cameron Saaiman

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

0-2-0 Terrence Mitchell · UFC
3-3-0 Cameron Saaiman · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36.6
AgeΔ 11 yrs
25.6
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 7"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
34.7
Layoff (months)Δ 19.4 mo
15.3
LL
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.

Terrence Mitchell hunts takedowns — 3.69 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Terrence Mitchell absorbs 8.85 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Cameron Saaiman is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 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.

Terrence Mitchell

Full career not yet synced for Terrence Mitchell — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Cameron Saaiman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 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

92.21/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3015.50/min · norm 3.52
368.85/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2424.42/min · norm 3.58
34.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 43.4%
41.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
50.2%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.27/15 · norm 0.30

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

Terrence Mitchell

Distance 84.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.8% (norm 6.5%)

Cameron Saaiman

Distance 78.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 15.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Terrence Mitchell

Head 96.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 3.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Cameron Saaiman

Head 71.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mitchell L/AAccBantamweight med Saaiman L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 6 / 22 too few to rate 39.0% 212 / 484 43.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.7% 23 / 36 63.9% 68.7%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.2% 66 / 98 67.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 8 / 25 32.0% 34.9% 171 / 443 38.6% 34.9%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 66.8% 61 / 87 70.1% 66.8%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 79.4% 69 / 88 78.4% 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 Mitchell L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Saaiman L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 6 / 13 too few to rate 39.3% 189 / 408 46.3% 39.3%
In the clinch 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.4% 24 / 39 61.5% 70.4%
On the ground 25 / 41 61.0% 72.4% 29 / 39 74.4% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 32 / 58 55.2% 34.9% 168 / 400 42.0% 34.9%
To the body 4 / 4 too few to rate 66.0% 59 / 70 84.3% 66.0%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 79.1% 15 / 16 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

150.0% acc · 3.69/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
327.3% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 1.12
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
950.0% def · norm 66.7%
1:0627.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
13:3924.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
1:547:00 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
9:292:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.55/15 · norm 0.28

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

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