Yanis Ghemmouri vs.
Payton Talbott
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
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
Payton Talbott
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.85 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 12 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Yanis Ghemmouri
Distance 94.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
Payton Talbott
Distance 74.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 17.3% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Yanis Ghemmouri
Head 33.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 52.0% (norm 8.4%)
Payton Talbott
Head 81.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ghemmouri L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Talbott L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 25 / 71 | 35.2% | 39.0% | 234 / 457 | 51.2% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 43 / 51 | 84.3% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 85 / 106 | 80.2% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 0 / 25 | 0.0% | 34.9% | 262 / 498 | 52.6% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 66.8% | 71 / 85 | 83.5% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 22 / 39 | 56.4% | 79.4% | 29 / 31 | 93.5% | 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 Ghemmouri L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Talbott L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 51 / 86 | 59.3% | 39.3% | 126 / 260 | 48.5% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 16 / 23 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 9 / 9 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 43 / 54 | 79.6% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 22 / 42 | 52.4% | 34.9% | 126 / 264 | 47.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 6 / 15 | too few to rate | 66.0% | 30 / 39 | 76.9% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 37 / 44 | 84.1% | 79.1% | 29 / 34 | 85.3% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Talbott has more cage time on record.