Yaotzin Meza vs. John Albert
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Yaotzin Meza
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 20 | 7 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500
John Albert
Full career not yet synced for John Albert — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Yaotzin Meza
Distance 90.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)
John Albert
Distance 67.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 14.8% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 17.8% (norm 6.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Yaotzin Meza
Head 68.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.4% (norm 7.9%)
John Albert
Head 76.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 18.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Meza L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Albert L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 100 / 266 | 37.6% | 40.5% | 34 / 91 | 37.4% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 16 | too few to rate | 70.5% | 15 / 20 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| On the ground | 10 / 12 | too few to rate | 69.3% | 18 / 24 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 55 / 201 | 27.4% | 37.1% | 44 / 103 | 42.7% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 24 / 39 | 61.5% | 68.0% | 16 / 25 | 64.0% | 66.9% |
| To the legs | 42 / 54 | 77.8% | 80.3% | 7 / 7 | too few to rate | 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 (Featherweight: 127 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 Meza L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Albert L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 97 / 332 | 29.2% | 39.3% | 22 / 47 | 46.8% | 39.4% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 29 / 34 | 85.3% | 69.4% | 38 / 44 | 86.4% | 72.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 80 / 300 | 26.7% | 35.9% | 40 / 70 | 57.1% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 23 / 46 | 50.0% | 68.0% | 15 / 18 | too few to rate | 66.1% |
| To the legs | 34 / 40 | 85.0% | 81.5% | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 78.8% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Meza has more cage time on record.