Chico Camus vs. Yaotzin Meza

UFC 3-4-0 (1 NC) vs. 2-4-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-4-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
41
AgeΔ 4 yrs
45
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
66"
ReachΔ 5"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
130.4
Layoff (months)Δ 5.1 mo
125.3
LLWLNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLNC

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yaotzin Meza is a submission threat — 1.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Yaotzin Meza's takedown defense leaks — 18% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight norm.
Chico Camus owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chico Camus

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.65 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Yaotzin Meza

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 207

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3022.58/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1211.43/min · norm 3.54
2872.46/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1371.62/min · norm 3.47
41.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
41.2%norm 45.0%
64.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
64.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Chico Camus

Distance 82.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 6.5%)

Yaotzin Meza

Distance 90.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Chico Camus

Head 90.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Yaotzin Meza

Head 68.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.4% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Camus L/AAccBantamweight med Meza L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 221 / 606 36.5% 39.0% 100 / 266 37.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 27 / 39 69.2% 68.7% 11 / 16 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 54 / 88 61.4% 70.2% 10 / 12 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 253 / 665 38.0% 34.9% 55 / 201 27.4% 37.2%
To the body 31 / 48 64.6% 66.8% 24 / 39 61.5% 68.2%
To the legs 18 / 20 too few to rate 79.4% 42 / 54 77.8% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Camus L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Meza L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 682 31.5% 39.3% 97 / 332 29.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 30 / 54 55.6% 70.4% 11 / 20 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 42 / 75 56.0% 72.4% 29 / 34 85.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 200 / 674 29.7% 34.9% 80 / 300 26.7% 35.9%
To the body 63 / 105 60.0% 66.0% 23 / 46 50.0% 67.9%
To the legs 24 / 32 75.0% 79.1% 34 / 40 85.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
640.0% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
620.0% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 1.19
3172.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
218.2% def · norm 61.5%
29:4825.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
24:0628.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
34:294:25 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
25:524:34 per 15 · norm 3:12
30.39/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
81.42/15 · norm 0.46

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