Chris Camozzi vs. Daniel Kelly

UFC 9-10-0 vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-10-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39
AgeΔ 9 yrs
48
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
110.3
Layoff (months)Δ 11.9 mo
98.4
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chris Camozzi rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Daniel Kelly absorbs 4.64 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Daniel Kelly hunts takedowns — 1.86 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chris Camozzi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1111
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 42 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Daniel Kelly

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

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8003.57/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3503.62/min · norm 3.25
6642.96/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
4494.64/min · norm 3.20
44.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
38.8%norm 47.4%
56.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 53.8%
10.07/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Chris Camozzi

Distance 88.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 10.3%)

Daniel Kelly

Distance 81.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 10.3%)

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

Chris Camozzi

Head 76.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Daniel Kelly

Head 93.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 3.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Camozzi L/AAccMiddleweight med Kelly L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1575 41.6% 40.5% 242 / 736 32.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 126 / 179 70.4% 70.3% 53 / 81 65.4% 70.3%
On the ground 19 / 26 73.1% 69.1% 55 / 85 64.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 470 / 1362 34.5% 38.9% 303 / 841 36.0% 38.9%
To the body 130 / 176 73.9% 71.7% 21 / 32 65.6% 71.7%
To the legs 200 / 242 82.6% 83.3% 26 / 29 89.7% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Camozzi L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Kelly L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 442 / 1206 36.7% 39.5% 382 / 1090 35.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 133 / 191 69.6% 70.9% 53 / 65 81.5% 70.9%
On the ground 89 / 124 71.8% 69.0% 14 / 17 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 366 / 1106 33.1% 37.9% 316 / 986 32.0% 37.9%
To the body 136 / 225 60.4% 71.3% 82 / 115 71.3% 71.3%
To the legs 162 / 190 85.3% 82.1% 51 / 71 71.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
419.0% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1234.3% acc · 1.86/15 · norm 1.42
4857.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1578.9% def · norm 63.1%
27:1912.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
17:5218.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
63:304:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
6:120:57 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.47/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
20.31/15 · norm 0.47

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