Chris Camozzi vs. Joe Riggs

UFC 9-10-0 vs. 5-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-10-0
UFC record
5-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 4 yrs
43
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
110.3
Layoff (months)Δ 15.2 mo
125.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joe Riggs hunts takedowns — 2.92 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Chris Camozzi rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Joe Riggs owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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

Joe Riggs

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 3 — regional circuit 4310

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 44 finish wins over 70 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8003.57/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1652.47/min · norm 3.17
6642.96/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1281.92/min · norm 3.06
44.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.8%norm 44.9%
56.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
52.4%norm 55.25%
10.07/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.22/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Joe Riggs

Distance 46.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 19.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 34.8% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Joe Riggs

Head 88.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.4% (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 Riggs L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1575 41.6% 40.5% 62 / 150 41.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 126 / 179 70.4% 70.3% 37 / 62 59.7% 67.8%
On the ground 19 / 26 73.1% 69.1% 66 / 113 58.4% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 470 / 1362 34.5% 38.9% 136 / 288 47.2% 37.2%
To the body 130 / 176 73.9% 71.7% 19 / 26 73.1% 70.7%
To the legs 200 / 242 82.6% 83.3% 10 / 11 too few to rate 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Riggs L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 442 / 1206 36.7% 39.5% 59 / 173 34.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 133 / 191 69.6% 70.9% 47 / 66 71.2% 68.9%
On the ground 89 / 124 71.8% 69.0% 22 / 30 73.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 366 / 1106 33.1% 37.9% 77 / 192 40.1% 35.6%
To the body 136 / 225 60.4% 71.3% 30 / 47 63.8% 69.6%
To the legs 162 / 190 85.3% 82.1% 21 / 30 70.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
419.0% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1361.9% acc · 2.92/15 · norm 1.27
4857.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1872.0% def · norm 63.9%
27:1912.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
22:0833.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
63:304:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
17:023:49 per 15 · norm 3:15
70.47/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
20.45/15 · norm 0.45

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