Chris Camozzi vs. Rafael Natal

UFC 9-10-0 vs. 9-7-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-10-0
UFC record
9-7-1
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39
AgeΔ 4 yrs
43
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
110.3
Layoff (months)Δ 1.8 mo
108.5
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.
Rafael Natal hunts takedowns — 2.55 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Rafael Natal owns the mat — in control 25% of cage time, vs a 20% 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

Rafael Natal

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 122

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8003.57/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
6563.10/min · norm 3.25
6642.96/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5242.48/min · norm 3.20
44.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
47.9%norm 47.4%
56.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.6%norm 53.8%
10.07/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
50.35/15 · 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%)

Rafael Natal

Distance 76.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.3% (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%)

Rafael Natal

Head 71.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 16.3% (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 Natal L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1575 41.6% 40.5% 432 / 1049 41.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 126 / 179 70.4% 70.3% 79 / 111 71.2% 70.3%
On the ground 19 / 26 73.1% 69.1% 145 / 210 69.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 470 / 1362 34.5% 38.9% 379 / 976 38.8% 38.9%
To the body 130 / 176 73.9% 71.7% 93 / 171 54.4% 71.7%
To the legs 200 / 242 82.6% 83.3% 184 / 223 82.5% 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 Natal L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 442 / 1206 36.7% 39.5% 369 / 1016 36.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 133 / 191 69.6% 70.9% 58 / 89 65.2% 70.9%
On the ground 89 / 124 71.8% 69.0% 97 / 131 74.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 366 / 1106 33.1% 37.9% 315 / 950 33.2% 37.9%
To the body 136 / 225 60.4% 71.3% 73 / 117 62.4% 71.3%
To the legs 162 / 190 85.3% 82.1% 136 / 169 80.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
419.0% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
3634.3% acc · 2.55/15 · norm 1.42
4857.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2777.1% def · norm 63.1%
27:1912.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
53:3925.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
63:304:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
30:472:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.47/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
70.50/15 · 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.