Guy Mezger vs. Tito Ortiz

UFC 4-1-0 vs. 15-11-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-1-0
UFC record
15-11-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
58
AgeΔ 7 yrs
51
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
329.1
Layoff (months)Δ 160.1 mo
169
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Guy Mezger is a submission threat — 2.48 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Tito Ortiz hunts takedowns — 2.96 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Tito Ortiz owns the mat — in control 44% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Guy Mezger

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2512

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.4 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Tito Ortiz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1612
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

682.81/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
7072.41/min · norm 3.41
431.78/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
6982.38/min · norm 3.35
61.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 48.3%
53.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.7%norm 52.9%
10.62/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.10/15 · norm 0.40

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

Guy Mezger

Distance 33.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 24.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 41.8% (norm 8.0%)

Tito Ortiz

Distance 51.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 34.9% (norm 10.4%)

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

Guy Mezger

Head 81.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 7.9%)

Tito Ortiz

Head 85.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mezger L/AAccLightweight med Ortiz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 17 / 37 45.9% 37.9% 235 / 767 30.6% 41.4%
In the clinch 20 / 27 74.1% 67.3% 153 / 213 71.8% 70.9%
On the ground 31 / 46 67.4% 69.1% 319 / 525 60.8% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 49 / 90 54.4% 35.0% 526 / 1282 41.0% 38.9%
To the body 8 / 8 too few to rate 69.1% 90 / 111 81.1% 71.9%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 81.9% 91 / 112 81.2% 81.8%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Mezger L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Ortiz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 5 / 35 14.3% 38.9% 411 / 1245 33.0% 40.4%
In the clinch 6 / 16 too few to rate 68.6% 103 / 164 62.8% 68.7%
On the ground 32 / 42 76.2% 68.0% 184 / 323 57.0% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 76 46.1% 35.1% 479 / 1431 33.5% 37.5%
To the body 6 / 10 too few to rate 68.1% 114 / 154 74.0% 72.3%
To the legs 2 / 7 too few to rate 81.5% 105 / 147 71.4% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
5844.6% acc · 2.96/15 · norm 0.87
562.5% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2156.8% def · norm 66.7%
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
119:2943.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
— per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
45:352:19 per 15 · norm 2:48
42.48/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
80.41/15 · norm 0.27

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