Jacare Souza vs. Chris Camozzi

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-7-0
UFC record
9-10-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46
AgeΔ 7 yrs
39
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
62.8
Layoff (months)Δ 47.5 mo
110.3
LLLLW
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.
Jacare Souza is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Jacare Souza owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jacare Souza

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

In the UFC: 8-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.6 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4452.82/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
8003.57/min · norm 3.25
5383.41/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
6642.96/min · norm 3.20
52.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.9%norm 47.4%
59.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 53.8%
30.29/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.07/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jacare Souza

Distance 73.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.7% (norm 10.3%)

Chris Camozzi

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

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

Jacare Souza

Head 74.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 8.4%)

Chris Camozzi

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Souza L/AAccMiddleweight med Camozzi L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 275 / 622 44.2% 40.5% 655 / 1575 41.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 66 / 102 64.7% 70.3% 126 / 179 70.4% 70.3%
On the ground 104 / 125 83.2% 69.1% 19 / 26 73.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 296 / 636 46.5% 38.9% 470 / 1362 34.5% 38.9%
To the body 114 / 173 65.9% 71.7% 130 / 176 73.9% 71.7%
To the legs 35 / 40 87.5% 83.3% 200 / 242 82.6% 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 Souza L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Camozzi L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 415 / 1143 36.3% 39.5% 442 / 1206 36.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 65 / 91 71.4% 70.9% 133 / 191 69.6% 70.9%
On the ground 58 / 93 62.4% 69.0% 89 / 124 71.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 384 / 1121 34.3% 37.9% 366 / 1106 33.1% 37.9%
To the body 86 / 121 71.1% 71.3% 136 / 225 60.4% 71.3%
To the legs 68 / 85 80.0% 82.1% 162 / 190 85.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1628.1% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
419.0% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.42
1062.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
4857.8% def · norm 63.1%
46:3729.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
27:1912.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
12:271:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
63:304:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.76/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
70.47/15 · 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.