Payton Talbott vs. Yanis Ghemmouri

UFC 5-1-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-1-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
27
AgeΔ 4 yrs
31
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
8
Layoff (months)Δ 17.3 mo
25.3
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Payton Talbott carries real power — 0.73 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Yanis Ghemmouri rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Yanis Ghemmouri is wasteful with head shots — only 0% land, vs a 35% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Payton Talbott

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.85 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Yanis Ghemmouri

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3625.87/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
292.29/min · norm 3.52
1853.00/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
655.14/min · norm 3.58
59.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
38.7%norm 43.4%
45.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
35.6%norm 56.6%
30.73/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Payton Talbott

Distance 74.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 17.3% (norm 6.5%)

Yanis Ghemmouri

Distance 94.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Payton Talbott

Head 81.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.4%)

Yanis Ghemmouri

Head 33.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 52.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Talbott L/AAccBantamweight med Ghemmouri L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 234 / 457 51.2% 39.0% 25 / 71 35.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 43 / 51 84.3% 68.7% 4 / 4 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 85 / 106 80.2% 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 262 / 498 52.6% 34.9% 0 / 25 0.0% 34.9%
To the body 71 / 85 83.5% 66.8% 7 / 11 too few to rate 66.8%
To the legs 29 / 31 93.5% 79.4% 22 / 39 56.4% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Talbott L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Ghemmouri L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 126 / 260 48.5% 39.3% 51 / 86 59.3% 39.3%
In the clinch 16 / 23 too few to rate 70.4% 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 43 / 54 79.6% 72.4% 9 / 9 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 126 / 264 47.7% 34.9% 22 / 42 52.4% 34.9%
To the body 30 / 39 76.9% 66.0% 6 / 15 too few to rate 66.0%
To the legs 29 / 34 85.3% 79.1% 37 / 44 84.1% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
450.0% acc · 0.97/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
3672.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 66.7%
13:4122.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
2:4221.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
21:315:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
0:561:06 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.24/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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