Yaotzin Meza vs. Chico Camus

UFC 2-4-0 (1 NC) vs. 3-4-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-4-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
45
AgeΔ 4 yrs
41
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 5"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
125.3
Layoff (months)Δ 5.1 mo
130.4
LLWLNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLNC

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yaotzin Meza is a submission threat — 1.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Yaotzin Meza's takedown defense leaks — 18% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight norm.
Chico Camus owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Yaotzin Meza

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 207

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Chico Camus

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.65 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1211.43/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3022.58/min · norm 3.52
1371.62/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2872.46/min · norm 3.58
41.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.2%norm 43.4%
64.5%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
64.6%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Yaotzin Meza

Distance 90.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)

Chico Camus

Distance 82.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Yaotzin Meza

Head 68.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.4% (norm 7.8%)

Chico Camus

Head 90.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Meza L/AAccFeatherweight med Camus L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 100 / 266 37.6% 40.9% 221 / 606 36.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 16 too few to rate 70.8% 27 / 39 69.2% 68.7%
On the ground 10 / 12 too few to rate 69.2% 54 / 88 61.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 55 / 201 27.4% 37.2% 253 / 665 38.0% 34.9%
To the body 24 / 39 61.5% 68.2% 31 / 48 64.6% 66.8%
To the legs 42 / 54 77.8% 80.7% 18 / 20 too few to rate 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Meza L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Camus L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 97 / 332 29.2% 39.2% 215 / 682 31.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 11 / 20 too few to rate 70.3% 30 / 54 55.6% 70.4%
On the ground 29 / 34 85.3% 69.4% 42 / 75 56.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 80 / 300 26.7% 35.9% 200 / 674 29.7% 34.9%
To the body 23 / 46 50.0% 67.9% 63 / 105 60.0% 66.0%
To the legs 34 / 40 85.0% 81.5% 24 / 32 75.0% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
620.0% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
640.0% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.12
218.2% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3172.1% def · norm 66.7%
24:0628.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
29:4825.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
25:524:34 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
34:294:25 per 15 · norm 2:24
81.42/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
30.39/15 · norm 0.28

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