Compare Adrian Yanez vs Cody Garbrandt — UFC matchup breakdown
Tale of the Tape
The biometric deltas where one side genuinely has an edge.
Activity & layoff
The recency dimension Tale of the Tape doesn't carry. How active each fighter has been, and how that compares to active peers in their division.
Division percentiles below rank both fighters against the Bantamweight roster (341 fighters).
Recent form
Last five pro bouts (non-UFC fights dashed + tagged), current trajectory, and the level of opposition going into this matchup.
Common opponents
The single UFC opponent both fighters have faced. Reads as a directional signal, not a verdict.
Schedule Score
Who they've faced × what they've done. Composite + components compared head-to-head, percentile-ranked against every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts.
Per-tier records + bout-by-bout
| Tier | Adrian Yanez | Cody Garbrandt |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | — | 1-2 |
| Top-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 |
| Top-15 | 0-1-1 | 2-1 |
| Contender-level | 1-0 | — |
| Established | 0-1 | — |
| Building | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Unproven | 4-0 | 4-0 |
- D vs Ricky Simon#1466Mar 28, 2026 · Top-15
- L vs Daniel Marcos26Dec 14, 2024 · Established
- W vs Vinicius Salvador8May 18, 2024 · Unproven
- L vs Jonathan Martinez#1367Oct 14, 2023 · Top-15
- L vs Rob Font#681Apr 8, 2023 · Top-5
- W vs Tony Kelley18Jun 18, 2022 · Building
- W vs Davey Grant36Nov 20, 2021 · Contender-level
- W vs Randy Costa12Jul 24, 2021 · Unproven
- W vs Gustavo Lopez8Mar 20, 2021 · Unproven
- W vs Victor Rodriguez8Oct 31, 2020 · Unproven
- W vs Xiao Long8Mar 7, 2026 · Unproven
- L vs Raoni Barcelos#1561Jun 14, 2025 · Top-15
- L vs Deiveson Figueiredo#881Apr 13, 2024 · Top-5
- W vs Brian Kelleher#1560Dec 16, 2023 · Top-15
- W vs Trevin Jones8Mar 4, 2023 · Unproven
- L vs Kai Kara-France#683Dec 11, 2021 · Top-5
- L vs Rob Font#384May 22, 2021 · Top-5
- W vs Raphael Assuncao#584Jun 6, 2020 · Top-5
- L vs Pedro Munhoz#977Mar 2, 2019 · Top-5
- L vs TJ DillashawCHAMP100Aug 4, 2018 · Champion
- L vs TJ Dillashaw#296Nov 4, 2017 · Champion
- W vs Dominick CruzCHAMP100Dec 30, 2016 · Champion
- W vs Takeya Mizugaki#1174Aug 20, 2016 · Top-5
- W vs Thomas Almeida#774May 29, 2016 · Top-15
- W vs Augusto Mendes8Feb 21, 2016 · Unproven
- W vs Henry Briones8Jul 11, 2015 · Unproven
- W vs Marcus Brimage18Jan 3, 2015 · Building
All figures are 0–100 ratings (shown as %), not percentages of anything literal. Schedule strength = the average quality of every UFC opponent faced (win or lose). Win quality = the average quality of the opponents actually beaten. The composite Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) with win quality (35%). Per-bout opponent quality is scored on rank-at-time-of-fight (champion 100, ranks 1–5 = 90→78, ranks 6–15 = 75→60), with cross-division and P4P signals layered on, falling back to opponent UFC record-at-time for unranked opponents. For fighters with limited UFC experience the headline is held toward a rookie baseline, so debut / low-sample fighters read lower than established names. UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from record-at-time when ranks are missing.
Career splits
Striking matchup
Each fighter's offense mapped against the other's defense — where one attacks meets where the other gets hit, across head, body, and leg. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time.
Yanez has the striking edge (+11).
Where Yanez attacks (green = high volume) vs where Garbrandt gets hit (red = vulnerable) — Yanez’s green zones meeting Garbrandt’s red zones are the openings.
- Head74%92nd360
- Body13%60th62
- Leg14%75th66
Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes
- Head66%42nd422
- Body15%63rd96
- Leg19%36th125
Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share absorbed · partly opponent-dependent
- Standing92%447
- Clinch1%5
- Ground7%36
- Standing88%563
- Clinch6%36
- Ground7%44
Each lane: the attacker’s strike rate (offense) vs the other’s rate absorbed (defense), graded on the division. The bar leans toward whoever wins the exchange — longer + greener = a bigger, higher-quality edge.
Full breakdown — all zones, both views
| Zone | Fighter | Landed / 15 | Accuracy | Absorbed / 15 | Career landed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Adrian Yanez | top 8% of division53.5 | 36% | well below average44.5 | 360 |
| Head | Cody Garbrandt | around division average30.4 | 35% | below division average36.2 | 353 |
| Body | Adrian Yanez | above division average11.2 | 60% | well below average13.6 | 62 |
| Body | Cody Garbrandt | well below average6.7 | 65% | above division average8.9 | 66 |
| Leg | Adrian Yanez | top 25% of division10.7 | 90% | well below average13.0 | 66 |
| Leg | Cody Garbrandt | around division average6.5 | 77% | below division average10.3 | 71 |
Per-15-minute rates are sourced from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Division percentile is computed against every UFC fighter who has competed in this weight class with at least two recorded bouts. Lower “absorbed” values are better — the percentile is inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.
Grappling matchup
Takedowns, submission threat, and control. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time, with takedown defense as a percentage of opponent attempts stopped.
Each metric graded on the division — the bar leans toward whoever wins that part of the grappling exchange (longer + greener = a bigger edge).
Evenly matched grappling — no clear edge either way.
Full breakdown — career grappling totals
| Metric | Adrian Yanez | Cody Garbrandt |
|---|---|---|
| Takedowns landed / 15career takedowns | 0.00 | 0.910 |
| Takedown accuracycareer landed / attempted | 0%0 / 1 | 23%10 / 44 |
| Takedown defensecareer stopped / faced | 73%11 / 15 | 82%27 / 33 |
| Submission attempts / 15career attempts | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Control time / 15 (min)career total | 0.4 min2:04 | 0.9 min10:10 |
| Time controlled by opponent / 15 (min)career total | 1.3 min6:58 | 1.0 min11:46 |
All rates computed from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Takedown defense = opponent attempts stopped ÷ opponent total attempts. Control time figures are minutes the fighter spent in a dominant position per 15 minutes of fight time. Accuracy under 8 career attempts is shown raw and ungraded — too small a sample to rate against the division.
Finishing & durability
How often each fighter ends fights early — and how often they get put away. Outcomes view, not per-minute output.
When their fights end
every pro finish on the fight clockFinish & durability rates
Full professional career
Full method breakdown
| Outcome | Adrian Yanez | Cody Garbrandt |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | ||
| by KO / TKO | 11(65%) | 11(73%) |
| by submission | 2(12%) | 0(0%) |
| by decision | 4(24%) | 4(27%) |
| Losses | ||
| by KO / TKO | 2(33%) | 4(57%) |
| by submission | 0(0%) | 1(14%) |
| by decision | 4(67%) | 2(29%) |
Full professional career method splits, graded against the full-pro division distribution. Career KO losses are the total — clean knockouts and cut/injury stoppages can’t be separated outside the UFC corpus. Finish-time pace is UFC-only.
KO history
UFC fights only — knockout power and chin durability, head-to-head, then when the last finish landed, and on whom.
- Last time KO'dvs Jonathan Martinez2y 8mo agoUFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza · Oct 14, 2023 · R2 · 2:26
- Last time submittedNever submitted in the UFC
- Last time KO'dvs Kai Kara-France4y 6mo agoUFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier · Dec 11, 2021 · R1 · 3:21
- Last time submittedvs Deiveson Figueiredo2y 2mo agoUFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill · Apr 13, 2024 · R2 · 4:02
Pace & fade
How each fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.
No clear cardio edge — Yanez builds (+10% per round through round 3) and Garbrandt builds (+8% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Yanez lifts to 166% of round-1 output by round 3, Garbrandt 126%.
Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.
Full per-round breakdown — both fighters
What drives the pace · per round
The composite output line above blends these three inputs. Splitting them out shows whether a fighter’s work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control — and which input fades.
| Round | Fighter | Output / min | Sig landed / min | Sig absorbed / min | TD att / min | Control | Bouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Adrian Yanez | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 2% | 10 |
| R1 | Cody Garbrandt | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.18 | 5% | 17 |
| R2 | Adrian Yanez | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1% | 6 |
| R2 | Cody Garbrandt | 3.2 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 0.26 | 10% | 10 |
| R3 | Adrian Yanez | 7.1 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 0.06 | 6% | 4 |
| R3 | Cody Garbrandt | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 0.40 | 4% | 7 |
| R4 | Adrian Yanez | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| R4 | Cody Garbrandt | 3.3 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 0.20 | 1% | 2 |
| R5 | Adrian Yanez | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| R5 | Cody Garbrandt | 3.4 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 0.30 | 6% | 2 |
Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length — a 2:30 stoppage counts as 2.5 minutes, not five — so an early finish doesn’t distort the per-minute pace.