Yaotzin Meza Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Arnold Allen Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping	Feb 27, 2016
L	Sam Sicilia Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee	Jul 15, 2015
W	Damian Stasiak Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2	Apr 11, 2015
L	Sergio Pettis Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov	Jun 7, 2014
NC	Chico Camus Bantamweight	No Contest	—	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Thomson	Jan 25, 2014
W	John Albert Bantamweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:49	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Moraga	Jul 27, 2013
L	Chad Mendes Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:55	UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson	Dec 14, 2012

Outside the UFC

21-7across 28 bouts · 25 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 7 sub · 8 decRITC · EB · Combate Americas · XK 18 · WMMA +20

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Gilberto Aguilar20-19-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:58	Combate Americas	Sep 14, 2018
W	Edgar Garcia0-1	Submission	—	R1	2:13	XK 18	Nov 24, 2012
W	Kevin Croom23-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RITC	Oct 20, 2012
L	Andres Quintana19-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:43	WMMA	Apr 14, 2012
W	Ran Weathers18-26	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MBP	Oct 1, 2011
W	Eric Regan15-25	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	0:58	RITC	Sep 9, 2011
W	Scott Pike2-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:39	RITC	Apr 16, 2011
W	Nick Piedmont12-7-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	DRFCF	Nov 19, 2010
W	Brandon Shelton21-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:42	C3 Fights	Oct 22, 2010
W	Casey Milliken3-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	RITC 143	Jul 31, 2010
L	Rich Taylor12-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EB	Oct 24, 2009
L	Jamie Schmidt9-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:59	AG	Apr 11, 2009
W	Travis Reddinger18-5-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:40	EB	Mar 21, 2009
W	Alonzo Martinez46-24-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:08	EVO MMA	Oct 4, 2008
W	Antonio Lepe0-2	KO/TKO	—	R1	2:30	MFC	Sep 20, 2008
W	Gabriel Benitez23-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	NDG	Aug 15, 2008
L	Stephane Vigneault11-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:28	TKO 34	Jun 7, 2008
W	Randy Steinke19-12-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	1:27	FMF	Feb 23, 2008
W	Hans Burnett0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:56	RITC 102	Oct 13, 2007
W	Donny Walker15-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	—	EC	Sep 29, 2007
W	Austin Pascucci7-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	RITC 98	Jul 21, 2007
W	Pete Vandervort5-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:25	WFC	Jun 9, 2007
W	Patrick Lopez2-3	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	RITC 91	Feb 24, 2007
W	Richie Reyes5-8	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	1:29	RITC 88	Nov 11, 2006
W	Robert Maldonado9-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	RITC 86	Aug 15, 2006
L	Amos Sotelo2-4-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:55	RITC 84	Jul 1, 2006
L	Amos Sotelo2-4-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	RITC 82	May 26, 2006
L	Kyle Brees16-8	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:01	RITC 81	Apr 29, 2006

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

6 wins, 3 losses

W6

L3

Submission

8 wins, 3 losses

W8

L3

Decision

9 wins, 5 losses

W9

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.33

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Yaotzin Meza

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

2.86 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

4 scorecards on file

Yaotzin Meza

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–1

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 100%

1W3L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC45th

41%109 / 259

Striking accuracy

64%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.19 differential

Landed1.43

Absorbed1.62

41%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+5%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head49%20th53
Body16%24th17
Leg36%55th39

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

84%Standing

Standing84%92
Clinch6%7
Ground9%10

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Yaotzin Meza

Landed per 15

Head

F

5th

11.4

5th

Body

F

8th

3.7

8th

Leg

C

53rd

8.4

53rd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

94th

15.1

94th

Body

A+

91st

4.7

91st

Leg

C

55th

7.1

55th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	11.4	53	184	29%
Body	3.7	17	26	65%
Leg	8.4	39	49	80%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	15.1	70	268	26%
Body	4.7	22	44	50%
Leg	7.1	33	39	85%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Yaotzin Meza

19%

Takedown accuracy

13%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.8 min net

On top4.5

On bottom3.6

Offense

Takedowns

C

49th

1.1

49th

TD accuracy

F

20th

19%

20th

Sub attempts

A

85th

1.7

85th

Control

A

71st

4.5 min

71st

Defense

TD defense

F

10th

13%

10th

Controlled

3.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 27
Submission attempts	8
Control time	20:43

Defense

TDs defended	1 / 8
Control absorbed	16:51

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (70min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Yaotzin Meza

6 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 70 min

135%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Meza builds (+14% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Meza lifts to 135% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Meza ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

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

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Mezalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Mezaattempts / min

Control time

Meza% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.1	1.4	1.6	0.22	24%	6
R2	4.7	2.2	2.1	0.48	27%	5
R3	4.1	1.1	1.6	0.50	40%	4

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.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Yaotzin Meza

7 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

34/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

47th

31%

47th

Win quality

F

17th

28%

17th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

1

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Cross-div ranked	2	0-1, 1 NC	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Arnold Allen	Top-5	56	Feb 27, 2016
L	Sam Sicilia	Building	18	Jul 15, 2015
W	Damian Stasiak	Unproven	8	Apr 11, 2015
L	Sergio Pettis	Cross-div ranked	32	Jun 7, 2014
NC	Chico Camus	Cross-div ranked	36	Jan 25, 2014
W	John Albert	Unproven	8	Jul 27, 2013
L	Chad Mendes	Top-5	65	Dec 14, 2012

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

6 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-2

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-1

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-2

2 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

7y 9mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Yaotzin Meza

Extended layoff

7y 9mosince last bout

vs Gilberto Aguilar · Sep 14, 2018

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 2-4

39.4

DK avg

25.2

Median

80.8

Ceiling

18.9

Floor

33%

Boom

50%

Bust

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