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Chris de la Rocha vs.
Adam Milstead

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-3-0 Chris de la Rocha · UFC
1-2-0 (1 NC) Adam Milstead · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-3-0
UFC record
1-2-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
47
AgeΔ 8 yrs
39
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
80"
ReachΔ 4"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
91.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
91.7
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Chris de la Rocha is a submission threat — 1.01 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Chris de la Rocha hunts takedowns — 2.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Adam Milstead rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Chris de la Rocha

Full career not yet synced for Chris de la Rocha — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Adam Milstead

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1214.08/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1273.85/min · norm 3.41
1896.37/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1584.79/min · norm 3.35
45.7%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
46.9%norm 48.3%
43.9%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
43.4%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Chris de la Rocha

Distance 81.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 9.3%)

Adam Milstead

Distance 86.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 10.4%)

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

Chris de la Rocha

Head 87.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 7.6%)

Adam Milstead

Head 90.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.3% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rocha L/AAccHeavyweight med Milstead L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 84 / 216 38.9% 40.1% 101 / 234 43.2% 41.4%
In the clinch 17 / 25 68.0% 70.6% 22 / 33 66.7% 70.9%
On the ground 20 / 24 too few to rate 70.2% 4 / 4 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 92 / 232 39.7% 38.9% 105 / 245 42.9% 38.9%
To the body 22 / 25 88.0% 76.8% 13 / 17 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 87.8% 9 / 9 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Rocha L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Milstead L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 118 / 244 48.4% 40.7% 107 / 220 48.6% 40.4%
In the clinch 33 / 45 73.3% 70.6% 14 / 18 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 38 / 48 79.2% 72.0% 37 / 41 90.2% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 166 / 309 53.7% 38.8% 104 / 218 47.7% 37.5%
To the body 17 / 21 too few to rate 75.1% 25 / 31 80.6% 72.3%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 84.4% 29 / 30 96.7% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

430.8% acc · 2.02/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
133.3% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1864.3% def · norm 66.7%
9:2031.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:201.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
4:582:30 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
17:057:46 per 15 · norm 2:48
21.01/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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