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Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel

UFC 10-9-0 (1 NC) vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-9-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42
AgeΔ 7 yrs
49
6'1"
HeightΔ 6"
5'7"
73"
ReachΔ 4"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
118.1
Layoff (months)Δ 97 mo
215.1
LLNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Cole Miller is a submission threat — 1.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Cole Miller rarely shoots — 0.60 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Jorge Gurgel rarely shoots — 0.86 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Cole Miller

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 109
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Jorge Gurgel

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 116

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.33 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 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

6053.00/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3563.40/min · norm 3.44
7833.88/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3753.58/min · norm 3.38
33.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
33.1%norm 43.65%
59.3%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
63.0%norm 56.3%
40.30/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Cole Miller

Distance 89.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 6.5%)

Jorge Gurgel

Distance 78.6% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.8% (norm 8.0%)

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

Cole Miller

Head 84.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.9%)

Jorge Gurgel

Head 86.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Miller L/AAccFeatherweight med Gurgel L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 476 / 1621 29.4% 40.5% 240 / 845 28.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 70 / 109 64.2% 70.5% 59 / 103 57.3% 67.5%
On the ground 59 / 86 68.6% 69.3% 57 / 127 44.9% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 421 / 1530 27.5% 37.1% 246 / 930 26.5% 35.1%
To the body 103 / 186 55.4% 68.0% 34 / 49 69.4% 69.1%
To the legs 81 / 100 81.0% 80.3% 76 / 96 79.2% 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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Miller L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Gurgel L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 574 / 1565 36.7% 39.3% 253 / 807 31.4% 38.8%
In the clinch 66 / 115 57.4% 70.3% 59 / 103 57.3% 68.6%
On the ground 143 / 243 58.8% 69.4% 63 / 103 61.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 512 / 1568 32.7% 35.9% 275 / 871 31.6% 35.2%
To the body 130 / 188 69.1% 68.0% 70 / 97 72.2% 68.2%
To the legs 141 / 167 84.4% 81.5% 30 / 45 66.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
836.4% acc · 0.60/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
625.0% acc · 0.86/15 · norm 1.34
1738.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
555.6% def · norm 63.7%
30:4115.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
26:1825.1% of cage time · norm 18.95%
56:194:11 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
15:452:15 per 15 · norm 2:50
241.79/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.48

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