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Cole Miller vs.
Mizuto Hirota

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

10-9-0 (1 NC) Cole Miller · UFC
1-5-1 Mizuto Hirota · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-9-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
1-5-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42.3
AgeΔ 3 yrs
45.3
6'1"
HeightΔ 6"
5'7"
73"
ReachΔ 6"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
115.6
Layoff (months)Δ 23.5 mo
92.1
LLNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWD
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.

Cole Miller is a submission threat — 1.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Cole Miller rarely shoots — 0.60 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Cole Miller

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

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

Mizuto Hirota

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6053.00/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3673.50/min · norm 3.54
7833.88/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3743.56/min · norm 3.47
33.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 45.0%
59.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.6%norm 54.85%
40.30/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Cole Miller

Distance 89.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 6.5%)

Mizuto Hirota

Distance 88.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Cole Miller

Head 84.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.8%)

Mizuto Hirota

Head 85.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.8%)

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 Hirota L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 476 / 1621 29.4% 40.9% 306 / 823 37.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 70 / 109 64.2% 70.8% 26 / 44 59.1% 70.8%
On the ground 59 / 86 68.6% 69.2% 35 / 60 58.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 421 / 1530 27.5% 37.2% 264 / 791 33.4% 37.2%
To the body 103 / 186 55.4% 68.2% 53 / 79 67.1% 68.2%
To the legs 81 / 100 81.0% 80.7% 50 / 57 87.7% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Hirota L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 574 / 1565 36.7% 39.2% 297 / 707 42.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 66 / 115 57.4% 70.3% 29 / 41 70.7% 70.3%
On the ground 143 / 243 58.8% 69.4% 48 / 76 63.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 512 / 1568 32.7% 35.9% 243 / 643 37.8% 35.9%
To the body 130 / 188 69.1% 67.9% 66 / 103 64.1% 67.9%
To the legs 141 / 167 84.4% 81.5% 65 / 78 83.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

836.4% acc · 0.60/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
945.0% acc · 1.29/15 · norm 1.19
1738.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2156.8% def · norm 61.5%
30:4115.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
17:5917.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
56:194:11 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
26:343:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
241.79/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.46

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

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