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Cole Miller vs.
Sam Sicilia

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
5-7-0 Sam Sicilia · 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
5-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42.3
AgeΔ 1.8 yrs
40.5
6'1"
HeightΔ 5"
5'8"
73"
ReachΔ 6"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
115.6
Layoff (months)Δ 2.1 mo
113.5
LLNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.
Sam Sicilia is a submission threat — 0.87 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

Sam Sicilia

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 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
2552.46/min · norm 3.54
7833.88/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3683.55/min · norm 3.47
33.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
33.5%norm 45.0%
59.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.2%norm 54.85%
40.30/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.14/15 · 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%)

Sam Sicilia

Distance 82.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.4% (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%)

Sam Sicilia

Head 84.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.1% (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 Sicilia L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 476 / 1621 29.4% 40.9% 168 / 626 26.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 70 / 109 64.2% 70.8% 32 / 56 57.1% 70.8%
On the ground 59 / 86 68.6% 69.2% 55 / 79 69.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 421 / 1530 27.5% 37.2% 175 / 641 27.3% 37.2%
To the body 103 / 186 55.4% 68.2% 50 / 81 61.7% 68.2%
To the legs 81 / 100 81.0% 80.7% 30 / 39 76.9% 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 Sicilia L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 574 / 1565 36.7% 39.2% 318 / 832 38.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 66 / 115 57.4% 70.3% 25 / 41 61.0% 70.3%
On the ground 143 / 243 58.8% 69.4% 25 / 30 83.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 512 / 1568 32.7% 35.9% 237 / 699 33.9% 35.9%
To the body 130 / 188 69.1% 67.9% 61 / 117 52.1% 67.9%
To the legs 141 / 167 84.4% 81.5% 70 / 87 80.5% 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
1043.5% acc · 1.45/15 · norm 1.19
1738.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1470.0% def · norm 61.5%
30:4115.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
24:2923.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
56:194:11 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:421:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
241.79/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
60.87/15 · 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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