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Felipe Lima vs.
Miles Johns

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

2-1-0 Felipe Lima · UFC
6-5-0 (1 NC) Miles Johns · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-1-0
UFC record
6-5-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
28.2
AgeΔ 4.2 yrs
32.4
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
13.2
Layoff (months)Δ 4.3 mo
8.9
LWW
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.

Felipe Lima hunts takedowns — 2.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Felipe Lima is a submission threat — 0.73 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Miles Johns defends leg kicks well — opponents land just 57%, vs a 79% Bantamweight 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.

Felipe Lima

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 wins over .500

Miles Johns

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 50
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.17 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1182.86/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5043.21/min · norm 3.52
1202.91/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4552.90/min · norm 3.58
45.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
43.4%norm 43.4%
64.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
67.1%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.19/15 · norm 0.30

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

Felipe Lima

Distance 90.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 6.5%)

Miles Johns

Distance 95.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Felipe Lima

Head 75.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 11.5% (norm 7.8%)

Miles Johns

Head 87.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lima L/AAccFeatherweight med Johns L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 104 / 238 43.7% 40.9% 475 / 1109 42.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 12 / 19 too few to rate 70.8% 23 / 41 56.1% 68.7%
On the ground 2 / 5 too few to rate 69.2% 6 / 12 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 70 / 197 35.5% 37.2% 387 / 1016 38.1% 34.9%
To the body 27 / 35 77.1% 68.2% 62 / 85 72.9% 66.8%
To the legs 21 / 30 70.0% 80.7% 55 / 61 90.2% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Lima L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Johns L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 94 / 300 31.3% 39.2% 390 / 1293 30.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 4 / 11 too few to rate 70.3% 46 / 63 73.0% 70.4%
On the ground 22 / 29 75.9% 69.4% 19 / 27 70.4% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 83 / 285 29.1% 35.9% 294 / 1090 27.0% 34.9%
To the body 16 / 29 55.2% 67.9% 93 / 173 53.8% 66.0%
To the legs 21 / 26 80.8% 81.5% 68 / 120 56.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

627.3% acc · 2.18/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1122.4% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 1.12
685.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3076.9% def · norm 66.7%
7:2417.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
25:3916.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
9:003:16 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
24:222:19 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.73/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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