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Frank Mir vs.
Roberto Traven

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

16-11-0 Frank Mir · UFC
1-1-0 Roberto Traven · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

16-11-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
47
AgeΔ 10 yrs
57
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
79"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
124.6
Layoff (months)Δ 172.5 mo
297.1
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LW
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.

Frank Mir is a submission threat — 2.02 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Frank Mir carries real power — 0.77 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Roberto Traven rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 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.

Frank Mir

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1713
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Roberto Traven

Full career not yet synced for Roberto Traven — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3392.18/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
10.92/min · norm 3.36
5983.84/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
32.77/min · norm 3.19
47.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 47.8%
39.0%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
57.1%norm 52.5%
80.77/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Frank Mir

Distance 59.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 9.3%)

Roberto Traven

Distance 100.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Frank Mir

Head 75.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 7.6%)

Roberto Traven

Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mir L/AAccHeavyweight med Traven L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 429 33.3% 40.1% 1 / 2 too few to rate 40.1%
In the clinch 113 / 149 75.8% 70.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 83 / 143 58.0% 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 182 / 543 33.5% 38.9% 1 / 2 too few to rate 38.9%
To the body 103 / 118 87.3% 76.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 54 / 60 90.0% 87.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 87.8%

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 · 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 Mir L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Traven L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 480 42.3% 40.7% 3 / 7 too few to rate 40.7%
In the clinch 195 / 259 75.3% 70.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 200 / 241 83.0% 72.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 391 / 746 52.4% 38.8% 1 / 5 too few to rate 38.8%
To the body 139 / 161 86.3% 75.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 68 / 73 93.2% 84.4% 2 / 2 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2140.4% acc · 2.02/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
654.5% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 64.3%
39:1125.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
49:344:46 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
0:368:18 per 15 · norm 2:28
212.02/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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