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James Krause vs.
Trevin Giles

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

9-4-0 James Krause · UFC
7-7-0 Trevin Giles · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-4-0
UFC record
7-7-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
40.2
AgeΔ 6.2 yrs
34
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
69.6
Layoff (months)Δ 48.5 mo
21.1
WLWWW
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.

James Krause is a submission threat — 0.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
James Krause outworks the Lightweight division — 5.15 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Trevin Giles defends head shots well — opponents land just 26%, vs a 38% Middleweight 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.

James Krause

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

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Trevin Giles

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 77
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 60
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7825.15/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4873.17/min · norm 3.25
6574.33/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3672.39/min · norm 3.20
50.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
54.4%norm 47.4%
61.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
58.0%norm 53.8%
30.30/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.29/15 · norm 0.32

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

James Krause

Distance 93.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.0%)

Trevin Giles

Distance 82.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

James Krause

Head 82.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.9%)

Trevin Giles

Head 82.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Krause L/AAccLightweight med Giles L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 720 / 1459 49.3% 37.9% 369 / 736 50.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 37 / 57 64.9% 67.3% 32 / 50 64.0% 70.3%
On the ground 25 / 41 61.0% 69.1% 86 / 109 78.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 581 / 1287 45.1% 35.0% 363 / 742 48.9% 38.9%
To the body 107 / 151 70.9% 69.1% 46 / 65 70.8% 71.7%
To the legs 94 / 119 79.0% 81.9% 78 / 88 88.6% 83.3%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Krause L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Giles L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 529 / 1534 34.5% 38.9% 316 / 801 39.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 63 / 92 68.5% 68.6% 27 / 38 71.1% 70.9%
On the ground 65 / 95 68.4% 68.0% 24 / 35 68.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 388 / 1312 29.6% 35.1% 153 / 591 25.9% 37.9%
To the body 152 / 265 57.4% 68.1% 95 / 140 67.9% 71.3%
To the legs 117 / 144 81.2% 81.5% 119 / 143 83.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

815.4% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1150.0% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.42
2464.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
3172.1% def · norm 63.1%
32:1821.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
27:4618.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
18:371:50 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
30:573:01 per 15 · norm 3:00
100.99/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
30.29/15 · norm 0.47

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

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