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Jason Gonzalez vs.
Jim Miller

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

1-3-0 Jason Gonzalez · UFC
28-18-0 (1 NC) Jim Miller · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
28-18-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
36
AgeΔ 6 yrs
42
6'2"
HeightΔ 6"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
87.3
Layoff (months)Δ 84.4 mo
2.9
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW
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.

Jim Miller is a submission threat — 1.72 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Jason Gonzalez is a submission threat — 1.00 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Jason Gonzalez rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Jason Gonzalez

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Jim Miller

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2818
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 28 tier-1/2 wins · 29 finish wins over 59 documented bouts

In the UFC: 16-17 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

463.06/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
13222.92/min · norm 3.42
473.13/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
15543.43/min · norm 3.37
39.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
42.1%norm 43.5%
58.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.7%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.20/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jason Gonzalez

Distance 92.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 1.7% (norm 8.0%)

Jim Miller

Distance 81.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Jason Gonzalez

Head 82.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 7.9%)

Jim Miller

Head 77.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gonzalez L/AAccLightweight med Miller L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 39 / 107 36.4% 37.9% 945 / 2547 37.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 6 / 7 too few to rate 67.3% 194 / 303 64.0% 67.3%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 183 / 287 63.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 96 32.3% 35.0% 775 / 2431 31.9% 35.0%
To the body 7 / 11 too few to rate 69.1% 266 / 372 71.5% 69.1%
To the legs 8 / 9 too few to rate 81.9% 281 / 334 84.1% 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Gonzalez L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Miller L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 34 / 80 42.5% 38.9% 1185 / 3031 39.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 5 / 16 too few to rate 68.6% 174 / 255 68.2% 68.6%
On the ground 8 / 18 too few to rate 68.0% 195 / 307 63.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 38 / 102 37.3% 35.1% 1055 / 2895 36.4% 35.1%
To the body 3 / 6 too few to rate 68.1% 351 / 496 70.8% 68.1%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 81.5% 148 / 202 73.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
4545.0% acc · 1.49/15 · norm 1.38
330.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
5047.6% def · norm 64.0%
0:070.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
94:1220.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
9:289:26 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
121:424:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
11.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
521.72/15 · norm 0.49

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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