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Jim Miller vs.
Gabriel Benitez

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

28-18-0 (1 NC) Jim Miller · UFC
7-8-0 Gabriel Benitez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

28-18-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
7-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42.9
AgeΔ 4.8 yrs
38.1
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
2.9
Layoff (months)Δ 24.4 mo
27.3
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.
Gabriel Benitez is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Gabriel Benitez rarely shoots — 0.22 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.

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

Gabriel Benitez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 78
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13222.92/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
7315.26/min · norm 3.54
15543.43/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
6254.49/min · norm 3.47
42.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.7%norm 45.0%
56.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
63.9%norm 54.85%
60.20/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
40.43/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jim Miller

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

Gabriel Benitez

Distance 93.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jim Miller

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

Gabriel Benitez

Head 77.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.7% (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/AAccLightweight med Benitez L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 945 / 2547 37.1% 37.9% 658 / 1638 40.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 194 / 303 64.0% 67.3% 19 / 36 52.8% 70.8%
On the ground 183 / 287 63.8% 69.1% 54 / 80 67.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 775 / 2431 31.9% 35.0% 416 / 1358 30.6% 37.2%
To the body 266 / 372 71.5% 69.1% 165 / 226 73.0% 68.2%
To the legs 281 / 334 84.1% 81.9% 150 / 170 88.2% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 accLightweight med vs Benitez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1185 / 3031 39.1% 38.9% 532 / 1591 33.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 174 / 255 68.2% 68.6% 42 / 68 61.8% 70.3%
On the ground 195 / 307 63.5% 68.0% 51 / 73 69.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1055 / 2895 36.4% 35.1% 422 / 1462 28.9% 35.9%
To the body 351 / 496 70.8% 68.1% 123 / 181 68.0% 67.9%
To the legs 148 / 202 73.3% 81.5% 80 / 89 89.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

4545.0% acc · 1.49/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
250.0% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.19
5047.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2955.8% def · norm 61.5%
94:1220.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
5:354.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
121:424:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
30:423:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
521.72/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
80.86/15 · 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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