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John Alessio vs.
Pat Miletich

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

0-5-0 John Alessio · UFC
8-2-0 Pat Miletich · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-5-0
UFC record
8-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
47.1
AgeΔ 11.3 yrs
58.4
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
169
Layoff (months)Δ 123.5 mo
292.5
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.

Pat Miletich owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Pat Miletich is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
John Alessio rarely shoots — 0.45 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

John Alessio

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Pat Miletich

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

In the UFC: 3-1 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

991.48/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1471.69/min · norm 3.17
1862.79/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1201.38/min · norm 3.06
29.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.8%norm 44.9%
53.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
64.4%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.38

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

John Alessio

Distance 90.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 8.1%)

Pat Miletich

Distance 71.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 18.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

John Alessio

Head 91.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.4% (norm 8.4%)

Pat Miletich

Head 70.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alessio L/AAccWelterweight med Miletich L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 299 27.4% 38.6% 76 / 233 32.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 15 / 28 53.6% 67.8% 46 / 62 74.2% 67.8%
On the ground 2 / 4 too few to rate 67.2% 25 / 33 75.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 80 / 303 26.4% 37.2% 73 / 232 31.5% 37.2%
To the body 11 / 20 too few to rate 70.7% 39 / 50 78.0% 70.7%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 82.9% 35 / 46 76.1% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Alessio L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Miletich L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 92 / 285 32.3% 39.0% 43 / 200 21.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 36 / 46 78.3% 68.9% 47 / 63 74.6% 68.9%
On the ground 58 / 72 80.6% 68.0% 30 / 74 40.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 114 / 310 36.8% 35.6% 45 / 246 18.3% 35.6%
To the body 17 / 27 63.0% 69.6% 42 / 49 85.7% 69.6%
To the legs 55 / 66 83.3% 82.1% 33 / 42 78.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

218.2% acc · 0.45/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1055.6% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.27
2569.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1354.2% def · norm 63.9%
6:289.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
15:4635.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
28:226:22 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:261:16 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.67/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
50.86/15 · norm 0.45

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

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