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Jorge Gurgel vs.
Cole Miller

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

3-4-0 Jorge Gurgel · UFC
10-9-0 (1 NC) Cole Miller · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
10-9-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
49.5
AgeΔ 7.2 yrs
42.3
5'7"
HeightΔ 6"
6'1"
69"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
212.6
Layoff (months)Δ 97 mo
115.6
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCLW
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.

Cole Miller is a submission threat — 1.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Cole Miller rarely shoots — 0.60 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jorge Gurgel rarely shoots — 0.86 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.

Jorge Gurgel

Full career not yet synced for Jorge Gurgel — 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 -0.6 wins over .500

Cole Miller

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

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3563.40/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
6053.00/min · norm 3.54
3753.58/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
7833.88/min · norm 3.47
33.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
33.3%norm 45.0%
63.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.3%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
40.30/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jorge Gurgel

Distance 78.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.8% (norm 8.0%)

Cole Miller

Distance 89.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jorge Gurgel

Head 86.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 7.9%)

Cole Miller

Head 84.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gurgel L/AAccLightweight med Miller L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 240 / 845 28.4% 37.9% 476 / 1621 29.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 59 / 103 57.3% 67.3% 70 / 109 64.2% 70.8%
On the ground 57 / 127 44.9% 69.1% 59 / 86 68.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 246 / 930 26.5% 35.0% 421 / 1530 27.5% 37.2%
To the body 34 / 49 69.4% 69.1% 103 / 186 55.4% 68.2%
To the legs 76 / 96 79.2% 81.9% 81 / 100 81.0% 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 Gurgel L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Miller L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 253 / 807 31.4% 38.9% 574 / 1565 36.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 59 / 103 57.3% 68.6% 66 / 115 57.4% 70.3%
On the ground 63 / 103 61.2% 68.0% 143 / 243 58.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 275 / 871 31.6% 35.1% 512 / 1568 32.7% 35.9%
To the body 70 / 97 72.2% 68.1% 130 / 188 69.1% 67.9%
To the legs 30 / 45 66.7% 81.5% 141 / 167 84.4% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

625.0% acc · 0.86/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
836.4% acc · 0.60/15 · norm 1.19
555.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1738.6% def · norm 61.5%
26:1825.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
30:4115.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
15:452:15 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
56:194:11 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.14/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
241.79/15 · 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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