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Journey Newson vs.
Domingo Pilarte

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

1-4-0 (1 NC) Journey Newson · UFC
0-2-0 (1 NC) Domingo Pilarte · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-2-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
37.4
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
36.6
5'5"
HeightΔ 7"
6'0"
67"
ReachΔ 6"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
39.3
Layoff (months)Δ 20.2 mo
59.5
LLWLNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LNCL
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.

Domingo Pilarte is a submission threat — 0.49 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Opponents land 59% of their head shots on Domingo Pilarte, vs a 35% Bantamweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Journey Newson rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Journey Newson

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Domingo Pilarte

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1412.64/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
150.49/min · norm 3.52
1372.57/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
571.86/min · norm 3.58
32.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
41.7%norm 43.4%
65.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
38.0%norm 56.6%
10.28/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Journey Newson

Distance 96.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 6.5%)

Domingo Pilarte

Distance 69.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 27.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Journey Newson

Head 68.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 8.4%)

Domingo Pilarte

Head 63.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 25.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Newson L/AAccBantamweight med Pilarte L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 128 / 419 30.5% 39.0% 7 / 25 28.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.7% 7 / 10 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 9 / 9 too few to rate 70.2% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 55 / 298 18.5% 34.9% 7 / 23 too few to rate 34.9%
To the body 41 / 70 58.6% 66.8% 6 / 9 too few to rate 66.8%
To the legs 45 / 65 69.2% 79.4% 2 / 4 too few to rate 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Newson L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Pilarte L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 113 / 359 31.5% 39.3% 11 / 22 too few to rate 39.3%
In the clinch 14 / 20 too few to rate 70.4% 7 / 14 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 10 / 12 too few to rate 72.4% 39 / 56 69.6% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 72 / 298 24.2% 34.9% 45 / 76 59.2% 34.9%
To the body 32 / 53 60.4% 66.0% 8 / 12 too few to rate 66.0%
To the legs 33 / 40 82.5% 79.1% 4 / 4 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

216.7% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.12
743.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
654.5% def · norm 66.7%
2:003.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
7:3925.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
10:192:53 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
19:319:33 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.28/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.49/15 · norm 0.28

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

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