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Mario Miranda vs.
Gerald Harris

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 Mario Miranda · UFC
3-1-0 Gerald Harris · 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
3-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
47
AgeΔ 1 yrs
46
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
184.4
Layoff (months)Δ 4.1 mo
188.5
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWW
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.

Gerald Harris carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Gerald Harris hunts takedowns — 2.62 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Mario Miranda rarely shoots — 1.02 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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.

Mario Miranda

Full career not yet synced for Mario Miranda — 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 +1.5 wins over .500

Gerald Harris

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

861.96/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
561.22/min · norm 3.25
1082.46/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
681.48/min · norm 3.20
54.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
25.9%norm 47.4%
36.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
65.3%norm 53.8%
10.34/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.66/15 · norm 0.32

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

Mario Miranda

Distance 42.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 41.5% (norm 10.3%)

Gerald Harris

Distance 81.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 13.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Mario Miranda

Head 73.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 8.4%)

Gerald Harris

Head 95.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Miranda L/AAccMiddleweight med Harris L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 68 38.2% 40.5% 38 / 176 21.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 17 / 25 68.0% 70.3% 5 / 10 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 43 / 66 65.2% 69.1% 13 / 30 43.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 54 / 116 46.6% 38.9% 51 / 206 24.8% 38.9%
To the body 13 / 20 too few to rate 71.7% 4 / 9 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 19 / 23 too few to rate 83.3% 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Miranda L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Harris L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 24 / 67 35.8% 39.5% 36 / 152 23.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 40 / 46 87.0% 70.9% 18 / 27 66.7% 70.9%
On the ground 44 / 58 75.9% 69.0% 14 / 17 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 108 47.2% 37.9% 43 / 165 26.1% 37.9%
To the body 10 / 15 too few to rate 71.3% 13 / 15 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 47 / 48 97.9% 82.1% 12 / 16 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

360.0% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
857.1% acc · 2.62/15 · norm 1.42
1854.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
571.4% def · norm 63.1%
10:3224.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
8:0717.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
23:187:57 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
7:382:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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