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Matt Lindland 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.

9-3-0 Matt Lindland · 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.

9-3-0
UFC record
8-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
56.2
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
58.4
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
74"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
251.5
Layoff (months)Δ 41 mo
292.5
WWLWL
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.

Matt Lindland owns the mat — in control 66% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Matt Lindland is a submission threat — 1.15 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Pat Miletich owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 18% 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.

Matt Lindland

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

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 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

2882.46/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1471.69/min · norm 3.17
1531.31/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1201.38/min · norm 3.06
52.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.8%norm 44.9%
50.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
64.4%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.38

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

Matt Lindland

Distance 31.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 26.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 42.2% (norm 10.3%)

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)

Matt Lindland

Head 78.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.5% (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 Lindland L/AAccMiddleweight med Miletich L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 40 / 172 23.3% 40.5% 76 / 233 32.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 105 / 148 70.9% 70.3% 46 / 62 74.2% 67.8%
On the ground 143 / 234 61.1% 69.1% 25 / 33 75.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 190 / 436 43.6% 38.9% 73 / 232 31.5% 37.2%
To the body 40 / 49 81.6% 71.7% 39 / 50 78.0% 70.7%
To the legs 58 / 69 84.1% 83.3% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Lindland L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Miletich L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 56 / 158 35.4% 39.5% 43 / 200 21.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 54 / 85 63.5% 70.9% 47 / 63 74.6% 68.9%
On the ground 43 / 66 65.2% 69.0% 30 / 74 40.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 75 / 221 33.9% 37.9% 45 / 246 18.3% 35.6%
To the body 51 / 56 91.1% 71.3% 42 / 49 85.7% 69.6%
To the legs 27 / 32 84.4% 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.

2750.0% acc · 3.46/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1055.6% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.27
1164.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1354.2% def · norm 63.9%
77:2566.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
15:4635.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
14:231:50 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
7:261:16 per 15 · norm 3:15
91.15/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
50.86/15 · norm 0.45

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

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