Miguel Torres vs.
Nick Pace
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Miguel Torres
Full career not yet synced for Miguel Torres — 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 +1.0 wins over .500
Nick Pace
Full career not yet synced for Nick Pace — 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
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Miguel Torres
Distance 89.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 6.5%)
Nick Pace
Distance 88.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Miguel Torres
Head 80.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.4%)
Nick Pace
Head 73.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Torres L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Pace L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 122 / 320 | 38.1% | 39.0% | 62 / 203 | 30.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 32 / 36 | 88.9% | 68.7% | 15 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 93 / 288 | 32.3% | 34.9% | 36 / 169 | 21.3% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 33 / 37 | 89.2% | 66.8% | 21 / 31 | 67.7% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 29 / 33 | 87.9% | 79.4% | 23 / 29 | 79.3% | 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 Torres L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Pace L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 48 / 252 | 19.0% | 39.3% | 109 / 313 | 34.8% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 19 / 29 | 65.5% | 70.4% | 28 / 32 | 87.5% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 4 / 9 | too few to rate | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 31 / 224 | 13.8% | 34.9% | 60 / 241 | 24.9% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 23 / 40 | 57.5% | 66.0% | 38 / 53 | 71.7% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 16 / 22 | too few to rate | 79.1% | 43 / 60 | 71.7% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Torres has more cage time on record.