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Mike Brown vs.
Steven Siler

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

2-4-0 Mike Brown · UFC
5-4-0 Steven Siler · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
50.9
AgeΔ 11.4 yrs
39.5
5'6"
HeightΔ 5"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
155.6
Layoff (months)Δ 11.3 mo
144.3
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Steven Siler is a submission threat — 1.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Mike Brown hunts takedowns — 3.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Mike Brown owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight 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.

Mike Brown

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Steven Siler

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1973.06/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3053.21/min · norm 3.54
1832.84/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2812.96/min · norm 3.47
55.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 45.0%
53.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.16/15 · norm 0.29

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

Mike Brown

Distance 53.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 22.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 23.9% (norm 6.5%)

Steven Siler

Distance 73.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 20.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Mike Brown

Head 70.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 15.7% (norm 7.8%)

Steven Siler

Head 82.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brown L/AAccFeatherweight med Siler L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 60 / 191 31.4% 40.9% 179 / 536 33.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 67 / 80 83.8% 70.8% 99 / 150 66.0% 70.8%
On the ground 70 / 85 82.4% 69.2% 27 / 48 56.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 113 / 251 45.0% 37.2% 194 / 606 32.0% 37.2%
To the body 33 / 49 67.3% 68.2% 78 / 88 88.6% 68.2%
To the legs 51 / 56 91.1% 80.7% 33 / 40 82.5% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Brown L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Siler L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 118 / 300 39.3% 39.2% 149 / 435 34.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 36 / 52 69.2% 70.3% 69 / 89 77.5% 70.3%
On the ground 29 / 41 70.7% 69.4% 63 / 94 67.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 286 34.3% 35.9% 168 / 470 35.7% 35.9%
To the body 53 / 71 74.6% 67.9% 52 / 76 68.4% 67.9%
To the legs 32 / 36 88.9% 81.5% 61 / 72 84.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1331.0% acc · 3.03/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
321.4% acc · 0.47/15 · norm 1.19
1168.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2755.1% def · norm 61.5%
26:5141.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
14:2515.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:203:06 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
38:346:05 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
101.58/15 · norm 0.46

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

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