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Mike Pyle vs.
Jordan Mein

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

10-9-0 Mike Pyle · UFC
5-4-0 Jordan Mein · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-9-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
50.9
AgeΔ 14.1 yrs
36.8
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
101.1
Layoff (months)Δ 4.8 mo
96.3
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLL
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.

Mike Pyle is a submission threat — 1.40 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Jordan Mein hunts takedowns — 2.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Jordan Mein owns the mat — in control 26% 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.

Mike Pyle

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

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Jordan Mein

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3832.55/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2813.04/min · norm 3.17
4422.94/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2252.43/min · norm 3.06
43.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.4%norm 44.9%
60.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
65.3%norm 55.25%
40.40/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.49/15 · norm 0.38

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

Mike Pyle

Distance 75.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 11.8% (norm 8.1%)

Jordan Mein

Distance 76.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 16.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Mike Pyle

Head 81.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.4%)

Jordan Mein

Head 80.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pyle L/AAccWelterweight med Mein L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 226 / 662 34.1% 38.6% 202 / 451 44.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 76 / 111 68.5% 67.8% 28 / 46 60.9% 67.8%
On the ground 81 / 103 78.6% 67.2% 51 / 96 53.1% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 259 / 710 36.5% 37.2% 186 / 478 38.9% 37.2%
To the body 62 / 90 68.9% 70.7% 41 / 55 74.5% 70.7%
To the legs 62 / 76 81.6% 82.9% 54 / 60 90.0% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Pyle L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Mein L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 260 / 829 31.4% 39.0% 148 / 533 27.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 71 / 109 65.1% 68.9% 28 / 49 57.1% 68.9%
On the ground 111 / 188 59.0% 68.0% 49 / 66 74.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 881 31.6% 35.6% 129 / 499 25.9% 35.6%
To the body 103 / 162 63.6% 69.6% 63 / 101 62.4% 69.6%
To the legs 61 / 83 73.5% 82.1% 33 / 48 68.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1637.2% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1460.9% acc · 2.27/15 · norm 1.27
3873.1% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1672.7% def · norm 63.9%
27:3918.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
24:0826.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
47:214:43 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
19:453:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
141.40/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.32/15 · norm 0.45

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

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