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Mike Pyle vs.
Ricardo Funch

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
0-4-0 Ricardo Funch · 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
0-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
50.9
AgeΔ 4.9 yrs
46
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 0"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
101.1
Layoff (months)Δ 68.3 mo
169.4
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL
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.
Ricardo Funch owns the mat — in control 29% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Opponents land 53% of their head shots on Ricardo Funch, vs a 36% Welterweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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

Ricardo Funch

Full career not yet synced for Ricardo Funch — 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 +0.5 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
952.61/min · norm 3.17
4422.94/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1303.57/min · norm 3.06
43.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
65.1%norm 44.9%
60.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
40.1%norm 55.25%
40.40/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · 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%)

Ricardo Funch

Distance 54.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 32.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 12.3% (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%)

Ricardo Funch

Head 50.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 33.6% (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 Funch L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 226 / 662 34.1% 38.6% 35 / 80 43.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 76 / 111 68.5% 67.8% 42 / 48 87.5% 67.8%
On the ground 81 / 103 78.6% 67.2% 18 / 18 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 259 / 710 36.5% 37.2% 34 / 74 45.9% 37.2%
To the body 62 / 90 68.9% 70.7% 14 / 23 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 62 / 76 81.6% 82.9% 47 / 49 95.9% 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 Funch L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 260 / 829 31.4% 39.0% 47 / 108 43.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 71 / 109 65.1% 68.9% 52 / 68 76.5% 68.9%
On the ground 111 / 188 59.0% 68.0% 31 / 41 75.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 881 31.6% 35.6% 93 / 174 53.4% 35.6%
To the body 103 / 162 63.6% 69.6% 25 / 30 83.3% 69.6%
To the legs 61 / 83 73.5% 82.1% 12 / 13 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.

1637.2% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
318.8% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.27
3873.1% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1260.0% def · norm 63.9%
27:3918.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
10:3929.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
47:214:43 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
15:516:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
141.40/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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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