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Miles Johns vs. John Castaneda

UFC 7-5-0 (1 NC) vs. 4-5-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-5-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
32
AgeΔ 2 yrs
34
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
2.4
Layoff (months)Δ 1.6 mo
0.8
WLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LDLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
John Castaneda carries real power — 0.46 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
John Castaneda outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.00 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.
Miles Johns defends leg kicks well — opponents land just 57%, vs a 79% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Miles Johns

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 50
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.17 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

John Castaneda

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 143

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5163.23/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6545.00/min · norm 3.52
4622.89/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6635.07/min · norm 3.58
43.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
51.9%norm 43.5%
67.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.7%norm 56.6%
30.28/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.46/15 · norm 0.29

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

Miles Johns

Distance 95.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 6.4%)

John Castaneda

Distance 93.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 6.4%)

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

Miles Johns

Head 87.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 7.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)

John Castaneda

Head 69.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Johns L/AAccBantamweight med Castaneda L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 483 / 1133 42.6% 39.2% 595 / 1179 50.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 23 / 41 56.1% 69.0% 38 / 55 69.1% 69.0%
On the ground 10 / 16 too few to rate 70.2% 21 / 27 77.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 398 / 1041 38.2% 35.3% 363 / 870 41.7% 35.3%
To the body 62 / 86 72.1% 66.9% 102 / 160 63.8% 66.9%
To the legs 56 / 63 88.9% 79.2% 189 / 231 81.8% 79.2%

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: 121 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Johns L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Castaneda L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 397 / 1318 30.1% 39.4% 590 / 1353 43.6% 39.4%
In the clinch 46 / 63 73.0% 70.6% 67 / 101 66.3% 70.6%
On the ground 19 / 27 70.4% 72.1% 6 / 10 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 298 / 1111 26.8% 34.9% 415 / 1134 36.6% 34.9%
To the body 94 / 175 53.7% 66.1% 121 / 171 70.8% 66.1%
To the legs 70 / 122 57.4% 78.8% 127 / 159 79.9% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1122.4% acc · 1.03/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1139.3% acc · 1.26/15 · norm 1.12
3076.9% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
2374.2% def · norm 65.7%
25:4316.1% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
19:2014.8% of cage time · norm 17.8%
24:222:17 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
10:011:08 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.34/15 · norm 0.28

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