Mizuto Hirota vs. Christos Giagos

UFC 1-5-1 vs. 6-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-5-1
UFC record
6-8-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
45
AgeΔ 9 yrs
36
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
67"
ReachΔ 4"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
92.2
Layoff (months)Δ 64.2 mo
28
LLLWD
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Christos Giagos hunts takedowns — 2.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Christos Giagos owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mizuto Hirota

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 16
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.38 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Christos Giagos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.58 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3673.50/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3533.03/min · norm 3.42
3743.56/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3733.21/min · norm 3.37
39.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 43.5%
54.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.8%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.13/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mizuto Hirota

Distance 88.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 6.5%)

Christos Giagos

Distance 80.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mizuto Hirota

Head 85.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.8%)

Christos Giagos

Head 80.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hirota L/AAccFeatherweight med Giagos L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 306 / 823 37.2% 40.9% 261 / 680 38.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 26 / 44 59.1% 70.8% 41 / 65 63.1% 67.3%
On the ground 35 / 60 58.3% 69.2% 51 / 99 51.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 264 / 791 33.4% 37.2% 232 / 682 34.0% 35.0%
To the body 53 / 79 67.1% 68.2% 81 / 117 69.2% 69.1%
To the legs 50 / 57 87.7% 80.7% 40 / 45 88.9% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Hirota L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Giagos L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 297 / 707 42.0% 39.2% 250 / 599 41.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 29 / 41 70.7% 70.3% 68 / 90 75.6% 68.6%
On the ground 48 / 76 63.2% 69.4% 55 / 69 79.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 243 / 643 37.8% 35.9% 225 / 561 40.1% 35.1%
To the body 66 / 103 64.1% 67.9% 85 / 122 69.7% 68.1%
To the legs 65 / 78 83.3% 81.5% 63 / 75 84.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
945.0% acc · 1.29/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2236.7% acc · 2.84/15 · norm 1.38
2156.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1252.2% def · norm 64.0%
17:5917.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
34:5130.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
26:343:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
21:342:46 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.14/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
30.39/15 · norm 0.49

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