Mizuto Hirota vs. Cole Miller

UFC 1-5-1 vs. 10-9-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-5-1
UFC record
10-9-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
45
AgeΔ 3 yrs
42
5'7"
HeightΔ 6"
6'1"
67"
ReachΔ 6"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
92.2
Layoff (months)Δ 23.4 mo
115.6
LLLWD
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Cole Miller is a submission threat — 1.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Cole Miller rarely shoots — 0.60 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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

Cole Miller

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 109
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3673.50/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
6053.00/min · norm 3.54
3743.56/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
7833.88/min · norm 3.47
39.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
33.3%norm 45.0%
54.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.3%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.30/15 · norm 0.29

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%)

Cole Miller

Distance 89.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 6.5%)

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%)

Cole Miller

Head 84.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.8%)

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 Miller L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 306 / 823 37.2% 40.9% 476 / 1621 29.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 26 / 44 59.1% 70.8% 70 / 109 64.2% 70.8%
On the ground 35 / 60 58.3% 69.2% 59 / 86 68.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 264 / 791 33.4% 37.2% 421 / 1530 27.5% 37.2%
To the body 53 / 79 67.1% 68.2% 103 / 186 55.4% 68.2%
To the legs 50 / 57 87.7% 80.7% 81 / 100 81.0% 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 Hirota L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Miller L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 297 / 707 42.0% 39.2% 574 / 1565 36.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 29 / 41 70.7% 70.3% 66 / 115 57.4% 70.3%
On the ground 48 / 76 63.2% 69.4% 143 / 243 58.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 243 / 643 37.8% 35.9% 512 / 1568 32.7% 35.9%
To the body 66 / 103 64.1% 67.9% 130 / 188 69.1% 67.9%
To the legs 65 / 78 83.3% 81.5% 141 / 167 84.4% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
945.0% acc · 1.29/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
836.4% acc · 0.60/15 · norm 1.19
2156.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1738.6% def · norm 61.5%
17:5917.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
30:4115.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
26:343:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
56:194:11 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.14/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
241.79/15 · norm 0.46

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