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Pat Miletich vs. Carlos Newton

UFC 8-2-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-2-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
58
AgeΔ 8 yrs
50
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
—
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
294.9
Layoff (months)Δ 22.3 mo
272.6
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Carlos Newton is a submission threat — 1.89 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Pat Miletich is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Pat Miletich owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Pat Miletich

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 166

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Carlos Newton

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1310

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.14 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1471.69/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
440.69/min · norm 3.17
1201.38/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1452.28/min · norm 3.08
44.8%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
40.0%norm 44.75%
64.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
41.5%norm 55.25%
10.17/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.47/15 · norm 0.38

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

Pat Miletich

Distance 71.0% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 18.9% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 10.1% (norm 8.1%)

Carlos Newton

Distance 75.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 16.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Pat Miletich

Head 70.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 8.0%)

Carlos Newton

Head 78.2% (norm 78.3%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Miletich L/AAccWelterweight med Newton L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 76 / 233 32.6% 38.5% 30 / 83 36.1% 38.5%
In the clinch 46 / 62 74.2% 67.8% 10 / 18 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 25 / 33 75.8% 67.0% 4 / 9 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 232 31.5% 36.4% 22 / 86 25.6% 36.4%
To the body 39 / 50 78.0% 70.7% 11 / 12 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 35 / 46 76.1% 83.0% 11 / 12 too few to rate 83.0%

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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Miletich L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Newton L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 200 21.5% 39.1% 36 / 98 36.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 47 / 63 74.6% 68.9% 18 / 25 72.0% 68.9%
On the ground 30 / 74 40.5% 68.0% 91 / 125 72.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 45 / 246 18.3% 35.6% 116 / 218 53.2% 35.6%
To the body 42 / 49 85.7% 69.6% 20 / 21 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 33 / 42 78.6% 82.2% 9 / 9 too few to rate 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1055.6% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1058.8% acc · 2.36/15 · norm 1.31
1354.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
317.6% def · norm 63.9%
15:4635.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
11:4421.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:261:16 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
30:347:13 per 15 · norm 3:15
50.86/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
81.89/15 · norm 0.44

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