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Pat Miletich vs. Mikey Burnett

UFC 8-2-0 vs. 2-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-2-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
58
AgeΔ 6 yrs
52
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
—
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
294.9
Layoff (months)Δ 38.4 mo
333.3
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mikey Burnett is a submission threat — 1.95 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Mikey Burnett carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Pat Miletich is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 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

Mikey Burnett

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 7 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1471.69/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1083.51/min · norm 3.44
1201.38/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
591.92/min · norm 3.38
44.8%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
41.9%norm 43.65%
64.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.2%norm 56.3%
10.17/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.49/15 · norm 0.25

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%)

Mikey Burnett

Distance 52.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 34.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 8.0%)

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%)

Mikey Burnett

Head 77.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.5% (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 Burnett L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 76 / 233 32.6% 38.5% 34 / 136 25.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 46 / 62 74.2% 67.8% 52 / 89 58.4% 67.5%
On the ground 25 / 33 75.8% 67.0% 22 / 33 66.7% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 232 31.5% 36.4% 55 / 200 27.5% 35.1%
To the body 39 / 50 78.0% 70.7% 46 / 49 93.9% 69.1%
To the legs 35 / 46 76.1% 83.0% 7 / 9 too few to rate 81.8%

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 · Lightweight: 204 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 Burnett L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 200 21.5% 39.1% 29 / 70 41.4% 38.8%
In the clinch 47 / 63 74.6% 68.9% 30 / 51 58.8% 68.6%
On the ground 30 / 74 40.5% 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 45 / 246 18.3% 35.6% 11 / 53 20.8% 35.2%
To the body 42 / 49 85.7% 69.6% 27 / 35 77.1% 68.2%
To the legs 33 / 42 78.6% 82.2% 21 / 33 63.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1055.6% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
3100.0% acc · 1.46/15 · norm 1.34
1354.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1694.1% def · norm 63.7%
15:4635.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
—— of cage time · norm 18.95%
7:261:16 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
—— per 15 · norm 2:50
50.86/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
41.95/15 · norm 0.48

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