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Pat Miletich vs.
Mikey Burnett

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

8-2-0 Pat Miletich · UFC
2-1-0 Mikey Burnett · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each 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
292.5
Layoff (months)Δ 38.4 mo
330.9
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Mikey Burnett is a submission threat — 1.95 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Mikey Burnett carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Pat Miletich owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Pat Miletich

Full career not yet synced for Pat Miletich — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

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

Mikey Burnett

Full career not yet synced for Mikey Burnett — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1471.69/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1083.51/min · norm 3.42
1201.38/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
591.92/min · norm 3.37
44.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.9%norm 43.5%
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 81.2%) · Clinch 18.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.1% (norm 8.1%)

Mikey Burnett

Distance 52.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 34.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 8.0%)

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

Pat Miletich

Head 70.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 8.4%)

Mikey Burnett

Head 77.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 7.9%)

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% 38.6% 34 / 136 25.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 46 / 62 74.2% 67.8% 52 / 89 58.4% 67.3%
On the ground 25 / 33 75.8% 67.2% 22 / 33 66.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 232 31.5% 37.2% 55 / 200 27.5% 35.0%
To the body 39 / 50 78.0% 70.7% 46 / 49 93.9% 69.1%
To the legs 35 / 46 76.1% 82.9% 7 / 9 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Miletich L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Burnett L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 200 21.5% 39.0% 29 / 70 41.4% 38.9%
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% 35.1%
To the body 42 / 49 85.7% 69.6% 27 / 35 77.1% 68.1%
To the legs 33 / 42 78.6% 82.1% 21 / 33 63.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1055.6% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
3100.0% acc · 1.46/15 · norm 1.38
1354.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1694.1% def · norm 64.0%
15:4635.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
7:261:16 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 2:46
50.86/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
41.95/15 · norm 0.49

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

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