Phillip Miller vs. James Zikic
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Phillip Miller
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.59 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 13 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
James Zikic
Full career not yet synced for James Zikic — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Phillip Miller
Distance 18.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 66.2% (norm 10.0%)
James Zikic
Distance 37.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 27.3% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 34.8% (norm 10.6%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Phillip Miller
Head 83.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)
James Zikic
Head 84.8% (norm 78.5%) · Body 13.6% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 1.5% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Miller L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Zikic L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 8 / 14 | too few to rate | 40.5% | 8 / 25 | 32.0% | 41.5% |
| In the clinch | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 11 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 25 / 49 | 51.0% | 69.4% | 10 / 23 | too few to rate | 72.9% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 30 / 62 | 48.4% | 38.8% | 20 / 56 | 35.7% | 39.2% |
| To the body | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 71.6% | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 72.0% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Miller L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Zikic L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 11 / 31 | 35.5% | 39.5% | 8 / 14 | too few to rate | 40.6% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 26 / 48 | 54.2% | 69.0% | 15 / 28 | 53.6% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 39 / 87 | 44.8% | 37.9% | 24 / 45 | 53.3% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 72.9% |
| To the legs | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 83.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Miller has more cage time on record.