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Roman Mitichyan vs.
George Sotiropoulos

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

1-1-0 Roman Mitichyan · UFC
7-4-0 George Sotiropoulos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-1-0
UFC record
7-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
47.9
AgeΔ 1.2 yrs
49.1
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
220.1
Layoff (months)Δ 66.6 mo
153.5
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Roman Mitichyan is a submission threat — 1.93 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
George Sotiropoulos is a submission threat — 1.71 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
George Sotiropoulos hunts takedowns — 2.43 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Roman Mitichyan

Full career not yet synced for Roman Mitichyan — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

George Sotiropoulos

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

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

20.26/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2812.68/min · norm 3.42
212.70/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2762.63/min · norm 3.37
16.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
26.8%norm 43.5%
43.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
67.6%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.14/15 · norm 0.25

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

Roman Mitichyan

Distance 83.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 8.1%)

George Sotiropoulos

Distance 89.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Roman Mitichyan

Head 66.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 25.0% (norm 8.4%)

George Sotiropoulos

Head 89.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mitichyan L/AAccWelterweight med Sotiropoulos L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 10 too few to rate 38.6% 217 / 940 23.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 67.8% 12 / 32 37.5% 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 67.2% 52 / 78 66.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 8 too few to rate 37.2% 224 / 940 23.8% 35.0%
To the body 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.7% 36 / 80 45.0% 69.1%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 82.9% 21 / 30 70.0% 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 Mitichyan L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Sotiropoulos L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 13 too few to rate 39.0% 231 / 773 29.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 1 / 3 too few to rate 68.9% 31 / 47 66.0% 68.6%
On the ground 17 / 21 too few to rate 68.0% 14 / 31 45.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 20 / 34 58.8% 35.6% 170 / 696 24.4% 35.1%
To the body 1 / 3 too few to rate 69.6% 64 / 99 64.6% 68.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 42 / 56 75.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1100.0% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1731.5% acc · 2.43/15 · norm 1.38
125.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
650.0% def · norm 64.0%
0:4810.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
31:5430.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
5:2910:34 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
10:421:31 per 15 · norm 2:46
11.93/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
121.71/15 · norm 0.49

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

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