Sam Sicilia vs.
Aaron Phillips
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Sam Sicilia
Full career not yet synced for Sam Sicilia — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Aaron Phillips
Full career not yet synced for Aaron Phillips — 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 -0.2 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Sam Sicilia
Distance 82.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 6.5%)
Aaron Phillips
Distance 68.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Sam Sicilia
Head 84.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.8%)
Aaron Phillips
Head 62.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 30.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Sicilia L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Phillips L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 168 / 626 | 26.8% | 40.9% | 44 / 102 | 43.1% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 32 / 56 | 57.1% | 70.8% | 22 / 27 | 81.5% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 55 / 79 | 69.6% | 69.2% | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 175 / 641 | 27.3% | 37.2% | 36 / 93 | 38.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 50 / 81 | 61.7% | 68.2% | 38 / 45 | 84.4% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 30 / 39 | 76.9% | 80.7% | 5 / 10 | too few to rate | 79.4% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Sicilia L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Phillips L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 318 / 832 | 38.2% | 39.2% | 68 / 153 | 44.4% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 25 / 41 | 61.0% | 70.3% | 31 / 40 | 77.5% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 25 / 30 | 83.3% | 69.4% | 93 / 147 | 63.3% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 237 / 699 | 33.9% | 35.9% | 130 / 252 | 51.6% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 61 / 117 | 52.1% | 67.9% | 28 / 44 | 63.6% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 70 / 87 | 80.5% | 81.5% | 34 / 44 | 77.3% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Sicilia has more cage time on record.