Santiago Luna vs.
Bryce Mitchell
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.
Santiago Luna
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.41 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 9 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500
Bryce Mitchell
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 3 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.54 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 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)
Santiago Luna
Distance 84.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 6.5%)
Bryce Mitchell
Distance 67.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 25.7% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Santiago Luna
Head 77.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.1% (norm 8.4%)
Bryce Mitchell
Head 64.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 26.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.3% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Luna L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Mitchell L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 120 / 248 | 48.4% | 39.0% | 188 / 384 | 49.0% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 27 / 35 | 77.1% | 68.7% | 30 / 40 | 75.0% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 119 / 147 | 81.0% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 114 / 227 | 50.2% | 34.9% | 192 / 368 | 52.2% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 35 / 59 | 59.3% | 66.8% | 100 / 150 | 66.7% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 6 / 6 | too few to rate | 79.4% | 45 / 53 | 84.9% | 80.7% |
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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Luna L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Mitchell L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 74 / 263 | 28.1% | 39.3% | 167 / 471 | 35.5% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 12 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 12 / 22 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 53 / 72 | 73.6% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 59 / 238 | 24.8% | 34.9% | 145 / 434 | 33.4% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 26 / 35 | 74.3% | 66.0% | 57 / 95 | 60.0% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 79.1% | 30 / 36 | 83.3% | 81.5% |
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 — Mitchell has more cage time on record.