Trevin Giles vs.
James Krause
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.
Trevin Giles
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 7 | 7 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 6 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 23 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
James Krause
Full career not yet synced for James Krause — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 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)
Trevin Giles
Distance 82.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.2% (norm 10.3%)
James Krause
Distance 93.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Trevin Giles
Head 82.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 8.4%)
James Krause
Head 82.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Giles L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Krause L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 369 / 736 | 50.1% | 40.5% | 720 / 1459 | 49.3% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 32 / 50 | 64.0% | 70.3% | 37 / 57 | 64.9% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 86 / 109 | 78.9% | 69.1% | 25 / 41 | 61.0% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 363 / 742 | 48.9% | 38.9% | 581 / 1287 | 45.1% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 46 / 65 | 70.8% | 71.7% | 107 / 151 | 70.9% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 78 / 88 | 88.6% | 83.3% | 94 / 119 | 79.0% | 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Giles L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Krause L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 316 / 801 | 39.5% | 39.5% | 529 / 1534 | 34.5% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 27 / 38 | 71.1% | 70.9% | 63 / 92 | 68.5% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 24 / 35 | 68.6% | 69.0% | 65 / 95 | 68.4% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 153 / 591 | 25.9% | 37.9% | 388 / 1312 | 29.6% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 95 / 140 | 67.9% | 71.3% | 152 / 265 | 57.4% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 119 / 143 | 83.2% | 82.1% | 117 / 144 | 81.2% | 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 — Giles has more cage time on record.