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Trevin Giles vs.
Louis Cosce

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

7-7-0 Trevin Giles · UFC
0-2-0 Louis Cosce · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-7-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34
AgeΔ 4 yrs
30
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 25.5 mo
46.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Louis Cosce absorbs 5.40 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Louis Cosce carries real power — 0.54 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Trevin Giles defends head shots well — opponents land just 26%, vs a 38% Middleweight 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.

Trevin Giles

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 77
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 60
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

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

Louis Cosce

Full career not yet synced for Louis Cosce — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4873.17/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1093.92/min · norm 3.17
3672.39/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1505.40/min · norm 3.06
54.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.7%norm 44.9%
58.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
47.0%norm 55.25%
30.29/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.54/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Louis Cosce

Distance 76.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.9% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Louis Cosce

Head 82.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Giles L/AAccMiddleweight med Cosce L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 369 / 736 50.1% 40.5% 67 / 187 35.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 32 / 50 64.0% 70.3% 17 / 23 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 86 / 109 78.9% 69.1% 25 / 34 73.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 363 / 742 48.9% 38.9% 81 / 201 40.3% 37.2%
To the body 46 / 65 70.8% 71.7% 15 / 26 57.7% 70.7%
To the legs 78 / 88 88.6% 83.3% 13 / 17 too few to rate 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Cosce L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 316 / 801 39.5% 39.5% 107 / 225 47.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 27 / 38 71.1% 70.9% 25 / 34 73.5% 68.9%
On the ground 24 / 35 68.6% 69.0% 18 / 24 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 591 25.9% 37.9% 110 / 231 47.6% 35.6%
To the body 95 / 140 67.9% 71.3% 26 / 38 68.4% 69.6%
To the legs 119 / 143 83.2% 82.1% 14 / 14 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1150.0% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
220.0% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 1.27
3172.1% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
350.0% def · norm 63.9%
27:4618.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
4:2916.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
30:573:01 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
5:252:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.29/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.54/15 · norm 0.45

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

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