Trevin Giles vs. Mike Malott

UFC 7-7-0 vs. 7-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-7-0
UFC record
7-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34
AgeΔ 0 yrs
34
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 17.5 mo
3.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mike Malott carries real power — 0.98 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.
Mike Malott is a submission threat — 0.59 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Mike Malott

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4873.17/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3013.94/min · norm 3.17
3672.39/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2162.83/min · norm 3.06
54.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.3%norm 44.9%
58.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.1%norm 55.25%
30.29/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
50.98/15 · 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%)

Mike Malott

Distance 89.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.5% (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%)

Mike Malott

Head 73.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.0% (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 Malott L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 369 / 736 50.1% 40.5% 254 / 515 49.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 32 / 50 64.0% 70.3% 5 / 12 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 86 / 109 78.9% 69.1% 42 / 49 85.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 363 / 742 48.9% 38.9% 181 / 423 42.8% 37.2%
To the body 46 / 65 70.8% 71.7% 60 / 84 71.4% 70.7%
To the legs 78 / 88 88.6% 83.3% 60 / 69 87.0% 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 Malott L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 316 / 801 39.5% 39.5% 166 / 429 38.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 27 / 38 71.1% 70.9% 6 / 18 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 24 / 35 68.6% 69.0% 44 / 57 77.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 591 25.9% 37.9% 139 / 395 35.2% 35.6%
To the body 95 / 140 67.9% 71.3% 31 / 43 72.1% 69.6%
To the legs 119 / 143 83.2% 82.1% 46 / 66 69.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1150.0% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
857.1% acc · 1.57/15 · norm 1.27
3172.1% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
872.7% def · norm 63.9%
27:4618.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
11:5915.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
30:573:01 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
2:390:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.29/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
30.59/15 · 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.