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Trevin Giles vs.
Preston Parsons

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
2-4-0 Preston Parsons · 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
2-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34
AgeΔ 3 yrs
31
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
18.8
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Preston Parsons is a submission threat — 2.31 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Preston Parsons hunts takedowns — 3.46 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 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

Preston Parsons

Full career not yet synced for Preston Parsons — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 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
2303.54/min · norm 3.17
3672.39/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2113.25/min · norm 3.06
54.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.8%norm 44.9%
58.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
54.9%norm 55.25%
30.29/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · 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%)

Preston Parsons

Distance 77.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.3% (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%)

Preston Parsons

Head 77.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Giles L/AAccMiddleweight med Parsons L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 369 / 736 50.1% 40.5% 152 / 342 44.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 32 / 50 64.0% 70.3% 31 / 43 72.1% 67.8%
On the ground 86 / 109 78.9% 69.1% 47 / 59 79.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 363 / 742 48.9% 38.9% 144 / 344 41.9% 37.2%
To the body 46 / 65 70.8% 71.7% 33 / 43 76.7% 70.7%
To the legs 78 / 88 88.6% 83.3% 53 / 57 93.0% 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 Parsons L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 316 / 801 39.5% 39.5% 173 / 413 41.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 27 / 38 71.1% 70.9% 15 / 22 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 24 / 35 68.6% 69.0% 23 / 33 69.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 591 25.9% 37.9% 161 / 405 39.8% 35.6%
To the body 95 / 140 67.9% 71.3% 27 / 38 71.1% 69.6%
To the legs 119 / 143 83.2% 82.1% 23 / 25 92.0% 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
1536.6% acc · 3.46/15 · norm 1.27
3172.1% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
571.4% def · norm 63.9%
27:4618.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
21:4333.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
30:573:01 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:273:20 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.29/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
102.31/15 · 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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