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Vitor Miranda vs.
Jake Collier

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

3-4-0 Vitor Miranda · UFC
5-9-0 Jake Collier · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
5-9-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
47
AgeΔ 10 yrs
37
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
96.5
Layoff (months)Δ 62 mo
34.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Jake Collier is a submission threat — 0.61 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Jake Collier outworks the Heavyweight division — 5.80 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.36 norm.
Vitor Miranda is wasteful with body shots — only 43% land, vs a 72% 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.

Vitor Miranda

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Jake Collier

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2352.98/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
8625.80/min · norm 3.36
2322.95/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
7545.08/min · norm 3.19
45.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 47.8%
58.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.8%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.30/15 · norm 0.28

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Vitor Miranda

Distance 77.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 10.3%)

Jake Collier

Distance 90.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 9.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Vitor Miranda

Head 64.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 19.5% (norm 8.4%)

Jake Collier

Head 81.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Miranda L/AAccMiddleweight med Collier L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 135 / 394 34.3% 40.5% 738 / 1755 42.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 39 / 41 95.1% 70.3% 94 / 146 64.4% 70.6%
On the ground 61 / 77 79.2% 69.1% 30 / 46 65.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 132 / 330 40.0% 38.9% 574 / 1583 36.3% 38.9%
To the body 35 / 82 42.7% 71.7% 169 / 226 74.8% 76.8%
To the legs 68 / 100 68.0% 83.3% 119 / 138 86.2% 87.8%

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 · Heavyweight: 93 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 Miranda L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Collier L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 178 / 484 36.8% 39.5% 594 / 1312 45.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 22 / 31 71.0% 70.9% 72 / 106 67.9% 70.6%
On the ground 32 / 50 64.0% 69.0% 88 / 114 77.2% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 156 / 470 33.2% 37.9% 545 / 1268 43.0% 38.8%
To the body 33 / 47 70.2% 71.3% 151 / 193 78.2% 75.1%
To the legs 43 / 48 89.6% 82.1% 58 / 71 81.7% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

555.6% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
733.3% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 0.95
1450.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2367.6% def · norm 64.3%
10:5113.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
22:4115.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
31:085:55 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
21:242:09 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.19/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
60.61/15 · norm 0.16

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

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