Alex Garcia vs. Mike Pyle

UFC 5-5-0 vs. 10-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-5-0
UFC record
10-9-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 11 yrs
50
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
93.4
Layoff (months)Δ 7.8 mo
101.2
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mike Pyle is a submission threat — 1.40 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Alex Garcia hunts takedowns — 3.72 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Alex Garcia owns the mat — in control 28% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alex Garcia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Mike Pyle

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 109
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 42 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2121.81/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3832.55/min · norm 3.17
3553.03/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4422.94/min · norm 3.06
31.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 44.9%
59.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 55.25%
30.38/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.40/15 · norm 0.38

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

Alex Garcia

Distance 86.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 8.1%)

Mike Pyle

Distance 75.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 11.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Alex Garcia

Head 91.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 1.8% (norm 8.4%)

Mike Pyle

Head 81.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Garcia L/AAccWelterweight med Pyle L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 160 / 582 27.5% 38.6% 226 / 662 34.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 30 / 50 60.0% 67.8% 76 / 111 68.5% 67.8%
On the ground 22 / 44 50.0% 67.2% 81 / 103 78.6% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 176 / 620 28.4% 37.2% 259 / 710 36.5% 37.2%
To the body 25 / 44 56.8% 70.7% 62 / 90 68.9% 70.7%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 82.9% 62 / 76 81.6% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Garcia L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Pyle L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 266 / 741 35.9% 39.0% 260 / 829 31.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 39 / 64 60.9% 68.9% 71 / 109 65.1% 68.9%
On the ground 50 / 65 76.9% 68.0% 111 / 188 59.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 216 / 687 31.4% 35.6% 278 / 881 31.6% 35.6%
To the body 78 / 118 66.1% 69.6% 103 / 162 63.6% 69.6%
To the legs 61 / 65 93.8% 82.1% 61 / 83 73.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2952.7% acc · 3.72/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1637.2% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.27
1466.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3873.1% def · norm 63.9%
32:3327.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
27:3918.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
18:222:21 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
47:214:43 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.13/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
141.40/15 · norm 0.45

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