Carlos Newton vs. Pat Miletich

UFC 3-4-0 vs. 8-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
8-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
49
AgeΔ 9 yrs
58
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
270.2
Layoff (months)Δ 22.3 mo
292.5
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Carlos Newton is a submission threat — 1.89 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Pat Miletich owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Pat Miletich is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Carlos Newton

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1310

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.14 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Pat Miletich

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 166

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

440.69/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1471.69/min · norm 3.17
1452.28/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1201.38/min · norm 3.06
40.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.8%norm 44.9%
41.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
64.4%norm 55.25%
20.47/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.38

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

Carlos Newton

Distance 75.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 8.1%)

Pat Miletich

Distance 71.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 18.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Carlos Newton

Head 78.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 8.4%)

Pat Miletich

Head 70.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Newton L/AAccWelterweight med Miletich L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 30 / 83 36.1% 38.6% 76 / 233 32.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 10 / 18 too few to rate 67.8% 46 / 62 74.2% 67.8%
On the ground 4 / 9 too few to rate 67.2% 25 / 33 75.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 22 / 86 25.6% 37.2% 73 / 232 31.5% 37.2%
To the body 11 / 12 too few to rate 70.7% 39 / 50 78.0% 70.7%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 82.9% 35 / 46 76.1% 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 Newton L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Miletich L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 98 36.7% 39.0% 43 / 200 21.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 18 / 25 72.0% 68.9% 47 / 63 74.6% 68.9%
On the ground 91 / 125 72.8% 68.0% 30 / 74 40.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 116 / 218 53.2% 35.6% 45 / 246 18.3% 35.6%
To the body 20 / 21 too few to rate 69.6% 42 / 49 85.7% 69.6%
To the legs 9 / 9 too few to rate 82.1% 33 / 42 78.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1058.8% acc · 2.36/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1055.6% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.27
317.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1354.2% def · norm 63.9%
11:4421.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
15:4635.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
30:347:13 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:261:16 per 15 · norm 3:15
81.89/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
50.86/15 · norm 0.45

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