Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman

UFC 10-9-0 (1 NC) vs. 10-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-9-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-8-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42
AgeΔ 0 yrs
42
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
73"
ReachΔ 5"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
115.7
Layoff (months)Δ 47.6 mo
68.1
LLNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Cole Miller is a submission threat — 1.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Matt Wiman is a submission threat — 1.54 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Matt Wiman owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Cole Miller

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 109
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Matt Wiman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 108
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 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

6053.00/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5573.17/min · norm 3.42
7833.88/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6273.57/min · norm 3.37
33.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
50.1%norm 43.5%
59.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
51.1%norm 56.3%
40.30/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.25

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

Cole Miller

Distance 89.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 6.5%)

Matt Wiman

Distance 55.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 18.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 26.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Cole Miller

Head 84.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.8%)

Matt Wiman

Head 80.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Miller L/AAccFeatherweight med Wiman L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 476 / 1621 29.4% 40.9% 247 / 612 40.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 70 / 109 64.2% 70.8% 139 / 207 67.1% 67.3%
On the ground 59 / 86 68.6% 69.2% 171 / 293 58.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 421 / 1530 27.5% 37.2% 386 / 891 43.3% 35.0%
To the body 103 / 186 55.4% 68.2% 69 / 94 73.4% 69.1%
To the legs 81 / 100 81.0% 80.7% 102 / 127 80.3% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Miller L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Wiman L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 574 / 1565 36.7% 39.2% 263 / 717 36.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 66 / 115 57.4% 70.3% 193 / 292 66.1% 68.6%
On the ground 143 / 243 58.8% 69.4% 171 / 273 62.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 512 / 1568 32.7% 35.9% 457 / 1067 42.8% 35.1%
To the body 130 / 188 69.1% 67.9% 123 / 152 80.9% 68.1%
To the legs 141 / 167 84.4% 81.5% 47 / 63 74.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
836.4% acc · 0.60/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2537.9% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.38
1738.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2356.1% def · norm 64.0%
30:4115.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
60:2434.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
56:194:11 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
59:535:06 per 15 · norm 2:46
241.79/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
181.54/15 · norm 0.49

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