Dan Miller vs. Ricardo Funch

UFC 6-7-0 vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-7-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 0 yrs
45
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 0"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
132.9
Layoff (months)Δ 36.6 mo
169.5
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dan Miller is a submission threat — 1.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Ricardo Funch owns the mat — in control 29% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Opponents land 53% of their head shots on Ricardo Funch, vs a 36% Welterweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dan Miller

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Ricardo Funch

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 04
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.23 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2982.02/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
952.61/min · norm 3.17
4583.11/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1303.57/min · norm 3.06
36.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
65.1%norm 44.9%
49.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
40.1%norm 55.25%
20.20/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Dan Miller

Distance 83.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.7% (norm 10.3%)

Ricardo Funch

Distance 54.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 32.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Dan Miller

Head 80.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.4%)

Ricardo Funch

Head 50.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 33.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Miller L/AAccMiddleweight med Funch L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 207 / 691 30.0% 40.5% 35 / 80 43.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 43 / 56 76.8% 70.3% 42 / 48 87.5% 67.8%
On the ground 48 / 80 60.0% 69.1% 18 / 18 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 193 / 662 29.2% 38.9% 34 / 74 45.9% 37.2%
To the body 63 / 114 55.3% 71.7% 14 / 23 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 42 / 51 82.4% 83.3% 47 / 49 95.9% 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 Miller L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Funch L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 258 / 625 41.3% 39.5% 47 / 108 43.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 75 / 96 78.1% 70.9% 52 / 68 76.5% 68.9%
On the ground 125 / 177 70.6% 69.0% 31 / 41 75.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 340 / 768 44.3% 37.9% 93 / 174 53.4% 35.6%
To the body 46 / 56 82.1% 71.3% 25 / 30 83.3% 69.6%
To the legs 72 / 74 97.3% 82.1% 12 / 13 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1551.7% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
318.8% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.27
1647.1% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1260.0% def · norm 63.9%
29:2820.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
10:3929.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
58:025:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
15:516:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
161.63/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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