David Abbott vs. Frank Mir
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
David Abbott
Full career not yet synced for David Abbott — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Frank Mir
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 17 | 13 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 2 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 32 documented bouts
In the UFC: 10-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
David Abbott
Distance 44.4% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 26.2% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 29.3% (norm 28.7%)
Frank Mir
Distance 59.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
David Abbott
Head 97.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 2.6% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 5.2%)
Frank Mir
Head 75.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Abbott L/A | Acc | Open Weight med | Mir L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 54 / 156 | 34.6% | 27.8% | 143 / 429 | 33.3% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 46 / 92 | 50.0% | 63.8% | 113 / 149 | 75.8% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 56 / 103 | 54.4% | 65.8% | 83 / 143 | 58.0% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 148 / 342 | 43.3% | 39.3% | 182 / 543 | 33.5% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 90.5% | 103 / 118 | 87.3% | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 53.5% | 54 / 60 | 90.0% | 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 (Open Weight: 11 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 Abbott L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med | vs Mir L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 62 / 121 | 51.2% | 37.0% | 203 / 480 | 42.3% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 75 / 98 | 76.5% | 66.7% | 195 / 259 | 75.3% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 72 / 89 | 80.9% | 67.1% | 200 / 241 | 83.0% | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 114 / 207 | 55.1% | 47.0% | 391 / 746 | 52.4% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 57 / 61 | 93.4% | 87.9% | 139 / 161 | 86.3% | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 38 / 40 | 95.0% | 61.2% | 68 / 73 | 93.2% | 84.4% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Mir has more cage time on record.