Demian Maia vs. Mario Miranda

UFC 22-11-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
22-11-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
48
AgeΔ 1 yrs
47
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
61.9
Layoff (months)Δ 122.5 mo
184.4
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Demian Maia is a submission threat — 0.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Demian Maia owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Mario Miranda rarely shoots — 1.02 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Demian Maia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2211
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.45 · 22 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 16-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Mario Miranda

Full career not yet synced for Mario Miranda — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7391.80/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
861.96/min · norm 3.25
8462.07/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1082.46/min · norm 3.20
43.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
54.1%norm 47.4%
63.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
36.8%norm 53.8%
10.04/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.34/15 · norm 0.32

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

Demian Maia

Distance 70.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 22.0% (norm 8.1%)

Mario Miranda

Distance 42.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 41.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Demian Maia

Head 88.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 8.4%)

Mario Miranda

Head 73.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Maia L/AAccWelterweight med Miranda L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 371 / 1188 31.2% 38.6% 26 / 68 38.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 89 / 135 65.9% 67.8% 17 / 25 68.0% 70.3%
On the ground 279 / 373 74.8% 67.2% 43 / 66 65.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 592 / 1493 39.7% 37.2% 54 / 116 46.6% 38.9%
To the body 108 / 153 70.6% 70.7% 13 / 20 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 39 / 50 78.0% 82.9% 19 / 23 too few to rate 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Maia L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Miranda L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 2026 32.3% 39.0% 24 / 67 35.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 58 / 95 61.1% 68.9% 40 / 46 87.0% 70.9%
On the ground 133 / 206 64.6% 68.0% 44 / 58 75.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 567 / 1924 29.5% 35.6% 51 / 108 47.2% 37.9%
To the body 106 / 185 57.3% 69.6% 10 / 15 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 173 / 218 79.4% 82.1% 47 / 48 97.9% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
6824.8% acc · 2.49/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
360.0% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 1.42
2461.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1854.5% def · norm 63.1%
155:1937.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
10:3224.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
49:591:49 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
23:187:57 per 15 · norm 3:00
270.99/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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