Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller

UFC 5-7-0 vs. 10-9-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-7-0
UFC record
10-9-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40
AgeΔ 2 yrs
42
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
6'1"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
123.5
Layoff (months)Δ 7.8 mo
115.7
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCLW

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.
Efrain Escudero carries real power — 0.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Efrain Escudero is a submission threat — 0.81 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Efrain Escudero

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 248

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.65 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 49 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4352.92/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
6053.00/min · norm 3.54
3432.30/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
7833.88/min · norm 3.47
44.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
33.3%norm 45.0%
63.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.3%norm 54.85%
50.50/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
40.30/15 · norm 0.29

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

Efrain Escudero

Distance 74.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 15.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 8.0%)

Cole Miller

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

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

Efrain Escudero

Head 76.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 7.9%)

Cole Miller

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Escudero L/AAccLightweight med Miller L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 273 / 725 37.7% 37.9% 476 / 1621 29.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 93 / 146 63.7% 67.3% 70 / 109 64.2% 70.8%
On the ground 69 / 99 69.7% 69.1% 59 / 86 68.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 263 / 738 35.6% 35.0% 421 / 1530 27.5% 37.2%
To the body 68 / 98 69.4% 69.1% 103 / 186 55.4% 68.2%
To the legs 104 / 134 77.6% 81.9% 81 / 100 81.0% 80.7%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Escudero L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Miller L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 233 / 775 30.1% 38.9% 574 / 1565 36.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 55 / 75 73.3% 68.6% 66 / 115 57.4% 70.3%
On the ground 55 / 78 70.5% 68.0% 143 / 243 58.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 183 / 699 26.2% 35.1% 512 / 1568 32.7% 35.9%
To the body 96 / 146 65.8% 68.1% 130 / 188 69.1% 67.9%
To the legs 64 / 83 77.1% 81.5% 141 / 167 84.4% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1340.6% acc · 1.31/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
836.4% acc · 0.60/15 · norm 1.19
3066.7% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1738.6% def · norm 61.5%
33:2922.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
30:4115.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
41:494:12 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
56:194:11 per 15 · norm 3:12
80.81/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
241.79/15 · norm 0.46

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