Pat Miletich vs. Matt Lindland

UFC 8-2-0 vs. 9-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-2-0
UFC record
9-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
58
AgeΔ 2 yrs
56
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
292.5
Layoff (months)Δ 40.9 mo
251.6
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Matt Lindland owns the mat — in control 66% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Matt Lindland is a submission threat — 1.15 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Pat Miletich owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Pat Miletich

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 166

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Matt Lindland

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 3 — regional circuit 136

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1471.69/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2882.46/min · norm 3.25
1201.38/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1531.31/min · norm 3.20
44.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
52.0%norm 47.4%
64.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 53.8%
10.17/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Pat Miletich

Distance 71.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 18.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.1% (norm 8.1%)

Matt Lindland

Distance 31.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 26.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 42.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Pat Miletich

Head 70.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 8.4%)

Matt Lindland

Head 78.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Miletich L/AAccWelterweight med Lindland L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 76 / 233 32.6% 38.6% 40 / 172 23.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 46 / 62 74.2% 67.8% 105 / 148 70.9% 70.3%
On the ground 25 / 33 75.8% 67.2% 143 / 234 61.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 232 31.5% 37.2% 190 / 436 43.6% 38.9%
To the body 39 / 50 78.0% 70.7% 40 / 49 81.6% 71.7%
To the legs 35 / 46 76.1% 82.9% 58 / 69 84.1% 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 Miletich L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Lindland L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 200 21.5% 39.0% 56 / 158 35.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 47 / 63 74.6% 68.9% 54 / 85 63.5% 70.9%
On the ground 30 / 74 40.5% 68.0% 43 / 66 65.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 45 / 246 18.3% 35.6% 75 / 221 33.9% 37.9%
To the body 42 / 49 85.7% 69.6% 51 / 56 91.1% 71.3%
To the legs 33 / 42 78.6% 82.1% 27 / 32 84.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1055.6% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
2750.0% acc · 3.46/15 · norm 1.42
1354.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1164.7% def · norm 63.1%
15:4635.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
77:2566.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
7:261:16 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
14:231:50 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.86/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
91.15/15 · norm 0.47

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