Ricardo Funch vs. Mike Pyle

UFC 0-4-0 vs. 10-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-4-0
UFC record
10-9-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 5 yrs
50
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 0"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
169.5
Layoff (months)Δ 68.3 mo
101.2
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mike Pyle is a submission threat — 1.40 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight 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

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

Mike Pyle

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 109
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 42 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

952.61/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3832.55/min · norm 3.17
1303.57/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4422.94/min · norm 3.06
65.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 44.9%
40.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.40/15 · norm 0.38

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

Ricardo Funch

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

Mike Pyle

Distance 75.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 11.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Ricardo Funch

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

Mike Pyle

Head 81.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Funch L/AAccWelterweight med Pyle L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 35 / 80 43.8% 38.6% 226 / 662 34.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 42 / 48 87.5% 67.8% 76 / 111 68.5% 67.8%
On the ground 18 / 18 too few to rate 67.2% 81 / 103 78.6% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 34 / 74 45.9% 37.2% 259 / 710 36.5% 37.2%
To the body 14 / 23 too few to rate 70.7% 62 / 90 68.9% 70.7%
To the legs 47 / 49 95.9% 82.9% 62 / 76 81.6% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Funch L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Pyle L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 47 / 108 43.5% 39.0% 260 / 829 31.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 52 / 68 76.5% 68.9% 71 / 109 65.1% 68.9%
On the ground 31 / 41 75.6% 68.0% 111 / 188 59.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 93 / 174 53.4% 35.6% 278 / 881 31.6% 35.6%
To the body 25 / 30 83.3% 69.6% 103 / 162 63.6% 69.6%
To the legs 12 / 13 too few to rate 82.1% 61 / 83 73.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
318.8% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1637.2% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.27
1260.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3873.1% def · norm 63.9%
10:3929.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
27:3918.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
15:516:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
47:214:43 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
141.40/15 · norm 0.45

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