Ryan LaFlare vs. Mike Pierce

UFC 7-3-0 vs. 9-5-0
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Ryan LaFlare

VS

Mike Pierce

7-3-0
UFC record
9-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42
AgeΔ 3 yrs
45
6'1"
HeightΔ 5"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
94.1
Layoff (months)Δ 33.8 mo
127.9
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mike Pierce owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Mike Pierce hunts takedowns — 2.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Ryan LaFlare hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ryan LaFlare

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 73
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.31 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Mike Pierce

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.15 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4272.89/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4422.64/min · norm 3.17
2751.86/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4102.45/min · norm 3.06
40.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
42.4%norm 44.9%
63.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
62.2%norm 55.25%
20.20/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.27/15 · norm 0.38

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

Ryan LaFlare

Distance 77.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.8% (norm 8.1%)

Mike Pierce

Distance 66.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 14.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Ryan LaFlare

Head 69.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 24.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Mike Pierce

Head 80.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.8% (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 LaFlare L/AAccWelterweight med Pierce L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 277 / 819 33.8% 38.6% 212 / 695 30.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 75 / 130 57.7% 67.8% 126 / 201 62.7% 67.8%
On the ground 75 / 115 65.2% 67.2% 104 / 147 70.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 208 / 738 28.2% 37.2% 281 / 839 33.5% 37.2%
To the body 169 / 263 64.3% 70.7% 83 / 113 73.5% 70.7%
To the legs 50 / 63 79.4% 82.9% 78 / 91 85.7% 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 LaFlare L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Pierce L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 187 / 610 30.7% 39.0% 264 / 859 30.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 35 / 64 54.7% 68.9% 136 / 216 63.0% 68.9%
On the ground 53 / 73 72.6% 68.0% 10 / 11 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 612 30.6% 35.6% 247 / 863 28.6% 35.6%
To the body 47 / 84 56.0% 69.6% 125 / 170 73.5% 69.6%
To the legs 41 / 51 80.4% 82.1% 38 / 53 71.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2144.7% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
3141.3% acc · 2.77/15 · norm 1.27
2359.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1869.2% def · norm 63.9%
42:1028.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
78:4247.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
32:033:15 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
12:111:05 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.20/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.27/15 · norm 0.45

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

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