Shane del Rosario vs. Stipe Miocic

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 14-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
14-5-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
42
AgeΔ 1 yrs
43
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
Reach
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
163.7
Layoff (months)Δ 143 mo
20.7
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Shane del Rosario is a submission threat — 2.20 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Shane del Rosario's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Heavyweight norm.
Stipe Miocic hunts takedowns — 1.74 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Shane del Rosario

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Stipe Miocic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 145
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

463.37/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
10074.67/min · norm 3.36
433.15/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
8654.01/min · norm 3.19
62.2%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
52.7%norm 47.8%
56.6%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
70.49/15 · norm 0.28

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

Shane del Rosario

Distance 81.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 18.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

Stipe Miocic

Distance 79.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 9.3%)

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

Shane del Rosario

Head 41.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 35.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 23.0% (norm 7.6%)

Stipe Miocic

Head 84.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rosario L/AAccHeavyweight med Miocic L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 35 / 60 58.3% 40.1% 721 / 1512 47.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.6% 121 / 179 67.6% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 165 / 219 75.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 11 / 31 35.5% 38.9% 737 / 1612 45.7% 38.9%
To the body 22 / 26 84.6% 76.8% 139 / 159 87.4% 76.8%
To the legs 13 / 17 too few to rate 87.8% 131 / 139 94.2% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Rosario L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Miocic L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 32 / 85 37.6% 40.7% 705 / 1601 44.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6% 72 / 106 67.9% 70.6%
On the ground 11 / 14 too few to rate 72.0% 88 / 107 82.2% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 34 / 87 39.1% 38.8% 624 / 1449 43.1% 38.8%
To the body 4 / 6 too few to rate 75.1% 129 / 231 55.8% 75.1%
To the legs 5 / 6 too few to rate 84.4% 112 / 134 83.6% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
125.0% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
2534.2% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 0.95
00.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1365.0% def · norm 64.3%
3:1724.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
57:1626.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
3:173:36 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
11:050:46 per 15 · norm 2:28
22.20/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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