Shonie Carter vs. Pat Miletich

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
8-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
54
AgeΔ 4 yrs
58
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
235.8
Layoff (months)Δ 56.7 mo
292.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Shonie Carter hunts takedowns — 2.49 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Pat Miletich owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Pat Miletich is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Shonie Carter

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 4528

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.15 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 26 finish wins over 88 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1131.88/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1471.69/min · norm 3.17
1111.84/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1201.38/min · norm 3.06
41.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.8%norm 44.9%
52.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
64.4%norm 55.25%
20.50/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.38

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

Shonie Carter

Distance 74.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 14.2% (norm 8.1%)

Pat Miletich

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

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

Shonie Carter

Head 66.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 20.4% (norm 8.4%)

Pat Miletich

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Carter L/AAccWelterweight med Miletich L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 76 / 205 37.1% 38.6% 76 / 233 32.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 21 / 31 67.7% 67.8% 46 / 62 74.2% 67.8%
On the ground 16 / 39 41.0% 67.2% 25 / 33 75.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 44 / 182 24.2% 37.2% 73 / 232 31.5% 37.2%
To the body 25 / 37 67.6% 70.7% 39 / 50 78.0% 70.7%
To the legs 44 / 56 78.6% 82.9% 35 / 46 76.1% 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 Carter L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Miletich L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 76 / 182 41.8% 39.0% 43 / 200 21.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 26 / 42 61.9% 68.9% 47 / 63 74.6% 68.9%
On the ground 9 / 11 too few to rate 68.0% 30 / 74 40.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 76 / 186 40.9% 35.6% 45 / 246 18.3% 35.6%
To the body 20 / 27 74.1% 69.6% 42 / 49 85.7% 69.6%
To the legs 15 / 22 too few to rate 82.1% 33 / 42 78.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1066.7% acc · 2.49/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1055.6% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.27
1680.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1354.2% def · norm 63.9%
17:0628.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
15:4635.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
15:353:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:261:16 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
50.86/15 · norm 0.45

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