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Alexander Gustafsson vs.
Jared Hamman

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

10-8-0 Alexander Gustafsson · UFC
2-5-0 Jared Hamman · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

10-8-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39.6
AgeΔ 4.8 yrs
44.4
6'5"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
79"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
48.5
Layoff (months)Δ 106.7 mo
155.2
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Alexander Gustafsson carries real power — 0.72 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Alexander Gustafsson hunts takedowns — 1.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Jared Hamman outworks the Middleweight division — 5.52 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Alexander Gustafsson

Full career not yet synced for Alexander Gustafsson — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 8-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.9 wins over .500

Jared Hamman

Full career not yet synced for Jared Hamman — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7514.03/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
2805.52/min · norm 3.25
6593.53/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
2194.32/min · norm 3.20
40.7%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
41.5%norm 47.4%
51.4%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
55.1%norm 53.8%
90.72/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
10.30/15 · norm 0.32

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

Alexander Gustafsson

Distance 85.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 10.4%)

Jared Hamman

Distance 72.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 19.7% (norm 10.3%)

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

Alexander Gustafsson

Head 80.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.1% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 9.7%)

Jared Hamman

Head 83.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gustafsson L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Hamman L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 575 / 1583 36.3% 41.4% 183 / 492 37.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 59 / 106 55.7% 70.9% 21 / 50 42.0% 70.3%
On the ground 117 / 156 75.0% 72.3% 76 / 133 57.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 523 / 1484 35.2% 38.9% 196 / 564 34.8% 38.9%
To the body 110 / 205 53.7% 71.9% 52 / 68 76.5% 71.7%
To the legs 118 / 156 75.6% 81.8% 32 / 43 74.4% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Gustafsson L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Hamman L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 496 / 1131 43.9% 40.4% 168 / 398 42.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 101 / 148 68.2% 68.7% 29 / 46 63.0% 70.9%
On the ground 62 / 78 79.5% 70.4% 22 / 44 50.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 398 / 992 40.1% 37.5% 165 / 416 39.7% 37.9%
To the body 102 / 162 63.0% 72.3% 22 / 32 68.8% 71.3%
To the legs 159 / 203 78.3% 83.0% 32 / 40 80.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1939.6% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
222.2% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 1.42
4183.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1130.6% def · norm 63.1%
30:4416.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
11:1122.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
17:541:26 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
15:154:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.40/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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