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Ange Loosa vs.
AJ Fletcher

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

2-3-0 (1 NC) Ange Loosa · UFC
1-3-0 AJ Fletcher · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33
AgeΔ 4 yrs
29
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 7"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
13.7
Layoff (months)Δ 20.7 mo
34.4
LLNCWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLL
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.

Ange Loosa hunts takedowns — 2.81 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
AJ Fletcher is a submission threat — 0.98 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Ange Loosa absorbs 6.47 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
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.

Ange Loosa

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

AJ Fletcher

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4555.68/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1533.32/min · norm 3.17
5186.47/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2204.77/min · norm 3.06
48.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.9%norm 44.9%
52.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
45.7%norm 55.25%
10.19/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Ange Loosa

Distance 83.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 8.1%)

AJ Fletcher

Distance 87.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Ange Loosa

Head 74.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 8.4%)

AJ Fletcher

Head 80.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Loosa L/AAccWelterweight med Fletcher L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 342 / 786 43.5% 38.6% 131 / 275 47.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 56 / 84 66.7% 67.8% 12 / 20 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 57 / 71 80.3% 67.2% 10 / 18 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 268 / 701 38.2% 37.2% 107 / 251 42.6% 37.2%
To the body 88 / 127 69.3% 70.7% 17 / 27 63.0% 70.7%
To the legs 99 / 113 87.6% 82.9% 29 / 35 82.9% 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 Loosa L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fletcher L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 468 / 1015 46.1% 39.0% 150 / 310 48.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 47 / 66 71.2% 68.9% 30 / 41 73.2% 68.9%
On the ground 3 / 9 too few to rate 68.0% 40 / 54 74.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 373 / 903 41.3% 35.6% 131 / 286 45.8% 35.6%
To the body 102 / 137 74.5% 69.6% 70 / 97 72.2% 69.6%
To the legs 43 / 50 86.0% 82.1% 19 / 22 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1540.5% acc · 2.81/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 1.30/15 · norm 1.27
777.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
333.3% def · norm 63.9%
20:2925.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
10:1222.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
3:360:40 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
15:515:09 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.98/15 · norm 0.45

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

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