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Ange Loosa vs.
Rhys McKee

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
1-5-0 Rhys McKee · 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
1-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33
AgeΔ 3 yrs
30
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
6'2"
74"
ReachΔ 4"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
13.7
Layoff (months)Δ 2.7 mo
11
LLNCWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL
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.

Rhys McKee absorbs 7.15 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Ange Loosa hunts takedowns — 2.81 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 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

Rhys McKee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 122

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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
3074.71/min · norm 3.17
5186.47/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4667.15/min · norm 3.06
48.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
40.8%norm 44.9%
52.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
47.3%norm 55.25%
10.19/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.69/15 · 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%)

Rhys McKee

Distance 93.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.8% (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%)

Rhys McKee

Head 83.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.1% (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 McKee L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 342 / 786 43.5% 38.6% 276 / 699 39.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 56 / 84 66.7% 67.8% 26 / 47 55.3% 67.8%
On the ground 57 / 71 80.3% 67.2% 5 / 6 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 268 / 701 38.2% 37.2% 210 / 631 33.3% 37.2%
To the body 88 / 127 69.3% 70.7% 72 / 90 80.0% 70.7%
To the legs 99 / 113 87.6% 82.9% 25 / 31 80.6% 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 McKee L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 468 / 1015 46.1% 39.0% 309 / 660 46.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 47 / 66 71.2% 68.9% 83 / 120 69.2% 68.9%
On the ground 3 / 9 too few to rate 68.0% 74 / 105 70.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 373 / 903 41.3% 35.6% 345 / 724 47.7% 35.6%
To the body 102 / 137 74.5% 69.6% 66 / 100 66.0% 69.6%
To the legs 43 / 50 86.0% 82.1% 55 / 61 90.2% 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
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
777.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1047.6% def · norm 63.9%
20:2925.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
8:0812.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
3:360:40 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
15:383:35 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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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