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Caolan Loughran vs.
Jake Hadley

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

2-2-0 Caolan Loughran · UFC
3-4-0 Jake Hadley · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
30
AgeΔ 0 yrs
30
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
16.5
Layoff (months)Δ 5.1 mo
21.6
WLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Caolan Loughran hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jake Hadley rarely shoots — 0.18 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Caolan Loughran owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight 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.

Caolan Loughran

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

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

Jake Hadley

Full career not yet synced for Jake Hadley — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2844.73/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3233.86/min · norm 3.49
3125.20/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3614.31/min · norm 3.24
42.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
43.1%norm 44.6%
52.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.18

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

Caolan Loughran

Distance 88.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 6.5%)

Jake Hadley

Distance 92.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 7.3%)

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

Caolan Loughran

Head 79.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.4%)

Jake Hadley

Head 71.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 15.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Loughran L/AAccBantamweight med Hadley L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 229 / 586 39.1% 39.0% 279 / 690 40.4% 40.0%
In the clinch 19 / 27 70.4% 68.7% 12 / 21 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 36 / 52 69.2% 70.2% 32 / 38 84.2% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 195 / 529 36.9% 34.9% 147 / 538 27.3% 37.6%
To the body 56 / 95 58.9% 66.8% 84 / 113 74.3% 68.5%
To the legs 33 / 41 80.5% 79.4% 92 / 98 93.9% 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Loughran L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Hadley L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 583 44.4% 39.3% 336 / 851 39.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 51 / 64 79.7% 70.4% 5 / 9 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 2 / 4 too few to rate 72.4% 20 / 48 41.7% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 179 / 498 35.9% 34.9% 174 / 653 26.6% 35.2%
To the body 75 / 91 82.4% 66.0% 117 / 177 66.1% 68.2%
To the legs 58 / 62 93.5% 79.1% 70 / 78 89.7% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1234.3% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
15.9% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 1.30
787.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1157.9% def · norm 62.5%
18:5331.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
10:1012.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
4:481:12 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
20:373:41 per 15 · norm 2:44
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
50.90/15 · norm 0.58

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

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