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Cody Durden 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.

7-9-1 Cody Durden · 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.

7-9-1
UFC record
3-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
35
AgeΔ 5 yrs
30
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
67"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
0.9
Layoff (months)Δ 20.7 mo
21.6
LWLLL
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.

Cody Durden hunts takedowns — 3.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Cody Durden owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.
Jake Hadley rarely shoots — 0.18 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight 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.

Cody Durden

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 79
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 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

5523.27/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
3233.86/min · norm 3.49
6583.89/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
3614.31/min · norm 3.24
44.4%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
43.1%norm 44.6%
51.0%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 56.4%
10.09/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.18

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

Cody Durden

Distance 91.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 7.3%)

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)

Cody Durden

Head 84.6% (norm 75.9%) · Body 7.6% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 9.3%)

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 Durden L/AAccFlyweight med Hadley L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 473 / 1130 41.9% 40.0% 279 / 690 40.4% 40.0%
In the clinch 21 / 28 75.0% 70.4% 12 / 21 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 58 / 84 69.0% 69.7% 32 / 38 84.2% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 405 / 1051 38.5% 37.6% 147 / 538 27.3% 37.6%
To the body 69 / 95 72.6% 68.5% 84 / 113 74.3% 68.5%
To the legs 78 / 96 81.2% 80.0% 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Durden L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Hadley L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 546 / 1193 45.8% 40.1% 336 / 851 39.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 54 / 74 73.0% 68.8% 5 / 9 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 58 / 76 76.3% 71.1% 20 / 48 41.7% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 424 / 1001 42.4% 35.2% 174 / 653 26.6% 35.2%
To the body 120 / 196 61.2% 68.2% 117 / 177 66.1% 68.2%
To the legs 114 / 146 78.1% 80.3% 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.

4348.3% acc · 3.82/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
15.9% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 1.30
1356.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1157.9% def · norm 62.5%
61:4336.5% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
10:1012.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
23:162:03 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
20:373:41 per 15 · norm 2:44
70.62/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
50.90/15 · norm 0.58

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

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