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Danny Barlow vs. Josh Quinlan

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31
AgeΔ 2 yrs
33
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
79"
ReachΔ 7"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
12.1
Layoff (months)Δ 16.1 mo
28.2
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Josh Quinlan absorbs 6.44 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Danny Barlow rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Danny Barlow outworks the Welterweight division — 5.62 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Danny Barlow

Full career not yet synced for Danny Barlow — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Josh Quinlan

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2505.62/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1453.34/min · norm 3.17
2064.63/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2806.44/min · norm 3.08
51.5%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
40.7%norm 44.75%
52.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 55.25%
10.34/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.35/15 · norm 0.38

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

Danny Barlow

Distance 97.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 8.1%)

Josh Quinlan

Distance 98.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Danny Barlow

Head 77.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 8.0%)

Josh Quinlan

Head 76.1% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Barlow L/AAccWelterweight med Quinlan L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 241 / 473 51.0% 38.5% 141 / 352 40.1% 38.5%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 67.8% 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.0% 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 168 / 376 44.7% 36.4% 75 / 271 27.7% 36.4%
To the body 34 / 49 69.4% 70.7% 30 / 39 76.9% 70.7%
To the legs 48 / 60 80.0% 83.0% 40 / 46 87.0% 83.0%

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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Barlow L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Quinlan L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 194 / 417 46.5% 39.1% 271 / 592 45.8% 39.1%
In the clinch 6 / 6 too few to rate 68.9% 2 / 4 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 6 / 9 too few to rate 68.0% 7 / 9 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 133 / 337 39.5% 35.6% 199 / 492 40.4% 35.6%
To the body 51 / 70 72.9% 69.6% 60 / 87 69.0% 69.6%
To the legs 22 / 25 88.0% 82.2% 21 / 26 80.8% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
111.1% acc · 0.35/15 · norm 1.31
4100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
466.7% def · norm 63.9%
1:293.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:552.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
2:070:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
1:070:23 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.44

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