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David Loiseau vs.
Mike Swick

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

4-5-0 David Loiseau · UFC
10-5-0 Mike Swick · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-5-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46.6
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
47.1
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
193.8
Layoff (months)Δ 60.9 mo
132.9
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

David Loiseau carries real power — 0.57 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
David Loiseau rarely shoots — 0.43 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Mike Swick is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 37% Welterweight 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.

David Loiseau

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Mike Swick

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1661.59/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2872.29/min · norm 3.17
3803.64/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2912.32/min · norm 3.06
44.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
35.8%norm 44.9%
43.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
55.2%norm 55.25%
40.57/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.48/15 · norm 0.38

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

David Loiseau

Distance 52.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 22.6% (norm 10.3%)

Mike Swick

Distance 70.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

David Loiseau

Head 82.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.4%)

Mike Swick

Head 75.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Loiseau L/AAccMiddleweight med Swick L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 195 26.7% 40.5% 144 / 567 25.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 57 / 93 61.3% 70.3% 109 / 166 65.7% 67.8%
On the ground 57 / 84 67.9% 69.1% 34 / 69 49.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 121 / 308 39.3% 38.9% 144 / 608 23.7% 37.2%
To the body 26 / 40 65.0% 71.7% 67 / 95 70.5% 70.7%
To the legs 19 / 24 too few to rate 83.3% 76 / 99 76.8% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Loiseau L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Swick L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 123 / 335 36.7% 39.5% 116 / 426 27.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 133 / 175 76.0% 70.9% 134 / 166 80.7% 68.9%
On the ground 124 / 160 77.5% 69.0% 41 / 58 70.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 198 / 458 43.2% 37.9% 151 / 466 32.4% 35.6%
To the body 141 / 162 87.0% 71.3% 64 / 92 69.6% 69.6%
To the legs 41 / 50 82.0% 82.1% 76 / 92 82.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

342.9% acc · 0.43/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
847.1% acc · 0.96/15 · norm 1.27
1236.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2457.1% def · norm 63.9%
14:2713.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
27:3722.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
46:146:38 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
35:514:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.14/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
50.60/15 · norm 0.45

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

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