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Donny Walker vs.
Jeff Hougland

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

0-2-0 Donny Walker · UFC
1-2-0 Jeff Hougland · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
46
AgeΔ 2 yrs
48
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
Reach
68"
Stance
Orthodox
178.6
Layoff (months)Δ 13.8 mo
164.8
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW
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.

Donny Walker is a submission threat — 1.70 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Jeff Hougland is a submission threat — 1.33 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Donny Walker owns the mat — in control 36% 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.

Donny Walker

Full career not yet synced for Donny Walker — 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

Jeff Hougland

Full career not yet synced for Jeff Hougland — 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

321.81/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
932.07/min · norm 3.52
683.85/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1443.20/min · norm 3.58
37.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
48.2%norm 43.4%
46.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Donny Walker

Distance 91.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 6.5%)

Jeff Hougland

Distance 87.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Donny Walker

Head 68.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 17.4% (norm 8.4%)

Jeff Hougland

Head 63.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 20.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Walker L/AAccBantamweight med Hougland L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 27 / 79 34.2% 39.0% 75 / 168 44.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.7% 9 / 10 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.2% 9 / 15 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 15 / 59 25.4% 34.9% 43 / 122 35.2% 34.9%
To the body 4 / 12 too few to rate 66.8% 21 / 32 65.6% 66.8%
To the legs 13 / 15 too few to rate 79.4% 29 / 39 74.4% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Walker L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Hougland L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 106 49.1% 39.3% 66 / 164 40.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 7 / 7 too few to rate 70.4% 9 / 13 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 9 / 15 too few to rate 72.4% 69 / 111 62.2% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 37 / 88 42.0% 34.9% 97 / 216 44.9% 34.9%
To the body 13 / 17 too few to rate 66.0% 28 / 46 60.9% 66.0%
To the legs 18 / 23 too few to rate 79.1% 19 / 26 73.1% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
213.3% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.12
457.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
6:1835.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
4:3010.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
5:534:59 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
22:247:28 per 15 · norm 2:24
21.70/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
41.33/15 · norm 0.28

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

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