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Harry Hardwick vs.
Kaue Fernandes

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 Harry Hardwick · UFC
3-1-0 Kaue Fernandes · 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
3-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
31.9
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
31.4
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
4.8
Layoff (months)Δ 6.2 mo
11
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWL
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.

Kaue Fernandes carries real power — 1.57 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Harry Hardwick absorbs 8.54 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Harry Hardwick rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Harry Hardwick

Full career not yet synced for Harry Hardwick — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Kaue Fernandes

Full career not yet synced for Kaue Fernandes — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

735.47/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1634.28/min · norm 3.42
1148.54/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
541.42/min · norm 3.37
42.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
55.4%norm 43.5%
44.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
62.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
41.57/15 · norm 0.25

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

Harry Hardwick

Distance 99.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Kaue Fernandes

Distance 86.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Harry Hardwick

Head 78.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 7.8%)

Kaue Fernandes

Head 65.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 19.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hardwick L/AAccFeatherweight med Fernandes L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 73 / 171 42.7% 40.9% 136 / 253 53.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.8% 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2% 20 / 32 62.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 45 / 135 33.3% 37.2% 78 / 191 40.8% 35.0%
To the body 11 / 16 too few to rate 68.2% 33 / 45 73.3% 69.1%
To the legs 17 / 21 too few to rate 80.7% 52 / 58 89.7% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Hardwick L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Fernandes L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 112 / 199 56.3% 39.2% 42 / 123 34.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 2 / 4 too few to rate 70.3% 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.4% 4 / 10 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 71 / 150 47.3% 35.9% 35 / 110 31.8% 35.1%
To the body 21 / 29 72.4% 67.9% 12 / 24 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 22 / 25 88.0% 81.5% 7 / 10 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
3100.0% acc · 1.18/15 · norm 1.38
0— def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1076.9% def · norm 64.0%
0:445.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
3:329.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
1:482:01 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:433:25 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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