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Ian Loveland vs.
Tyler Toner

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

1-2-0 Ian Loveland · UFC
0-1-0 Tyler Toner · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42.9
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
43.4
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
179.3
Layoff (months)Δ 8.7 mo
188
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Ian Loveland carries real power — 0.67 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Tyler Toner rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Tyler Toner is wasteful with head shots — only 16% land, vs a 37% 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.

Ian Loveland

Full career not yet synced for Ian Loveland — 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 -0.3 wins over .500

Tyler Toner

Full career not yet synced for Tyler Toner — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1222.71/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
211.40/min · norm 3.54
1062.36/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
442.93/min · norm 3.47
40.1%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
26.9%norm 45.0%
64.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 54.85%
20.67/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Ian Loveland

Distance 78.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 6.5%)

Tyler Toner

Distance 98.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Ian Loveland

Head 90.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 8.4%)

Tyler Toner

Head 78.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 15.4% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Loveland L/AAccBantamweight med Toner L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 91 / 240 37.9% 39.0% 20 / 77 26.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 13 / 25 52.0% 68.7% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 18 / 39 46.2% 70.2% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 99 / 275 36.0% 34.9% 10 / 61 16.4% 37.2%
To the body 20 / 25 80.0% 66.8% 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 79.4% 7 / 12 too few to rate 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Loveland L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Toner L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 97 / 288 33.7% 39.3% 31 / 83 37.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.4% 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 72.4% 10 / 25 40.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 39 / 197 19.8% 34.9% 39 / 103 37.9% 35.9%
To the body 43 / 62 69.4% 66.0% 4 / 7 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 24 / 43 55.8% 79.1% 1 / 2 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.

337.5% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
1669.6% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 61.5%
9:0920.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
4:471:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
6:236:23 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.33/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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