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Jake Collier vs.
Devin Clark

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

5-9-0 Jake Collier · UFC
8-9-0 Devin Clark · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-9-0
UFC record
8-9-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
37.8
AgeΔ 1.5 yrs
36.3
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
78"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
34.4
Layoff (months)Δ 4.6 mo
29.8
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Jake Collier is a submission threat — 0.61 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Devin Clark hunts takedowns — 2.17 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Devin Clark owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight 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.

Jake Collier

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Devin Clark

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 89
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 41
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8625.80/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
5883.03/min · norm 3.41
7545.08/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
6283.24/min · norm 3.35
44.3%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
54.2%norm 48.3%
50.8%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
44.0%norm 52.9%
30.30/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
30.23/15 · norm 0.40

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

Jake Collier

Distance 90.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 9.3%)

Devin Clark

Distance 67.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 10.4%)

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

Jake Collier

Head 81.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 7.6%)

Devin Clark

Head 70.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Collier L/AAccHeavyweight med Clark L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 738 / 1755 42.1% 40.1% 306 / 736 41.6% 41.4%
In the clinch 94 / 146 64.4% 70.6% 182 / 231 78.8% 70.9%
On the ground 30 / 46 65.2% 70.2% 100 / 118 84.7% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 574 / 1583 36.3% 38.9% 328 / 767 42.8% 38.9%
To the body 169 / 226 74.8% 76.8% 160 / 195 82.1% 71.9%
To the legs 119 / 138 86.2% 87.8% 100 / 123 81.3% 81.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Collier L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Clark L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 594 / 1312 45.3% 40.7% 269 / 656 41.0% 40.4%
In the clinch 72 / 106 67.9% 70.6% 242 / 311 77.8% 68.7%
On the ground 88 / 114 77.2% 72.0% 117 / 155 75.5% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 545 / 1268 43.0% 38.8% 368 / 815 45.2% 37.5%
To the body 151 / 193 78.2% 75.1% 183 / 219 83.6% 72.3%
To the legs 58 / 71 81.7% 84.4% 77 / 88 87.5% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

733.3% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
2832.9% acc · 2.17/15 · norm 0.87
2367.6% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
2058.8% def · norm 66.7%
22:4115.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
59:4330.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
21:242:09 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
51:403:59 per 15 · norm 2:48
60.61/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.08/15 · norm 0.27

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

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