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Jake Hadley vs.
Caolan Loughran

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

3-4-0 Jake Hadley · UFC
2-2-0 Caolan Loughran · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
30
AgeΔ 0 yrs
30
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
21.6
Layoff (months)Δ 5.1 mo
16.5
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWL
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.

Caolan Loughran hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jake Hadley rarely shoots — 0.18 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Caolan Loughran owns the mat — in control 32% 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.

Jake Hadley

Full career not yet synced for Jake Hadley — 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

Caolan Loughran

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

In the UFC: 1-1 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

3233.86/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2844.73/min · norm 3.52
3614.31/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
3125.20/min · norm 3.58
43.1%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
42.7%norm 43.4%
60.2%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
52.1%norm 56.6%
10.18/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Jake Hadley

Distance 92.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 7.3%)

Caolan Loughran

Distance 88.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jake Hadley

Head 71.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 15.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 9.3%)

Caolan Loughran

Head 79.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hadley L/AAccFlyweight med Loughran L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 279 / 690 40.4% 40.0% 229 / 586 39.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 12 / 21 too few to rate 70.4% 19 / 27 70.4% 68.7%
On the ground 32 / 38 84.2% 69.7% 36 / 52 69.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 538 27.3% 37.6% 195 / 529 36.9% 34.9%
To the body 84 / 113 74.3% 68.5% 56 / 95 58.9% 66.8%
To the legs 92 / 98 93.9% 80.0% 33 / 41 80.5% 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Hadley L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Loughran L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 336 / 851 39.5% 40.1% 259 / 583 44.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 5 / 9 too few to rate 68.8% 51 / 64 79.7% 70.4%
On the ground 20 / 48 41.7% 71.1% 2 / 4 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 174 / 653 26.6% 35.2% 179 / 498 35.9% 34.9%
To the body 117 / 177 66.1% 68.2% 75 / 91 82.4% 66.0%
To the legs 70 / 78 89.7% 80.3% 58 / 62 93.5% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

15.9% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1234.3% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 1.12
1157.9% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
787.5% def · norm 66.7%
10:1012.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
18:5331.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
20:373:41 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
4:481:12 per 15 · norm 2:24
50.90/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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