Jeff Hughes vs.
Juan Espino
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Jeff Hughes
Full career not yet synced for Jeff Hughes — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Juan Espino
Full career not yet synced for Juan Espino — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jeff Hughes
Distance 92.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 9.3%)
Juan Espino
Distance 38.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 46.8% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jeff Hughes
Head 70.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 19.6% (norm 7.6%)
Juan Espino
Head 82.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Hughes L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Espino L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 104 / 231 | 45.0% | 40.1% | 9 / 24 | too few to rate | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 9 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 9 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 26 / 29 | 89.7% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 64 / 177 | 36.2% | 38.9% | 36 / 51 | 70.6% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 17 / 24 | too few to rate | 76.8% | 6 / 6 | too few to rate | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 35 / 49 | 71.4% | 87.8% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 87.8% |
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 · 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 Hughes L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Espino L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 111 / 328 | 33.8% | 40.7% | 8 / 22 | too few to rate | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 28 / 41 | 68.3% | 70.6% | 10 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 18 / 27 | 66.7% | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 98 / 300 | 32.7% | 38.8% | 23 / 46 | 50.0% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 19 / 35 | 54.3% | 75.1% | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 32 / 47 | 68.1% | 84.4% | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 84.4% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Hughes has more cage time on record.