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John Maguire vs.
John Hathaway

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

2-3-0 John Maguire · UFC
7-2-0 John Hathaway · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-3-0
UFC record
7-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43.2
AgeΔ 4.2 yrs
39
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
6'1"
69"
ReachΔ 6"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
157.7
Layoff (months)Δ 8.5 mo
149.2
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
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.

John Maguire is a submission threat — 1.08 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
John Maguire hunts takedowns — 2.80 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
John Hathaway owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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.

John Maguire

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

John Hathaway

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

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

981.41/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4103.40/min · norm 3.17
1702.44/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2171.80/min · norm 3.06
41.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
40.5%norm 44.9%
65.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
62.0%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.25/15 · norm 0.38

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

John Maguire

Distance 81.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 8.1%)

John Hathaway

Distance 65.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 26.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

John Maguire

Head 88.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

John Hathaway

Head 81.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Maguire L/AAccWelterweight med Hathaway L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 64 / 193 33.2% 38.6% 209 / 662 31.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 15 / 19 too few to rate 67.8% 50 / 79 63.3% 67.8%
On the ground 19 / 24 too few to rate 67.2% 151 / 272 55.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 74 / 208 35.6% 37.2% 274 / 829 33.1% 37.2%
To the body 12 / 14 too few to rate 70.7% 86 / 128 67.2% 70.7%
To the legs 12 / 14 too few to rate 82.9% 50 / 56 89.3% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Maguire L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Hathaway L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 101 / 379 26.6% 39.0% 125 / 427 29.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 40 / 53 75.5% 68.9% 37 / 59 62.7% 68.9%
On the ground 29 / 60 48.3% 68.0% 55 / 85 64.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 347 22.8% 35.6% 137 / 467 29.3% 35.6%
To the body 32 / 62 51.6% 69.6% 48 / 66 72.7% 69.6%
To the legs 59 / 83 71.1% 82.1% 32 / 38 84.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1346.4% acc · 2.80/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
2143.8% acc · 2.61/15 · norm 1.27
777.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2561.0% def · norm 63.9%
24:2835.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
46:1938.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
13:292:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
26:453:19 per 15 · norm 3:15
51.08/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
70.87/15 · norm 0.45

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

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