Johnny Rees vs.
Nate Loughran
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.
Johnny Rees
Full career not yet synced for Johnny Rees — 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 -0.5 wins over .500
Nate Loughran
Full career not yet synced for Nate Loughran — 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 +0.5 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)
Johnny Rees
Distance 26.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 52.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.9% (norm 8.1%)
Nate Loughran
Distance 96.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Johnny Rees
Head 59.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 28.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 8.4%)
Nate Loughran
Head 47.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 32.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Rees L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Loughran L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 6 / 18 | too few to rate | 38.6% | 25 / 63 | 39.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 27 / 35 | 77.1% | 67.8% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 21 / 40 | 52.5% | 37.2% | 6 / 31 | 19.4% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 16 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 12 / 21 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 8 / 13 | too few to rate | 83.3% |
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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Rees L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Loughran L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 3 / 10 | too few to rate | 39.0% | 46 / 122 | 37.7% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 7 / 16 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 5 / 11 | too few to rate | 35.6% | 45 / 129 | 34.9% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
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 — Rees has more cage time on record.