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Josh Quinlan vs.
Danny Barlow

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

1-3-0 Josh Quinlan · UFC
2-2-0 Danny Barlow · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33.5
AgeΔ 2.5 yrs
31
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
72"
ReachΔ 7"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
25.7
Layoff (months)Δ 16.1 mo
9.6
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW
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.

Josh Quinlan absorbs 6.44 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Danny Barlow rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Danny Barlow outworks the Welterweight division — 5.62 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 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.

Josh Quinlan

Full career not yet synced for Josh Quinlan — 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

Danny Barlow

Full career not yet synced for Danny Barlow — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1453.34/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2505.62/min · norm 3.17
2806.44/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2064.63/min · norm 3.06
40.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 44.9%
53.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 55.25%
10.35/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.34/15 · norm 0.38

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

Josh Quinlan

Distance 98.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 8.1%)

Danny Barlow

Distance 97.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Josh Quinlan

Head 76.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.4%)

Danny Barlow

Head 77.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Quinlan L/AAccWelterweight med Barlow L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 141 / 352 40.1% 38.6% 241 / 473 51.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.8% 2 / 3 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.2% 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 75 / 271 27.7% 37.2% 168 / 376 44.7% 37.2%
To the body 30 / 39 76.9% 70.7% 34 / 49 69.4% 70.7%
To the legs 40 / 46 87.0% 82.9% 48 / 60 80.0% 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 Quinlan L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Barlow L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 271 / 592 45.8% 39.0% 194 / 417 46.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 2 / 4 too few to rate 68.9% 6 / 6 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 7 / 9 too few to rate 68.0% 6 / 9 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 199 / 492 40.4% 35.6% 133 / 337 39.5% 35.6%
To the body 60 / 87 69.0% 69.6% 51 / 70 72.9% 69.6%
To the legs 21 / 26 80.8% 82.1% 22 / 25 88.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

111.1% acc · 0.35/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
466.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4100.0% def · norm 63.9%
0:552.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
1:293.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
1:070:23 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
2:070:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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