Kaue Fernandes vs.
Harry Hardwick
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.
Kaue Fernandes
Full career not yet synced for Kaue Fernandes — 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 -0.2 wins over .500
Harry Hardwick
Full career not yet synced for Harry Hardwick — 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)
Kaue Fernandes
Distance 86.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 8.0%)
Harry Hardwick
Distance 99.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kaue Fernandes
Head 65.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 19.7% (norm 7.9%)
Harry Hardwick
Head 78.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Fernandes L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Hardwick L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 136 / 253 | 53.8% | 37.9% | 73 / 171 | 42.7% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 7 / 9 | too few to rate | 67.3% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 20 / 32 | 62.5% | 69.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 78 / 191 | 40.8% | 35.0% | 45 / 135 | 33.3% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 33 / 45 | 73.3% | 69.1% | 11 / 16 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 52 / 58 | 89.7% | 81.9% | 17 / 21 | too few to rate | 80.7% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Fernandes L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Hardwick L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 42 / 123 | 34.1% | 38.9% | 112 / 199 | 56.3% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 11 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 4 / 10 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 35 / 110 | 31.8% | 35.1% | 71 / 150 | 47.3% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 12 / 24 | too few to rate | 68.1% | 21 / 29 | 72.4% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 22 / 25 | 88.0% | 81.5% |
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 — Fernandes has more cage time on record.