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Mike Swick vs.
David Loiseau

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

10-5-0 Mike Swick · UFC
4-5-0 David Loiseau · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-5-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
47.1
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
46.6
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
132.9
Layoff (months)Δ 60.9 mo
193.8
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

David Loiseau carries real power — 0.57 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
David Loiseau rarely shoots — 0.43 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Mike Swick is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 37% 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.

Mike Swick

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

David Loiseau

Full career not yet synced for David Loiseau — 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 +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2872.29/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1661.59/min · norm 3.25
2912.32/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3803.64/min · norm 3.20
35.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.6%norm 47.4%
55.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
43.3%norm 53.8%
40.48/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.57/15 · norm 0.32

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

Mike Swick

Distance 70.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 8.1%)

David Loiseau

Distance 52.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 22.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Mike Swick

Head 75.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

David Loiseau

Head 82.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Swick L/AAccWelterweight med Loiseau L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 144 / 567 25.4% 38.6% 52 / 195 26.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 109 / 166 65.7% 67.8% 57 / 93 61.3% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 69 49.3% 67.2% 57 / 84 67.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 144 / 608 23.7% 37.2% 121 / 308 39.3% 38.9%
To the body 67 / 95 70.5% 70.7% 26 / 40 65.0% 71.7%
To the legs 76 / 99 76.8% 82.9% 19 / 24 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 Swick L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Loiseau L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 116 / 426 27.2% 39.0% 123 / 335 36.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 134 / 166 80.7% 68.9% 133 / 175 76.0% 70.9%
On the ground 41 / 58 70.7% 68.0% 124 / 160 77.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 151 / 466 32.4% 35.6% 198 / 458 43.2% 37.9%
To the body 64 / 92 69.6% 69.6% 141 / 162 87.0% 71.3%
To the legs 76 / 92 82.6% 82.1% 41 / 50 82.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

847.1% acc · 0.96/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
342.9% acc · 0.43/15 · norm 1.42
2457.1% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1236.4% def · norm 63.1%
27:3722.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
14:2713.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
35:514:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
46:146:38 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.60/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.47

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

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