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Sam Hughes vs.
Loma Lookboonmee

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

6-6-0 Sam Hughes · UFC
7-4-0 Loma Lookboonmee · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-6-0
UFC record
7-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
34.1
AgeΔ 3.6 yrs
30.5
5'5"
HeightΔ 4"
5'1"
64"
ReachΔ 3"
61"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.8
Layoff (months)Δ 2.6 mo
2.2
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Loma Lookboonmee hunts takedowns — 1.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Sam Hughes owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Loma Lookboonmee is hard to hit — absorbs 2.45 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.94 Women's Strawweight 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.

Sam Hughes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Loma Lookboonmee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7104.41/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
5193.58/min · norm 3.77
7544.69/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
3552.45/min · norm 3.94
47.5%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
55.7%norm 44.5%
58.1%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
53.5%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Sam Hughes

Distance 85.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 5.0%)

Loma Lookboonmee

Distance 69.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 5.0%)

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

Sam Hughes

Head 77.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 12.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 9.1%)

Loma Lookboonmee

Head 51.1% (norm 76.4%) · Body 35.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 13.0% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hughes L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Lookboonmee L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 543 / 1273 42.7% 38.3% 296 / 648 45.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 78 / 99 78.8% 72.6% 187 / 233 80.3% 72.6%
On the ground 89 / 122 73.0% 75.0% 36 / 50 72.0% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 478 / 1162 41.1% 35.4% 191 / 476 40.1% 35.4%
To the body 121 / 187 64.7% 69.3% 232 / 334 69.5% 69.3%
To the legs 111 / 145 76.6% 77.9% 96 / 121 79.3% 77.9%

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 (Women's Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Hughes L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Lookboonmee L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 588 / 1594 36.9% 39.7% 223 / 571 39.1% 39.7%
In the clinch 148 / 181 81.8% 71.5% 105 / 151 69.5% 71.5%
On the ground 18 / 25 72.0% 74.4% 27 / 42 64.3% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 395 / 1304 30.3% 36.0% 217 / 556 39.0% 36.0%
To the body 266 / 371 71.7% 68.4% 87 / 126 69.0% 68.4%
To the legs 93 / 125 74.4% 79.1% 51 / 82 62.2% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1229.3% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1750.0% acc · 1.76/15 · norm 1.10
3363.5% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
3370.2% def · norm 64.1%
43:2427.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
21:0914.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
17:581:40 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
48:084:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.19/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.10/15 · norm 0.29

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

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