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Taylor Lapilus vs.
Caolan Loughran

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

6-2-0 Taylor Lapilus · UFC
2-2-0 Caolan Loughran · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-2-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
34.3
AgeΔ 4.1 yrs
30.2
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
73"
ReachΔ 5"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
22.2
Layoff (months)Δ 5.7 mo
16.5
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWL
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.

Caolan Loughran hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Caolan Loughran owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Taylor Lapilus rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Taylor Lapilus

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 112
Tier 3 — regional circuit 132

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.4 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Caolan Loughran

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5124.59/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2844.73/min · norm 3.52
2912.61/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3125.20/min · norm 3.58
48.1%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
42.7%norm 43.4%
62.8%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
52.1%norm 56.6%
20.27/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Taylor Lapilus

Distance 85.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.5%)

Caolan Loughran

Distance 88.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Taylor Lapilus

Head 79.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Caolan Loughran

Head 79.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lapilus L/AAccBantamweight med Loughran L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 387 / 911 42.5% 39.0% 229 / 586 39.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 104 / 128 81.2% 68.7% 19 / 27 70.4% 68.7%
On the ground 21 / 26 80.8% 70.2% 36 / 52 69.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 336 / 847 39.7% 34.9% 195 / 529 36.9% 34.9%
To the body 125 / 154 81.2% 66.8% 56 / 95 58.9% 66.8%
To the legs 51 / 64 79.7% 79.4% 33 / 41 80.5% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Lapilus L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Loughran L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 238 / 696 34.2% 39.3% 259 / 583 44.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 38 / 66 57.6% 70.4% 51 / 64 79.7% 70.4%
On the ground 15 / 20 too few to rate 72.4% 2 / 4 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 126 / 537 23.5% 34.9% 179 / 498 35.9% 34.9%
To the body 94 / 147 63.9% 66.0% 75 / 91 82.4% 66.0%
To the legs 71 / 98 72.4% 79.1% 58 / 62 93.5% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

233.3% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1234.3% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 1.12
5577.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
787.5% def · norm 66.7%
13:2412.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
18:5331.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
30:554:09 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
4:481:12 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.27/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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