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Todd Duffee vs.
Jeff Hughes

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

3-2-0 (1 NC) Todd Duffee · UFC
0-3-0 (1 NC) Jeff Hughes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-2-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-3-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
40.7
AgeΔ 2.5 yrs
38.2
6'3"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
78"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
82.7
Layoff (months)Δ 12.4 mo
70.3
NCLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCL
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.

Todd Duffee carries real power — 2.91 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Jeff Hughes rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Todd Duffee outworks the Heavyweight division — 5.93 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.36 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.

Todd Duffee

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Jeff Hughes

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

In the UFC: 0-2 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

1225.93/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1163.06/min · norm 3.36
552.67/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1493.94/min · norm 3.19
37.7%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
46.4%norm 47.8%
57.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
61.0%norm 52.5%
42.91/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Todd Duffee

Distance 86.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 9.3%)

Jeff Hughes

Distance 92.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Todd Duffee

Head 92.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.6% (norm 7.6%)

Jeff Hughes

Head 70.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 19.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Duffee L/AAccHeavyweight med Hughes L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 94 / 281 33.5% 40.1% 104 / 231 45.0% 40.1%
In the clinch 21 / 34 61.8% 70.6% 9 / 14 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 7 / 9 too few to rate 70.2% 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 298 34.2% 38.9% 64 / 177 36.2% 38.9%
To the body 18 / 24 too few to rate 76.8% 17 / 24 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 87.8% 35 / 49 71.4% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Duffee L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Hughes L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 97 39.2% 40.7% 111 / 328 33.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 16 / 31 51.6% 70.6% 28 / 41 68.3% 70.6%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 72.0% 10 / 13 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 123 40.7% 38.8% 98 / 300 32.7% 38.8%
To the body 1 / 2 too few to rate 75.1% 19 / 35 54.3% 75.1%
To the legs 4 / 5 too few to rate 84.4% 32 / 47 68.1% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

133.3% acc · 0.73/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
990.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
440.0% def · norm 64.3%
2:4113.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
2:176.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
1:150:54 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
4:561:57 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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