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Tom Aspinall vs.
Jake Collier

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

8-1-0 (1 NC) Tom Aspinall · UFC
5-9-0 Jake Collier · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-1-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-9-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
33.3
AgeΔ 4.5 yrs
37.8
6'5"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
78"
ReachΔ 0"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
9.4
Layoff (months)Δ 25 mo
34.4
NCWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Tom Aspinall carries real power — 3.27 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Tom Aspinall is a submission threat — 1.31 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Jake Collier is a submission threat — 0.61 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight 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.

Tom Aspinall

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Jake Collier

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1757.63/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
8625.80/min · norm 3.36
833.62/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
7545.08/min · norm 3.19
67.6%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 47.8%
57.0%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
50.8%norm 52.5%
53.27/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
30.30/15 · norm 0.28

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

Tom Aspinall

Distance 66.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 24.7% (norm 9.3%)

Jake Collier

Distance 90.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 9.3%)

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

Tom Aspinall

Head 77.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 7.6%)

Jake Collier

Head 81.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aspinall L/AAccHeavyweight med Collier L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 108 / 171 63.2% 40.1% 738 / 1755 42.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 17 / 24 too few to rate 70.6% 94 / 146 64.4% 70.6%
On the ground 50 / 64 78.1% 70.2% 30 / 46 65.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 119 / 200 59.5% 38.9% 574 / 1583 36.3% 38.9%
To the body 23 / 26 88.5% 76.8% 169 / 226 74.8% 76.8%
To the legs 33 / 33 100.0% 87.8% 119 / 138 86.2% 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 Aspinall L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Collier L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 80 / 186 43.0% 40.7% 594 / 1312 45.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 3 / 6 too few to rate 70.6% 72 / 106 67.9% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 72.0% 88 / 114 77.2% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 34 / 139 24.5% 38.8% 545 / 1268 43.0% 38.8%
To the body 24 / 28 85.7% 75.1% 151 / 193 78.2% 75.1%
To the legs 25 / 26 96.2% 84.4% 58 / 71 81.7% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

480.0% acc · 2.62/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
733.3% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 0.95
2100.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
2367.6% def · norm 64.3%
5:0622.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
22:4115.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
0:010:00 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
21:242:09 per 15 · norm 2:28
21.31/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
60.61/15 · norm 0.16

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

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