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Vaughan Lee vs.
Paddy Holohan

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

3-5-0 Vaughan Lee · UFC
3-2-0 Paddy Holohan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-5-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
43
AgeΔ 5 yrs
38
5'6"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
66"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
132.6
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
129.4
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

Vaughan Lee is a submission threat — 1.01 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Paddy Holohan owns the mat — in control 53% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.
Paddy Holohan is a submission threat — 1.31 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight 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.

Vaughan Lee

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Paddy Holohan

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2583.47/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1222.13/min · norm 3.49
1542.07/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1612.81/min · norm 3.24
47.3%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
46.4%norm 44.6%
70.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
46.3%norm 56.4%
10.20/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.26/15 · norm 0.18

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

Vaughan Lee

Distance 86.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 6.5%)

Paddy Holohan

Distance 77.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 7.3%)

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

Vaughan Lee

Head 64.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Paddy Holohan

Head 69.6% (norm 75.9%) · Body 18.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lee L/AAccBantamweight med Holohan L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 470 43.2% 39.0% 78 / 204 38.2% 40.0%
In the clinch 40 / 52 76.9% 68.7% 3 / 7 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 15 / 24 too few to rate 70.2% 41 / 52 78.8% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 126 / 353 35.7% 34.9% 72 / 183 39.3% 37.6%
To the body 82 / 126 65.1% 66.8% 26 / 48 54.2% 68.5%
To the legs 50 / 67 74.6% 79.4% 24 / 32 75.0% 80.0%

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 · Flyweight: 73 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 Lee L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Holohan L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 99 / 432 22.9% 39.3% 66 / 164 40.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 21 / 37 56.8% 70.4% 17 / 18 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 34 / 48 70.8% 72.4% 78 / 118 66.1% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 100 / 409 24.4% 34.9% 113 / 241 46.9% 35.2%
To the body 40 / 73 54.8% 66.0% 35 / 42 83.3% 68.2%
To the legs 14 / 35 40.0% 79.1% 13 / 17 too few to rate 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

433.3% acc · 0.81/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1147.8% acc · 2.88/15 · norm 1.30
2672.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
571.4% def · norm 62.5%
8:0610.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
30:2853.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
26:545:25 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
10:382:47 per 15 · norm 2:44
51.01/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
51.31/15 · norm 0.58

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

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