Jeff Hughes vs. Todd Duffee

UFC 0-3-0 (1 NC) vs. 3-2-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-2-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
38
AgeΔ 2 yrs
40
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
70.4
Layoff (months)Δ 12.4 mo
82.8
LLNCL
Last 5 (newest first)
NCLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jeff Hughes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Todd Duffee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Jeff Hughes

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

Todd Duffee

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

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

Jeff Hughes

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

Todd Duffee

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hughes L/AAccHeavyweight med Duffee L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 104 / 231 45.0% 40.1% 94 / 281 33.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 9 / 14 too few to rate 70.6% 21 / 34 61.8% 70.6%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.2% 7 / 9 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 177 36.2% 38.9% 102 / 298 34.2% 38.9%
To the body 17 / 24 too few to rate 76.8% 18 / 24 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 35 / 49 71.4% 87.8% 2 / 2 too few to rate 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 Hughes L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Duffee L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 111 / 328 33.8% 40.7% 38 / 97 39.2% 40.7%
In the clinch 28 / 41 68.3% 70.6% 16 / 31 51.6% 70.6%
On the ground 10 / 13 too few to rate 72.0% 1 / 2 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 300 32.7% 38.8% 50 / 123 40.7% 38.8%
To the body 19 / 35 54.3% 75.1% 1 / 2 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 32 / 47 68.1% 84.4% 4 / 5 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

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