Nate Loughran vs. Johnny Rees

UFC 1-1-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-1-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
211.9
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
211.9
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nate Loughran is a submission threat — 2.09 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Johnny Rees owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Nate Loughran's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nate Loughran

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.03 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Johnny Rees

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

261.81/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
433.29/min · norm 3.17
594.11/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
110.84/min · norm 3.06
40.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
64.2%norm 44.9%
59.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
47.6%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Nate Loughran

Distance 96.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

Johnny Rees

Distance 26.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 52.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Nate Loughran

Head 47.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 32.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 8.4%)

Johnny Rees

Head 59.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 28.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Loughran L/AAccMiddleweight med Rees L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 25 / 63 39.7% 40.5% 6 / 18 too few to rate 38.6%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.3% 27 / 35 77.1% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 10 / 14 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 6 / 31 19.4% 38.9% 21 / 40 52.5% 37.2%
To the body 12 / 21 too few to rate 71.7% 16 / 19 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 8 / 13 too few to rate 83.3% 6 / 8 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Loughran L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Rees L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 46 / 122 37.7% 39.5% 3 / 10 too few to rate 39.0%
In the clinch 6 / 8 too few to rate 70.9% 5 / 8 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 7 / 16 too few to rate 69.0% 3 / 3 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 45 / 129 34.9% 37.9% 5 / 11 too few to rate 35.6%
To the body 11 / 14 too few to rate 71.3% 2 / 4 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 82.1% 4 / 6 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 1.15/15 · norm 1.27
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
350.0% def · norm 63.9%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
6:3550.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:387:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
5:005:43 per 15 · norm 3:15
22.09/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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