Paddy Holohan vs. Vaughan Lee

UFC 3-2-0 vs. 3-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-2-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
38
AgeΔ 5 yrs
43
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
129.5
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
132.7
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Paddy Holohan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

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

Vaughan Lee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 35
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 117

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.02 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Paddy Holohan

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

Vaughan Lee

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

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

Paddy Holohan

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

Vaughan Lee

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

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

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Holohan L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Lee L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 164 40.2% 40.1% 99 / 432 22.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 17 / 18 too few to rate 68.8% 21 / 37 56.8% 70.4%
On the ground 78 / 118 66.1% 71.1% 34 / 48 70.8% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 113 / 241 46.9% 35.2% 100 / 409 24.4% 34.9%
To the body 35 / 42 83.3% 68.2% 40 / 73 54.8% 66.0%
To the legs 13 / 17 too few to rate 80.3% 14 / 35 40.0% 79.1%

Grappling

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

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