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Alan Jouban vs.
Brendan O'Reilly

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

8-5-0 Alan Jouban · UFC
1-3-0 Brendan O'Reilly · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-5-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
44
AgeΔ 5 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 5"
5'7"
73"
ReachΔ 4"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
68.5
Layoff (months)Δ 47.6 mo
116.1
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL
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.

Alan Jouban carries real power — 1.15 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Alan Jouban outworks the Welterweight division — 5.67 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Brendan O'Reilly owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight 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.

Alan Jouban

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

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Brendan O'Reilly

Full career not yet synced for Brendan O'Reilly — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6635.67/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
901.90/min · norm 3.42
4413.77/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1312.77/min · norm 3.37
50.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.4%norm 43.5%
60.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
39.9%norm 56.3%
91.15/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Alan Jouban

Distance 85.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 8.1%)

Brendan O'Reilly

Distance 48.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 44.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Alan Jouban

Head 72.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.4%)

Brendan O'Reilly

Head 68.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 22.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jouban L/AAccWelterweight med O'Reilly L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 538 / 1120 48.0% 38.6% 32 / 93 34.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 86 / 135 63.7% 67.8% 52 / 85 61.2% 67.3%
On the ground 39 / 63 61.9% 67.2% 6 / 12 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 398 / 961 41.4% 37.2% 49 / 131 37.4% 35.0%
To the body 138 / 207 66.7% 70.7% 29 / 43 67.4% 69.1%
To the legs 127 / 150 84.7% 82.9% 12 / 16 too few to rate 81.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Jouban L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs O'Reilly L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 362 / 971 37.3% 39.0% 40 / 91 44.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 53 / 89 59.6% 68.9% 69 / 99 69.7% 68.6%
On the ground 26 / 43 60.5% 68.0% 22 / 28 78.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 934 35.0% 35.6% 79 / 162 48.8% 35.1%
To the body 67 / 107 62.6% 69.6% 35 / 39 89.7% 68.1%
To the legs 47 / 62 75.8% 82.1% 17 / 17 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

444.4% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
743.8% acc · 2.22/15 · norm 1.38
1058.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
436.4% def · norm 64.0%
8:006.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
15:2532.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
13:221:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
23:317:27 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.26/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.63/15 · norm 0.49

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

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