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Alan Jouban vs.
Dwight Grant

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
3-5-0 Dwight Grant · 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
3-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 3 yrs
41
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
68.5
Layoff (months)Δ 19.8 mo
48.7
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.
Dwight Grant rarely shoots — 0.65 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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

Dwight Grant

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 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
2873.13/min · norm 3.17
4413.77/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2372.59/min · norm 3.06
50.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.7%norm 44.9%
60.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
61.0%norm 55.25%
91.15/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.49/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Dwight Grant

Distance 90.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Dwight Grant

Head 83.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 8.4%)

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 Grant L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 538 / 1120 48.0% 38.6% 242 / 748 32.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 86 / 135 63.7% 67.8% 15 / 18 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 39 / 63 61.9% 67.2% 30 / 60 50.0% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 398 / 961 41.4% 37.2% 185 / 689 26.9% 37.2%
To the body 138 / 207 66.7% 70.7% 44 / 66 66.7% 70.7%
To the legs 127 / 150 84.7% 82.9% 58 / 71 81.7% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Jouban L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Grant L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 362 / 971 37.3% 39.0% 194 / 539 36.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 53 / 89 59.6% 68.9% 13 / 20 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 26 / 43 60.5% 68.0% 30 / 48 62.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 934 35.0% 35.6% 123 / 459 26.8% 35.6%
To the body 67 / 107 62.6% 69.6% 58 / 79 73.4% 69.6%
To the legs 47 / 62 75.8% 82.1% 56 / 69 81.2% 82.1%
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
4100.0% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.27
1058.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1965.5% def · norm 63.9%
8:006.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:132.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
13:221:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
15:372:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.26/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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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