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Alan Jouban vs.
Richard Walsh

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
2-4-0 Richard Walsh · 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
2-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 7 yrs
37
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
68.5
Layoff (months)Δ 47.8 mo
116.3
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.
Richard Walsh owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 18% 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

Richard Walsh

Full career not yet synced for Richard Walsh — 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
2973.84/min · norm 3.17
4413.77/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2102.72/min · norm 3.06
50.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
46.8%norm 44.9%
60.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.9%norm 55.25%
91.15/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.58/15 · 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%)

Richard Walsh

Distance 70.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 17.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 12.8% (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%)

Richard Walsh

Head 75.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.5% (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 Walsh L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 538 / 1120 48.0% 38.6% 159 / 445 35.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 86 / 135 63.7% 67.8% 73 / 109 67.0% 67.8%
On the ground 39 / 63 61.9% 67.2% 65 / 81 80.2% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 398 / 961 41.4% 37.2% 186 / 478 38.9% 37.2%
To the body 138 / 207 66.7% 70.7% 52 / 84 61.9% 70.7%
To the legs 127 / 150 84.7% 82.9% 59 / 73 80.8% 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 Walsh L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 362 / 971 37.3% 39.0% 158 / 426 37.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 53 / 89 59.6% 68.9% 38 / 66 57.6% 68.9%
On the ground 26 / 43 60.5% 68.0% 14 / 19 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 934 35.0% 35.6% 126 / 389 32.4% 35.6%
To the body 67 / 107 62.6% 69.6% 41 / 62 66.1% 69.6%
To the legs 47 / 62 75.8% 82.1% 43 / 60 71.7% 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
840.0% acc · 1.55/15 · norm 1.27
1058.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2066.7% def · norm 63.9%
8:006.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
23:0929.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
13:221:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
20:043:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.26/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.19/15 · 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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