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Andre Ewell vs.
Charles Jourdain

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

4-5-0 Andre Ewell · UFC
9-7-1 Charles Jourdain · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-5-0
UFC record
9-7-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38
AgeΔ 8 yrs
30
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
75"
ReachΔ 6"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
55.6
Layoff (months)Δ 52 mo
3.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLL
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.

Charles Jourdain carries real power — 0.54 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Charles Jourdain rarely shoots — 0.38 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Andre Ewell rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Andre Ewell

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Charles Jourdain

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 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

5404.28/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
10495.36/min · norm 3.54
6154.87/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
8054.11/min · norm 3.47
40.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 45.0%
51.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
56.8%norm 54.85%
10.12/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
70.54/15 · norm 0.29

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

Andre Ewell

Distance 97.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 6.5%)

Charles Jourdain

Distance 82.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 11.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Andre Ewell

Head 75.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Charles Jourdain

Head 69.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ewell L/AAccBantamweight med Jourdain L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 528 / 1319 40.0% 39.0% 778 / 1755 44.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 11 / 26 42.3% 68.7% 192 / 242 79.3% 70.8%
On the ground 1 / 4 too few to rate 70.2% 79 / 125 63.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 317 / 1023 31.0% 34.9% 564 / 1478 38.2% 37.2%
To the body 165 / 253 65.2% 66.8% 299 / 427 70.0% 68.2%
To the legs 58 / 73 79.5% 79.4% 186 / 217 85.7% 80.7%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Ewell L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Jourdain L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 471 / 1081 43.6% 39.3% 671 / 1678 40.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 61 / 78 78.2% 70.4% 100 / 134 74.6% 70.3%
On the ground 83 / 106 78.3% 72.4% 34 / 52 65.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 321 / 850 37.8% 34.9% 482 / 1439 33.5% 35.9%
To the body 133 / 200 66.5% 66.0% 177 / 261 67.8% 67.9%
To the legs 161 / 215 74.9% 79.1% 146 / 164 89.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

375.0% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
521.7% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 1.19
2472.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3147.0% def · norm 61.5%
4:373.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
22:4411.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
24:272:54 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
37:242:51 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.12/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
80.61/15 · norm 0.46

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

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