Bryan Battle vs. Kevin Jousset

UFC 7-1-0 (1 NC) vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-1-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31
AgeΔ 2 yrs
33
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
20
Layoff (months)Δ 2.1 mo
17.9
WWNCWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kevin Jousset absorbs 6.49 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Kevin Jousset outworks the Welterweight division — 6.61 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Bryan Battle outworks the Welterweight division — 5.12 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Bryan Battle

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Kevin Jousset

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3975.12/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2886.61/min · norm 3.17
3194.11/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2836.49/min · norm 3.06
52.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
51.6%norm 44.9%
44.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.0%norm 55.25%
20.39/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Bryan Battle

Distance 84.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 8.1%)

Kevin Jousset

Distance 93.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Bryan Battle

Head 65.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 29.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 8.4%)

Kevin Jousset

Head 70.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Battle L/AAccWelterweight med Jousset L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 306 / 635 48.2% 38.6% 258 / 523 49.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 88 / 109 80.7% 67.8% 30 / 35 85.7% 67.8%
On the ground 3 / 6 too few to rate 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 198 / 488 40.6% 37.2% 159 / 393 40.5% 37.2%
To the body 164 / 224 73.2% 70.7% 46 / 71 64.8% 70.7%
To the legs 35 / 38 92.1% 82.9% 83 / 94 88.3% 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 Battle L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Jousset L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 210 / 423 49.6% 39.0% 254 / 532 47.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 60 / 76 78.9% 68.9% 29 / 45 64.4% 68.9%
On the ground 49 / 73 67.1% 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 179 / 409 43.8% 35.6% 194 / 462 42.0% 35.6%
To the body 76 / 91 83.5% 69.6% 62 / 79 78.5% 69.6%
To the legs 64 / 72 88.9% 82.1% 27 / 36 75.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
417.4% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.69/15 · norm 1.27
1553.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4100.0% def · norm 63.9%
20:4626.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:235.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
20:383:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
3:401:15 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.39/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.34/15 · norm 0.45

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