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Charles Jourdain vs.
Andre Fili

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

9-7-1 Charles Jourdain · UFC
13-13-0 (1 NC) Andre Fili · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-7-1
UFC record
13-13-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
30.7
AgeΔ 5.4 yrs
36.1
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
69"
ReachΔ 5"
74"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
3.6
Layoff (months)Δ 2.1 mo
1.5
WWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Andre Fili hunts takedowns — 2.24 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
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.
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.

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

Andre Fili

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1313
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10495.36/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
11213.89/min · norm 3.54
8054.11/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
13134.55/min · norm 3.47
49.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
37.8%norm 45.0%
56.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
49.5%norm 54.85%
70.54/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.31/15 · norm 0.29

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

Charles Jourdain

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

Andre Fili

Distance 91.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Charles Jourdain

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

Andre Fili

Head 85.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jourdain L/AAccFeatherweight med Fili L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 778 / 1755 44.3% 40.9% 980 / 2722 36.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 192 / 242 79.3% 70.8% 62 / 105 59.0% 70.8%
On the ground 79 / 125 63.2% 69.2% 79 / 135 58.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 564 / 1478 38.2% 37.2% 819 / 2538 32.3% 37.2%
To the body 299 / 427 70.0% 68.2% 169 / 255 66.3% 68.2%
To the legs 186 / 217 85.7% 80.7% 133 / 169 78.7% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Jourdain L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Fili L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 671 / 1678 40.0% 39.2% 1116 / 2292 48.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 100 / 134 74.6% 70.3% 79 / 124 63.7% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 52 65.4% 69.4% 118 / 186 63.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 482 / 1439 33.5% 35.9% 703 / 1825 38.5% 35.9%
To the body 177 / 261 67.8% 67.9% 259 / 390 66.4% 67.9%
To the legs 146 / 164 89.0% 81.5% 351 / 387 90.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

521.7% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
4346.2% acc · 2.24/15 · norm 1.19
3147.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5972.0% def · norm 61.5%
22:4411.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
43:2315.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
37:242:51 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
44:222:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
80.61/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
40.21/15 · norm 0.46

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

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