Charles Jourdain vs.
Desmond Green
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 1 |
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
Desmond Green
Full career not yet synced for Desmond Green — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Desmond Green
Distance 89.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 8.0%)
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%)
Desmond Green
Head 79.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Jourdain L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Green L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 778 / 1755 | 44.3% | 40.9% | 286 / 669 | 42.8% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 192 / 242 | 79.3% | 70.8% | 31 / 45 | 68.9% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 79 / 125 | 63.2% | 69.2% | 27 / 32 | 84.4% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 564 / 1478 | 38.2% | 37.2% | 232 / 590 | 39.3% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 299 / 427 | 70.0% | 68.2% | 62 / 94 | 66.0% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 186 / 217 | 85.7% | 80.7% | 50 / 62 | 80.6% | 81.9% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Green L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 671 / 1678 | 40.0% | 39.2% | 209 / 715 | 29.2% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 100 / 134 | 74.6% | 70.3% | 11 / 23 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 34 / 52 | 65.4% | 69.4% | 13 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 482 / 1439 | 33.5% | 35.9% | 100 / 537 | 18.6% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 177 / 261 | 67.8% | 67.9% | 53 / 118 | 44.9% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 146 / 164 | 89.0% | 81.5% | 80 / 97 | 82.5% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Jourdain has more cage time on record.