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Charles Jourdain vs.
Lando Vannata

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
4-8-2 Lando Vannata · 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
4-8-2
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
30.7
AgeΔ 3.7 yrs
34.4
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
3.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0.5 mo
4.1
WWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Lando Vannata carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight 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

Lando Vannata

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 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
7114.52/min · norm 3.42
8054.11/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
7414.71/min · norm 3.37
49.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 43.5%
56.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 56.3%
70.54/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.48/15 · norm 0.25

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%)

Lando Vannata

Distance 89.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.7% (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%)

Lando Vannata

Head 67.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.3% (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/AAccFeatherweight med Vannata L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 778 / 1755 44.3% 40.9% 617 / 1387 44.5% 37.9%
In the clinch 192 / 242 79.3% 70.8% 56 / 86 65.1% 67.3%
On the ground 79 / 125 63.2% 69.2% 38 / 73 52.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 564 / 1478 38.2% 37.2% 361 / 1042 34.6% 35.0%
To the body 299 / 427 70.0% 68.2% 179 / 283 63.3% 69.1%
To the legs 186 / 217 85.7% 80.7% 171 / 221 77.4% 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/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Vannata L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 671 / 1678 40.0% 39.2% 601 / 1434 41.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 100 / 134 74.6% 70.3% 90 / 111 81.1% 68.6%
On the ground 34 / 52 65.4% 69.4% 50 / 94 53.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 482 / 1439 33.5% 35.9% 453 / 1235 36.7% 35.1%
To the body 177 / 261 67.8% 67.9% 147 / 237 62.0% 68.1%
To the legs 146 / 164 89.0% 81.5% 141 / 167 84.4% 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
1336.1% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.38
3147.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3666.7% def · norm 64.0%
22:4411.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
11:397.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
37:242:51 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
20:141:55 per 15 · norm 2:46
80.61/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
30.29/15 · norm 0.49

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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