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Charles Jourdain vs. Marcelo Rojo

UFC 9-8-1 vs. 0-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-8-1
UFC record
0-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
30
AgeΔ 8 yrs
38
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 45.6 mo
46.6
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marcelo Rojo absorbs 6.42 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Charles Jourdain carries real power — 0.51 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Charles Jourdain rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Marcelo Rojo

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11325.44/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1604.92/min · norm 3.52
8774.22/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2096.42/min · norm 3.50
50.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 44.7%
56.0%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
55.1%norm 54.8%
70.51/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Charles Jourdain

Distance 82.2% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.6% (norm 6.5%)

Marcelo Rojo

Distance 92.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Charles Jourdain

Head 68.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 21.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.9%)

Marcelo Rojo

Head 75.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.9% (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 Rojo L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 837 / 1849 45.3% 40.5% 140 / 373 37.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 216 / 275 78.5% 70.5% 15 / 25 60.0% 70.5%
On the ground 79 / 125 63.2% 69.3% 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 591 / 1540 38.4% 37.1% 77 / 304 25.3% 37.1%
To the body 337 / 472 71.4% 68.0% 31 / 44 70.5% 68.0%
To the legs 204 / 237 86.1% 80.3% 52 / 56 92.9% 80.3%

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: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Rojo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 708 / 1759 40.3% 39.3% 151 / 381 39.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 121 / 159 76.1% 70.3% 24 / 29 82.8% 70.3%
On the ground 48 / 74 64.9% 69.4% 34 / 55 61.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 520 / 1524 34.1% 35.9% 140 / 380 36.8% 35.9%
To the body 199 / 289 68.9% 68.0% 37 / 52 71.2% 68.0%
To the legs 158 / 179 88.3% 81.5% 32 / 33 97.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
520.8% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.17
3144.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
866.7% def · norm 61.5%
22:4410.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
0:583.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
39:392:51 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
8:173:49 per 15 · norm 3:11
80.58/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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