Charles Jourdain vs. Marlon Vera
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
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: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500
Marlon Vera
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 15 | 11 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts
In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Marlon Vera
Distance 85.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 6.4%)
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%)
Marlon Vera
Head 68.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.4%)
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 | Vera L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 837 / 1849 | 45.3% | 40.5% | 1220 / 2775 | 44.0% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 216 / 275 | 78.5% | 70.5% | 167 / 214 | 78.0% | 69.0% |
| On the ground | 79 / 125 | 63.2% | 69.3% | 165 / 249 | 66.3% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 591 / 1540 | 38.4% | 37.1% | 839 / 2231 | 37.6% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 337 / 472 | 71.4% | 68.0% | 341 / 548 | 62.2% | 66.9% |
| To the legs | 204 / 237 | 86.1% | 80.3% | 372 / 459 | 81.0% | 79.2% |
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 · Bantamweight: 121 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 Vera L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 708 / 1759 | 40.3% | 39.3% | 1664 / 3473 | 47.9% | 39.4% |
| In the clinch | 121 / 159 | 76.1% | 70.3% | 140 / 204 | 68.6% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 48 / 74 | 64.9% | 69.4% | 169 / 238 | 71.0% | 72.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 520 / 1524 | 34.1% | 35.9% | 1190 / 2904 | 41.0% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 199 / 289 | 68.9% | 68.0% | 464 / 631 | 73.5% | 66.1% |
| To the legs | 158 / 179 | 88.3% | 81.5% | 319 / 380 | 83.9% | 78.8% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Vera has more cage time on record.