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Charles Jourdain vs. Nathaniel Wood

UFC 9-8-1 vs. 11-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-8-1
UFC record
11-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
30
AgeΔ 3 yrs
33
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 0"
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 0.5 mo
1.5
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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.
Nathaniel Wood outworks the Featherweight division — 5.36 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 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

Nathaniel Wood

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 123
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 50
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11325.44/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
10975.36/min · norm 3.52
8774.22/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8564.19/min · norm 3.50
50.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
50.4%norm 44.7%
56.0%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 54.8%
70.51/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.44/15 · 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%)

Nathaniel Wood

Distance 90.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.5% (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%)

Nathaniel Wood

Head 69.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 21.8% (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 Wood L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 837 / 1849 45.3% 40.5% 955 / 1971 48.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 216 / 275 78.5% 70.5% 60 / 86 69.8% 70.5%
On the ground 79 / 125 63.2% 69.3% 82 / 120 68.3% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 591 / 1540 38.4% 37.1% 606 / 1506 40.2% 37.1%
To the body 337 / 472 71.4% 68.0% 119 / 197 60.4% 68.0%
To the legs 204 / 237 86.1% 80.3% 372 / 474 78.5% 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 Wood L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 708 / 1759 40.3% 39.3% 699 / 1675 41.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 121 / 159 76.1% 70.3% 93 / 117 79.5% 70.3%
On the ground 48 / 74 64.9% 69.4% 64 / 84 76.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 520 / 1524 34.1% 35.9% 551 / 1471 37.5% 35.9%
To the body 199 / 289 68.9% 68.0% 181 / 256 70.7% 68.0%
To the legs 158 / 179 88.3% 81.5% 124 / 149 83.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
520.8% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1748.6% acc · 1.25/15 · norm 1.17
3144.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
4875.0% def · norm 61.5%
22:4410.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
28:2213.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
39:392:51 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
32:542:24 per 15 · norm 3:11
80.58/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
60.44/15 · 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.