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Charles Jourdain vs.
Nathaniel Wood

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
11-3-0 Nathaniel Wood · 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
11-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
30.7
AgeΔ 2.5 yrs
33.2
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 0"
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
3.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0.9 mo
4.5
WWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWL
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.

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.
Nathaniel Wood outworks the Featherweight division — 5.64 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 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

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

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
10695.64/min · norm 3.54
8054.11/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
8064.25/min · norm 3.47
49.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
51.1%norm 45.0%
56.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.5%norm 54.85%
70.54/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.40/15 · norm 0.29

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%)

Nathaniel Wood

Distance 90.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 6.5%)

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%)

Nathaniel Wood

Head 69.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 22.2% (norm 7.8%)

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 778 / 1755 44.3% 40.9% 929 / 1892 49.1% 40.9%
In the clinch 192 / 242 79.3% 70.8% 58 / 80 72.5% 70.8%
On the ground 79 / 125 63.2% 69.2% 82 / 119 68.9% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 564 / 1478 38.2% 37.2% 589 / 1443 40.8% 37.2%
To the body 299 / 427 70.0% 68.2% 112 / 184 60.9% 68.2%
To the legs 186 / 217 85.7% 80.7% 368 / 464 79.3% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 671 / 1678 40.0% 39.2% 666 / 1593 41.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 100 / 134 74.6% 70.3% 84 / 104 80.8% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 52 65.4% 69.4% 56 / 74 75.7% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 482 / 1439 33.5% 35.9% 507 / 1379 36.8% 35.9%
To the body 177 / 261 67.8% 67.9% 177 / 245 72.2% 67.9%
To the legs 146 / 164 89.0% 81.5% 122 / 147 83.0% 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
1748.6% acc · 1.35/15 · norm 1.19
3147.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3373.3% def · norm 61.5%
22:4411.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
28:1314.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
37:242:51 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
26:482:07 per 15 · norm 3:12
80.61/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
60.47/15 · norm 0.46

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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