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Charles Jourdain vs.
Shane Burgos

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
8-3-0 Shane Burgos · 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
8-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
30.7
AgeΔ 4.7 yrs
35.4
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
69"
ReachΔ 6"
75"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
3.6
Layoff (months)Δ 45.1 mo
48.7
WWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLW
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.

Shane Burgos carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Shane Burgos outworks the Featherweight division — 7.40 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Charles Jourdain carries real power — 0.54 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 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

Shane Burgos

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

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 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
10407.40/min · norm 3.54
8054.11/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
9526.78/min · norm 3.47
49.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
52.4%norm 45.0%
56.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
56.4%norm 54.85%
70.54/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.64/15 · 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%)

Shane Burgos

Distance 88.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.0% (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%)

Shane Burgos

Head 76.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (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 Burgos L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 778 / 1755 44.3% 40.9% 854 / 1754 48.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 192 / 242 79.3% 70.8% 106 / 130 81.5% 70.8%
On the ground 79 / 125 63.2% 69.2% 80 / 100 80.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 564 / 1478 38.2% 37.2% 664 / 1518 43.7% 37.2%
To the body 299 / 427 70.0% 68.2% 199 / 271 73.4% 68.2%
To the legs 186 / 217 85.7% 80.7% 177 / 195 90.8% 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 Burgos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 671 / 1678 40.0% 39.2% 835 / 2014 41.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 100 / 134 74.6% 70.3% 83 / 121 68.6% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 52 65.4% 69.4% 34 / 46 73.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 482 / 1439 33.5% 35.9% 643 / 1748 36.8% 35.9%
To the body 177 / 261 67.8% 67.9% 145 / 219 66.2% 67.9%
To the legs 146 / 164 89.0% 81.5% 164 / 214 76.6% 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
444.4% acc · 0.43/15 · norm 1.19
3147.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
6591.5% def · norm 61.5%
22:4411.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
14:5910.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
37:242:51 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
16:141:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
80.61/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
40.43/15 · 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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