Charlie Ward vs.
Abdul Razak Alhassan
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Charlie Ward
Full career not yet synced for Charlie Ward — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Abdul Razak Alhassan
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 7 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Charlie Ward
Distance 84.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)
Abdul Razak Alhassan
Distance 77.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Charlie Ward
Head 88.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 8.4%)
Abdul Razak Alhassan
Head 84.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ward L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Alhassan L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 4 / 22 | too few to rate | 38.6% | 216 / 487 | 44.4% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 52 / 74 | 70.3% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 47 / 71 | 66.2% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 4 / 23 | too few to rate | 37.2% | 247 / 533 | 46.3% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 36 / 46 | 78.3% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 32 / 53 | 60.4% | 83.3% |
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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Ward L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Alhassan L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 15 / 37 | 40.5% | 39.0% | 267 / 661 | 40.4% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 55 / 78 | 70.5% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 31 / 44 | 70.5% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 18 / 40 | 45.0% | 35.6% | 206 / 601 | 34.3% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 92 / 124 | 74.2% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 55 / 58 | 94.8% | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Alhassan has more cage time on record.