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Charlie Ward vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 6-7-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
6-7-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
45
AgeΔ 4 yrs
41
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
—
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
111.1
Layoff (months)Δ 89.8 mo
21.3
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LNCLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Abdul Razak Alhassan carries real power — 1.53 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Charlie Ward absorbs 7.21 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Charlie Ward's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Charlie Ward

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 76
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

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 tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

51.64/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3153.58/min · norm 3.23
227.21/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3534.01/min · norm 3.20
19.2%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
49.8%norm 47.4%
53.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
54.9%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
91.53/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Charlie Ward

Distance 84.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 15.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Abdul Razak Alhassan

Distance 77.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 10.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Charlie Ward

Head 88.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 8.0%)

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/AAccWelterweight med Alhassan L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 4 / 22 too few to rate 38.5% 216 / 487 44.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 1 / 4 too few to rate 67.8% 52 / 74 70.3% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.0% 47 / 71 66.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 23 too few to rate 36.4% 247 / 533 46.3% 38.8%
To the body 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.7% 36 / 46 78.3% 71.6%
To the legs 0 / 1 too few to rate 83.0% 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: 180 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Alhassan L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 37 40.5% 39.1% 267 / 661 40.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.9% 55 / 78 70.5% 70.4%
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 82.2% 55 / 58 94.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
533.3% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.35
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2850.9% def · norm 63.3%
0:084.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
12:5114.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
0:100:49 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
27:024:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
10.17/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Alhassan has more cage time on record.