Chris Fishgold vs.
Jared Gordon
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.
Chris Fishgold
Full career not yet synced for Chris Fishgold — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Jared Gordon
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 8 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 31 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 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)
Chris Fishgold
Distance 89.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)
Jared Gordon
Distance 78.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Chris Fishgold
Head 79.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 7.8%)
Jared Gordon
Head 81.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Fishgold L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Gordon L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 59 / 195 | 30.3% | 40.9% | 737 / 1538 | 47.9% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 9 / 16 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 127 / 168 | 75.6% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 2 / 6 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 186 / 248 | 75.0% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 44 / 172 | 25.6% | 37.2% | 778 / 1594 | 48.8% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 10 / 17 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 173 / 245 | 70.6% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 16 / 28 | 57.1% | 80.7% | 99 / 115 | 86.1% | 81.9% |
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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Fishgold L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Gordon L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 49 / 113 | 43.4% | 39.2% | 618 / 1548 | 39.9% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 99 / 128 | 77.3% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 42 / 59 | 71.2% | 69.4% | 58 / 65 | 89.2% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 78 / 155 | 50.3% | 35.9% | 533 / 1430 | 37.3% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 11 / 15 | too few to rate | 67.9% | 159 / 219 | 72.6% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 83 / 92 | 90.2% | 81.5% |
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 — Gordon has more cage time on record.