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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.

1-3-0 Chris Fishgold · UFC
9-8-0 (1 NC) Jared Gordon · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-3-0
UFC record
9-8-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
34
AgeΔ 3 yrs
37
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
72.7
Layoff (months)Δ 69.8 mo
2.9
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Chris Fishgold is a submission threat — 1.29 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Chris Fishgold hunts takedowns — 2.59 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jared Gordon owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight 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.

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 tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

702.01/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
10505.57/min · norm 3.42
942.70/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
7754.11/min · norm 3.37
32.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
53.7%norm 43.5%
46.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
55.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.16/15 · norm 0.25

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/AAccFeatherweight med Gordon L/AAccLightweight 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/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Gordon L/AOpp accLightweight 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%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

646.2% acc · 2.59/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2434.8% acc · 1.91/15 · norm 1.38
444.4% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2660.5% def · norm 64.0%
4:2312.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
63:4233.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
14:446:21 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
22:301:47 per 15 · norm 2:46
31.29/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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