Darren Till vs.
Jessin Ayari
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.
Darren Till
Full career not yet synced for Darren Till — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500
Jessin Ayari
Full career not yet synced for Jessin Ayari — 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
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)
Darren Till
Distance 83.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 8.1%)
Jessin Ayari
Distance 91.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Darren Till
Head 81.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 8.4%)
Jessin Ayari
Head 85.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Till L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Ayari L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 284 / 669 | 42.5% | 38.6% | 140 / 396 | 35.4% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 39 / 61 | 63.9% | 67.8% | 19 / 31 | 61.3% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 52 / 71 | 73.2% | 67.2% | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 258 / 649 | 39.8% | 37.2% | 119 / 369 | 32.2% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 52 / 71 | 73.2% | 70.7% | 20 / 35 | 57.1% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 65 / 81 | 80.2% | 82.9% | 24 / 28 | 85.7% | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Till L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Ayari L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 278 / 874 | 31.8% | 39.0% | 146 / 372 | 39.2% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 122 / 171 | 71.3% | 68.9% | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 140 / 190 | 73.7% | 68.0% | 15 / 23 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 329 / 940 | 35.0% | 35.6% | 92 / 306 | 30.1% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 74 / 113 | 65.5% | 69.6% | 14 / 22 | too few to rate | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 137 / 182 | 75.3% | 82.1% | 60 / 73 | 82.2% | 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 — Till has more cage time on record.