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Jamie Pickett vs.
Jordan Wright

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-7-0 Jamie Pickett · UFC
2-5-0 Jordan Wright · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-7-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
37
AgeΔ 3 yrs
34
6'2"
HeightΔ 0"
6'2"
80"
ReachΔ 3"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
29.1
Layoff (months)Δ 12.5 mo
41.6
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Jordan Wright carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Jordan Wright absorbs 5.86 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
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.

Jamie Pickett

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 39
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.37 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Jordan Wright

Full career not yet synced for Jordan Wright — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2412.57/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1454.13/min · norm 3.25
3563.79/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2065.86/min · norm 3.20
45.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
57.5%norm 47.4%
48.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
32.0%norm 53.8%
10.16/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.85/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jamie Pickett

Distance 86.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 10.3%)

Jordan Wright

Distance 62.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jamie Pickett

Head 73.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)

Jordan Wright

Head 70.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Pickett L/AAccMiddleweight med Wright L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 189 / 461 41.0% 40.5% 64 / 157 40.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 70 74.3% 70.3% 57 / 63 90.5% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 24 / 32 75.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 136 / 393 34.6% 38.9% 82 / 177 46.3% 38.9%
To the body 82 / 112 73.2% 71.7% 54 / 65 83.1% 71.7%
To the legs 23 / 28 82.1% 83.3% 9 / 10 too few to rate 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Pickett L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Wright L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 503 42.7% 39.5% 87 / 160 54.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 115 / 134 85.8% 70.9% 88 / 100 88.0% 70.9%
On the ground 26 / 50 52.0% 69.0% 31 / 43 72.1% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 217 / 509 42.6% 37.9% 147 / 236 62.3% 37.9%
To the body 112 / 145 77.2% 71.3% 50 / 58 86.2% 71.3%
To the legs 27 / 33 81.8% 82.1% 9 / 9 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

736.8% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
545.5% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.42
3075.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
12100.0% def · norm 63.1%
10:3211.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
7:3721.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
36:475:52 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
13:035:34 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.43/15 · norm 0.47

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

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