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Jared Gooden vs.
Alan Jouban

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

2-5-0 Jared Gooden · UFC
8-5-0 Alan Jouban · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
8-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
32.7
AgeΔ 12 yrs
44.7
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
21.8
Layoff (months)Δ 46.7 mo
68.5
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL
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.

Alan Jouban carries real power — 1.15 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Jared Gooden absorbs 6.74 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Alan Jouban outworks the Welterweight division — 5.67 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 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.

Jared Gooden

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 26
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 196

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Alan Jouban

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

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3624.40/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6635.67/min · norm 3.17
5556.74/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4413.77/min · norm 3.06
48.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 44.9%
45.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.0%norm 55.25%
10.18/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
91.15/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jared Gooden

Distance 91.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 8.1%)

Alan Jouban

Distance 85.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jared Gooden

Head 71.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.4%)

Alan Jouban

Head 72.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gooden L/AAccWelterweight med Jouban L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 314 / 682 46.0% 38.6% 538 / 1120 48.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 32 / 37 86.5% 67.8% 86 / 135 63.7% 67.8%
On the ground 16 / 23 too few to rate 67.2% 39 / 63 61.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 207 / 530 39.1% 37.2% 398 / 961 41.4% 37.2%
To the body 100 / 146 68.5% 70.7% 138 / 207 66.7% 70.7%
To the legs 55 / 66 83.3% 82.9% 127 / 150 84.7% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Gooden L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Jouban L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 417 / 831 50.2% 39.0% 362 / 971 37.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 96 / 120 80.0% 68.9% 53 / 89 59.6% 68.9%
On the ground 42 / 63 66.7% 68.0% 26 / 43 60.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 374 / 800 46.8% 35.6% 327 / 934 35.0% 35.6%
To the body 134 / 164 81.7% 69.6% 67 / 107 62.6% 69.6%
To the legs 47 / 50 94.0% 82.1% 47 / 62 75.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

545.5% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
444.4% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 1.27
1365.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1058.8% def · norm 63.9%
5:136.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
8:006.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
25:084:34 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
13:221:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.36/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.26/15 · norm 0.45

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

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