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Jared Gooden vs.
Carlston Harris

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
4-4-0 Carlston Harris · 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
4-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
32
AgeΔ 7 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.8
Layoff (months)Δ 19.6 mo
2.2
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Jared Gooden absorbs 6.74 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Jared Gooden outworks the Welterweight division — 4.40 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

Carlston Harris

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 154

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 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

3624.40/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2213.34/min · norm 3.17
5556.74/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2323.50/min · norm 3.06
48.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
42.8%norm 44.9%
45.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.9%norm 55.25%
10.18/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.45/15 · 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%)

Carlston Harris

Distance 90.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.4% (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%)

Carlston Harris

Head 76.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.2% (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 Harris L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 314 / 682 46.0% 38.6% 181 / 466 38.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 32 / 37 86.5% 67.8% 13 / 17 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 16 / 23 too few to rate 67.2% 27 / 33 81.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 207 / 530 39.1% 37.2% 137 / 396 34.6% 37.2%
To the body 100 / 146 68.5% 70.7% 57 / 88 64.8% 70.7%
To the legs 55 / 66 83.3% 82.9% 27 / 32 84.4% 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 Harris L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 417 / 831 50.2% 39.0% 194 / 423 45.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 96 / 120 80.0% 68.9% 12 / 13 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 42 / 63 66.7% 68.0% 26 / 46 56.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 374 / 800 46.8% 35.6% 162 / 396 40.9% 35.6%
To the body 134 / 164 81.7% 69.6% 46 / 57 80.7% 69.6%
To the legs 47 / 50 94.0% 82.1% 24 / 29 82.8% 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
520.0% acc · 1.13/15 · norm 1.27
1365.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
555.6% def · norm 63.9%
5:136.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
12:3218.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
25:084:34 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
21:014:45 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.36/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.45/15 · norm 0.45

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

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