Jessin Ayari vs. Darren Till

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 6-5-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
6-5-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34
AgeΔ 1 yrs
33
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
70.1
Layoff (months)Δ 26.2 mo
43.9
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jessin Ayari rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Darren Till rarely shoots — 0.55 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jessin Ayari

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 183

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Darren Till

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 120

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1633.53/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3752.30/min · norm 3.17
1663.59/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
5403.31/min · norm 3.06
37.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.8%norm 44.9%
58.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.46/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jessin Ayari

Distance 91.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 8.0%)

Darren Till

Distance 83.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jessin Ayari

Head 85.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.9%)

Darren Till

Head 81.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ayari L/AAccLightweight med Till L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 396 35.4% 37.9% 284 / 669 42.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 19 / 31 61.3% 67.3% 39 / 61 63.9% 67.8%
On the ground 4 / 5 too few to rate 69.1% 52 / 71 73.2% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 119 / 369 32.2% 35.0% 258 / 649 39.8% 37.2%
To the body 20 / 35 57.1% 69.1% 52 / 71 73.2% 70.7%
To the legs 24 / 28 85.7% 81.9% 65 / 81 80.2% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Ayari L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Till L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 372 39.2% 38.9% 278 / 874 31.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 5 / 6 too few to rate 68.6% 122 / 171 71.3% 68.9%
On the ground 15 / 23 too few to rate 68.0% 140 / 190 73.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 92 / 306 30.1% 35.1% 329 / 940 35.0% 35.6%
To the body 14 / 22 too few to rate 68.1% 74 / 113 65.5% 69.6%
To the legs 60 / 73 82.2% 81.5% 137 / 182 75.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
646.2% acc · 0.55/15 · norm 1.27
250.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
3769.8% def · norm 63.9%
1:042.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
10:456.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
3:331:09 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
31:232:52 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.32/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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