BOUTSCOUT
Matchup deep-dive

Jim Wallhead 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.

0-2-0 Jim Wallhead · UFC
1-3-0 Jessin Ayari · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42
AgeΔ 8 yrs
34
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
110.1
Layoff (months)Δ 40 mo
70.1
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW
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.

Jim Wallhead absorbs 6.65 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Jim Wallhead rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Jessin Ayari rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Jim Wallhead

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

793.19/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1633.53/min · norm 3.42
1656.65/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1663.59/min · norm 3.37
26.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
37.7%norm 43.5%
49.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.6%norm 56.3%
10.60/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jim Wallhead

Distance 97.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.7% (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)

Jim Wallhead

Head 87.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.1% (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 Wallhead L/AAccWelterweight med Ayari L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 75 / 287 26.1% 38.6% 140 / 396 35.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 67.8% 19 / 31 61.3% 67.3%
On the ground 2 / 5 too few to rate 67.2% 4 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 55 / 259 21.2% 37.2% 119 / 369 32.2% 35.0%
To the body 12 / 21 too few to rate 70.7% 20 / 35 57.1% 69.1%
To the legs 12 / 15 too few to rate 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 Wallhead L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Ayari L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 153 / 313 48.9% 39.0% 146 / 372 39.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 9 / 13 too few to rate 68.9% 5 / 6 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 68.0% 15 / 23 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 120 / 263 45.6% 35.6% 92 / 306 30.1% 35.1%
To the body 12 / 28 42.9% 69.6% 14 / 22 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 33 / 38 86.8% 82.1% 60 / 73 82.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
5100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
250.0% def · norm 64.0%
0:412.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
1:042.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
0:300:18 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
3:331:09 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.32/15 · norm 0.49

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

Next move

Let the engine settle it.