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Jonathan Goulet vs.
Josh Koscheck

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

4-5-0 Jonathan Goulet · UFC
15-10-0 Josh Koscheck · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-5-0
UFC record
15-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
47
AgeΔ 1 yrs
48
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
195
Layoff (months)Δ 58.4 mo
136.6
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL
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.

Jonathan Goulet hunts takedowns — 4.17 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Jonathan Goulet owns the mat — in control 40% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Josh Koscheck owns the mat — in control 39% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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.

Jonathan Goulet

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

In the UFC: 0-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Josh Koscheck

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-7 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

811.61/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4281.79/min · norm 3.17
1012.01/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5272.21/min · norm 3.06
42.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
36.2%norm 44.9%
46.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
63.2%norm 55.25%
20.60/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.25/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jonathan Goulet

Distance 57.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 26.4% (norm 8.1%)

Josh Koscheck

Distance 74.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jonathan Goulet

Head 83.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 8.4%)

Josh Koscheck

Head 88.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Goulet L/AAccWelterweight med Koscheck L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 111 34.2% 38.6% 204 / 880 23.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 16 / 31 51.6% 67.8% 45 / 69 65.2% 67.8%
On the ground 27 / 51 52.9% 67.2% 179 / 234 76.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 55 / 161 34.2% 37.2% 322 / 1041 30.9% 37.2%
To the body 13 / 16 too few to rate 70.7% 80 / 110 72.7% 70.7%
To the legs 13 / 16 too few to rate 82.9% 26 / 32 81.2% 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 (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 Goulet L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Koscheck L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 42 / 100 42.0% 39.0% 413 / 1275 32.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 9 / 13 too few to rate 68.9% 74 / 97 76.3% 68.9%
On the ground 50 / 75 66.7% 68.0% 40 / 59 67.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 170 49.4% 35.6% 319 / 1139 28.0% 35.6%
To the body 9 / 10 too few to rate 69.6% 45 / 83 54.2% 69.6%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 163 / 209 78.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1470.0% acc · 4.17/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
4048.2% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.27
945.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1864.3% def · norm 63.9%
20:1840.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
92:1238.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
15:054:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
24:221:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.60/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
70.44/15 · norm 0.45

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

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