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Kevin Jousset vs.
Bryan Battle

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

2-2-0 Kevin Jousset · UFC
7-1-0 (1 NC) Bryan Battle · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
7-1-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33
AgeΔ 2 yrs
31
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
17.9
Layoff (months)Δ 2 mo
19.9
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWNCWW
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.

Kevin Jousset absorbs 6.49 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Kevin Jousset outworks the Welterweight division — 6.61 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Bryan Battle outworks the Welterweight division — 5.12 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.

Kevin Jousset

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Bryan Battle

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 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

2886.61/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3975.12/min · norm 3.17
2836.49/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3194.11/min · norm 3.06
51.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
52.9%norm 44.9%
51.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
44.2%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.39/15 · norm 0.38

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

Kevin Jousset

Distance 93.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Bryan Battle

Distance 84.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Kevin Jousset

Head 70.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.8% (norm 8.4%)

Bryan Battle

Head 65.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 29.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jousset L/AAccWelterweight med Battle L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 258 / 523 49.3% 38.6% 306 / 635 48.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 30 / 35 85.7% 67.8% 88 / 109 80.7% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 3 / 6 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 159 / 393 40.5% 37.2% 198 / 488 40.6% 37.2%
To the body 46 / 71 64.8% 70.7% 164 / 224 73.2% 70.7%
To the legs 83 / 94 88.3% 82.9% 35 / 38 92.1% 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 Jousset L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Battle L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 254 / 532 47.7% 39.0% 210 / 423 49.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 29 / 45 64.4% 68.9% 60 / 76 78.9% 68.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 49 / 73 67.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 194 / 462 42.0% 35.6% 179 / 409 43.8% 35.6%
To the body 62 / 79 78.5% 69.6% 76 / 91 83.5% 69.6%
To the legs 27 / 36 75.0% 82.1% 64 / 72 88.9% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

240.0% acc · 0.69/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
417.4% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.27
4100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1553.6% def · norm 63.9%
2:235.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
20:4626.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
3:401:15 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
20:383:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.34/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.39/15 · norm 0.45

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

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