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Kron Gracie vs.
Charles Jourdain

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

1-3-0 Kron Gracie · UFC
9-7-1 Charles Jourdain · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
9-7-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38.1
AgeΔ 7.4 yrs
30.7
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
19.9
Layoff (months)Δ 16.3 mo
3.6
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLL
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.

Kron Gracie's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight norm.
Charles Jourdain carries real power — 0.54 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Kron Gracie rarely shoots — 0.35 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Kron Gracie

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 8 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Charles Jourdain

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1262.95/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
10495.36/min · norm 3.54
2455.73/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
8054.11/min · norm 3.47
42.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 45.0%
51.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
56.8%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
70.54/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kron Gracie

Distance 93.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

Charles Jourdain

Distance 82.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 11.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kron Gracie

Head 82.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 7.8%)

Charles Jourdain

Head 69.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gracie L/AAccFeatherweight med Jourdain L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 113 / 279 40.5% 40.9% 778 / 1755 44.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 12 / 17 too few to rate 70.8% 192 / 242 79.3% 70.8%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.2% 79 / 125 63.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 96 / 245 39.2% 37.2% 564 / 1478 38.2% 37.2%
To the body 6 / 17 too few to rate 68.2% 299 / 427 70.0% 68.2%
To the legs 24 / 36 66.7% 80.7% 186 / 217 85.7% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Gracie L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Jourdain L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 185 / 430 43.0% 39.2% 671 / 1678 40.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 45 / 59 76.3% 70.3% 100 / 134 74.6% 70.3%
On the ground 15 / 17 too few to rate 69.4% 34 / 52 65.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 160 / 396 40.4% 35.9% 482 / 1439 33.5% 35.9%
To the body 63 / 84 75.0% 67.9% 177 / 261 67.8% 67.9%
To the legs 22 / 26 84.6% 81.5% 146 / 164 89.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

125.0% acc · 0.35/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
521.7% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 1.19
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3147.0% def · norm 61.5%
2:034.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
22:4411.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
15:575:35 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
37:242:51 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.70/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
80.61/15 · norm 0.46

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

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