Lando Vannata 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.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Lando Vannata
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 8 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Charles Jourdain
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 1 |
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
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Lando Vannata
Distance 89.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 8.0%)
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)
Lando Vannata
Head 67.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 7.9%)
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 | Vannata L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Jourdain L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 617 / 1387 | 44.5% | 37.9% | 778 / 1755 | 44.3% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 56 / 86 | 65.1% | 67.3% | 192 / 242 | 79.3% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 38 / 73 | 52.1% | 69.1% | 79 / 125 | 63.2% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 361 / 1042 | 34.6% | 35.0% | 564 / 1478 | 38.2% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 179 / 283 | 63.3% | 69.1% | 299 / 427 | 70.0% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 171 / 221 | 77.4% | 81.9% | 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Vannata L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Jourdain L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 601 / 1434 | 41.9% | 38.9% | 671 / 1678 | 40.0% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 90 / 111 | 81.1% | 68.6% | 100 / 134 | 74.6% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 50 / 94 | 53.2% | 68.0% | 34 / 52 | 65.4% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 453 / 1235 | 36.7% | 35.1% | 482 / 1439 | 33.5% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 147 / 237 | 62.0% | 68.1% | 177 / 261 | 67.8% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 141 / 167 | 84.4% | 81.5% | 146 / 164 | 89.0% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Jourdain has more cage time on record.