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Mike Easton vs.
Yves Jabouin

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

3-4-0 Mike Easton · UFC
5-5-0 Yves Jabouin · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
42.5
AgeΔ 4.7 yrs
47.2
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
145.7
Layoff (months)Δ 14.3 mo
131.4
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Yves Jabouin hunts takedowns — 1.93 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Yves Jabouin owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Mike Easton is wasteful with head shots — only 22% land, vs a 35% Bantamweight 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.

Mike Easton

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Yves Jabouin

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3513.51/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3002.97/min · norm 3.52
4274.28/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2842.81/min · norm 3.58
37.1%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
41.7%norm 43.4%
61.8%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
63.2%norm 56.6%
10.15/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.15/15 · norm 0.30

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

Mike Easton

Distance 87.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 6.5%)

Yves Jabouin

Distance 88.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Mike Easton

Head 70.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.9% (norm 8.4%)

Yves Jabouin

Head 69.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Easton L/AAccBantamweight med Jabouin L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 828 31.3% 39.0% 242 / 635 38.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 79 / 101 78.2% 68.7% 20 / 29 69.0% 68.7%
On the ground 13 / 18 too few to rate 70.2% 38 / 55 69.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 144 / 663 21.7% 34.9% 161 / 497 32.4% 34.9%
To the body 97 / 152 63.8% 66.8% 84 / 137 61.3% 66.8%
To the legs 110 / 132 83.3% 79.4% 55 / 85 64.7% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Easton L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Jabouin L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 319 / 948 33.6% 39.3% 179 / 615 29.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 95 / 145 65.5% 70.4% 42 / 63 66.7% 70.4%
On the ground 13 / 24 too few to rate 72.4% 63 / 93 67.7% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 872 28.4% 34.9% 159 / 587 27.1% 34.9%
To the body 88 / 136 64.7% 66.0% 70 / 102 68.6% 66.0%
To the legs 91 / 109 83.5% 79.1% 55 / 82 67.1% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

522.7% acc · 0.75/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1354.2% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.12
2266.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1781.0% def · norm 66.7%
9:269.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
27:2627.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
22:333:23 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
13:342:00 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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