Nasrat Haqparast vs.
Jared Gordon
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.
Nasrat Haqparast
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.17 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500
Jared Gordon
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 8 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 31 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 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)
Nasrat Haqparast
Distance 92.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 8.0%)
Jared Gordon
Distance 78.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Nasrat Haqparast
Head 84.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.2% (norm 7.9%)
Jared Gordon
Head 81.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Haqparast L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Gordon L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1004 / 2272 | 44.2% | 37.9% | 737 / 1538 | 47.9% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 62 / 86 | 72.1% | 67.3% | 127 / 168 | 75.6% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 54 / 95 | 56.8% | 69.1% | 186 / 248 | 75.0% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 835 / 2078 | 40.2% | 35.0% | 778 / 1594 | 48.8% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 244 / 322 | 75.8% | 69.1% | 173 / 245 | 70.6% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 41 / 53 | 77.4% | 81.9% | 99 / 115 | 86.1% | 81.9% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Haqparast L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Gordon L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 989 / 2793 | 35.4% | 38.9% | 618 / 1548 | 39.9% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 48 / 69 | 69.6% | 68.6% | 99 / 128 | 77.3% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 19 / 23 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 58 / 65 | 89.2% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 714 / 2426 | 29.4% | 35.1% | 533 / 1430 | 37.3% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 206 / 304 | 67.8% | 68.1% | 159 / 219 | 72.6% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 136 / 155 | 87.7% | 81.5% | 83 / 92 | 90.2% | 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 — Gordon has more cage time on record.