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Nassourdine Imavov vs. Jordan Williams

UFC 9-2-0 (1 NC) vs. 0-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-2-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
30
AgeΔ 6 yrs
36
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
13.4
Layoff (months)Δ 46 mo
59.4
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nassourdine Imavov is a submission threat — 0.98 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Opponents land 55% of their head shots on Jordan Williams, vs a 36% Welterweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Jordan Williams rarely shoots — 0.65 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nassourdine Imavov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 102
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500

Jordan Williams

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7844.28/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
652.83/min · norm 3.17
5813.17/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
974.23/min · norm 3.08
55.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
35.5%norm 44.75%
58.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
38.6%norm 55.25%
20.16/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Nassourdine Imavov

Distance 80.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.6% (norm 10.0%)

Jordan Williams

Distance 92.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Nassourdine Imavov

Head 77.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 8.4%)

Jordan Williams

Head 88.0% (norm 78.3%) · Body 7.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Imavov L/AAccMiddleweight med Williams L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 573 / 1153 49.7% 40.5% 56 / 170 32.9% 38.5%
In the clinch 119 / 136 87.5% 70.6% 9 / 13 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 92 / 137 67.2% 69.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 534 / 1105 48.3% 38.8% 48 / 161 29.8% 36.4%
To the body 155 / 210 73.8% 71.6% 8 / 13 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 95 / 111 85.6% 83.3% 9 / 9 too few to rate 83.0%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Imavov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Williams L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 527 / 1330 39.6% 39.5% 71 / 123 57.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 48 / 72 66.7% 70.4% 18 / 21 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 6 / 6 too few to rate 69.0% 8 / 14 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 341 / 1055 32.3% 37.9% 70 / 128 54.7% 35.6%
To the body 112 / 184 60.9% 71.3% 19 / 20 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 128 / 169 75.7% 82.1% 8 / 10 too few to rate 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
932.1% acc · 0.74/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
120.0% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.31
3581.4% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
880.0% def · norm 63.9%
28:3715.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
3:1514.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
45:433:44 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
6:264:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
120.98/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.44

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