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Song Kenan vs.
Kevin Jousset

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

6-5-0 Song Kenan · UFC
2-2-0 Kevin Jousset · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-5-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
36
AgeΔ 3 yrs
33
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
20.4
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
17.9
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW
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.

Kevin Jousset absorbs 6.49 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Kevin Jousset outworks the Welterweight division — 6.61 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Song Kenan absorbs 5.82 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
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.

Song Kenan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Kevin Jousset

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4844.49/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2886.61/min · norm 3.17
6285.82/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2836.49/min · norm 3.06
47.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
51.6%norm 44.9%
51.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.0%norm 55.25%
50.70/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Song Kenan

Distance 89.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 8.1%)

Kevin Jousset

Distance 93.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Song Kenan

Head 76.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Kevin Jousset

Head 70.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kenan L/AAccWelterweight med Jousset L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 406 / 923 44.0% 38.6% 258 / 523 49.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 56 / 78 71.8% 67.8% 30 / 35 85.7% 67.8%
On the ground 22 / 29 75.9% 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 311 / 787 39.5% 37.2% 159 / 393 40.5% 37.2%
To the body 85 / 130 65.4% 70.7% 46 / 71 64.8% 70.7%
To the legs 88 / 113 77.9% 82.9% 83 / 94 88.3% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Kenan L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Jousset L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 576 / 1208 47.7% 39.0% 254 / 532 47.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 40 / 60 66.7% 68.9% 29 / 45 64.4% 68.9%
On the ground 12 / 16 too few to rate 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 325 / 889 36.6% 35.6% 194 / 462 42.0% 35.6%
To the body 122 / 181 67.4% 69.6% 62 / 79 78.5% 69.6%
To the legs 181 / 214 84.6% 82.1% 27 / 36 75.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

330.0% acc · 0.42/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.69/15 · norm 1.27
2573.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4100.0% def · norm 63.9%
3:263.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:235.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
12:441:46 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
3:401:15 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.34/15 · norm 0.45

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

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