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Wellington Turman vs.
Jared Gooden

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

3-6-0 Wellington Turman · UFC
2-5-0 Jared Gooden · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-6-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
30
AgeΔ 2.7 yrs
32.7
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 5"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
32.1
Layoff (months)Δ 10.3 mo
21.8
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Jared Gooden absorbs 6.74 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Wellington Turman is a submission threat — 0.78 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Wellington Turman owns the mat — in control 29% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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.

Wellington Turman

Full career not yet synced for Wellington Turman — 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 +0.8 wins over .500

Jared Gooden

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 26
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 196

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3123.23/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3624.40/min · norm 3.17
4034.17/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5556.74/min · norm 3.06
51.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.8%norm 44.9%
45.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
45.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.38

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

Wellington Turman

Distance 84.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 10.3%)

Jared Gooden

Distance 91.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Wellington Turman

Head 71.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 8.4%)

Jared Gooden

Head 71.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Turman L/AAccMiddleweight med Gooden L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 237 / 516 45.9% 40.5% 314 / 682 46.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 51 / 58 87.9% 70.3% 32 / 37 86.5% 67.8%
On the ground 24 / 35 68.6% 69.1% 16 / 23 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 183 / 435 42.1% 38.9% 207 / 530 39.1% 37.2%
To the body 64 / 100 64.0% 71.7% 100 / 146 68.5% 70.7%
To the legs 65 / 74 87.8% 83.3% 55 / 66 83.3% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Turman L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Gooden L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 261 / 560 46.6% 39.5% 417 / 831 50.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 56 / 64 87.5% 70.9% 96 / 120 80.0% 68.9%
On the ground 86 / 112 76.8% 69.0% 42 / 63 66.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 270 / 573 47.1% 37.9% 374 / 800 46.8% 35.6%
To the body 87 / 116 75.0% 71.3% 134 / 164 81.7% 69.6%
To the legs 46 / 47 97.9% 82.1% 47 / 50 94.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1020.8% acc · 1.55/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
545.5% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.27
942.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1365.0% def · norm 63.9%
28:0329.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
5:136.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
26:134:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
25:084:34 per 15 · norm 3:15
50.78/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
20.36/15 · norm 0.45

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

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