Alan Jouban vs. Matt Dwyer

UFC 8-5-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 8 yrs
36
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
6'4"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
68.5
Layoff (months)Δ 57.7 mo
126.2
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alan Jouban carries real power — 1.15 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Matt Dwyer carries real power — 0.88 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Alan Jouban outworks the Welterweight division — 5.67 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alan Jouban

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Matt Dwyer

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 106

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.16 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6635.67/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
882.57/min · norm 3.17
4413.77/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1113.24/min · norm 3.06
50.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.2%norm 44.9%
60.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
54.5%norm 55.25%
91.15/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.88/15 · norm 0.38

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

Alan Jouban

Distance 85.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 8.1%)

Matt Dwyer

Distance 84.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Alan Jouban

Head 72.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.4%)

Matt Dwyer

Head 74.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jouban L/AAccWelterweight med Dwyer L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 538 / 1120 48.0% 38.6% 65 / 218 29.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 86 / 135 63.7% 67.8% 18 / 29 62.1% 67.8%
On the ground 39 / 63 61.9% 67.2% 5 / 10 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 398 / 961 41.4% 37.2% 49 / 191 25.7% 37.2%
To the body 138 / 207 66.7% 70.7% 13 / 33 39.4% 70.7%
To the legs 127 / 150 84.7% 82.9% 26 / 33 78.8% 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 Jouban L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Dwyer L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 362 / 971 37.3% 39.0% 69 / 178 38.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 53 / 89 59.6% 68.9% 30 / 44 68.2% 68.9%
On the ground 26 / 43 60.5% 68.0% 12 / 22 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 934 35.0% 35.6% 67 / 178 37.6% 35.6%
To the body 67 / 107 62.6% 69.6% 21 / 32 65.6% 69.6%
To the legs 47 / 62 75.8% 82.1% 23 / 34 67.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
444.4% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
110.0% acc · 0.44/15 · norm 1.27
1058.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
360.0% def · norm 63.9%
8:006.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
3:129.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
13:221:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
6:242:48 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.26/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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