Josh Culibao vs. Charles Jourdain

UFC 3-4-1 vs. 9-7-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-1
UFC record
9-7-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
32
AgeΔ 2 yrs
30
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 4"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
23.7
Layoff (months)Δ 20 mo
3.7
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Josh Culibao rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Josh Culibao carries real power — 0.57 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Charles Jourdain carries real power — 0.54 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Josh Culibao

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Charles Jourdain

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3583.41/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
10495.36/min · norm 3.54
3193.04/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
8054.11/min · norm 3.47
44.8%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 45.0%
59.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
56.8%norm 54.85%
40.57/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
70.54/15 · norm 0.29

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

Josh Culibao

Distance 92.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 6.5%)

Charles Jourdain

Distance 82.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 11.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Josh Culibao

Head 76.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 7.8%)

Charles Jourdain

Head 69.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Culibao L/AAccFeatherweight med Jourdain L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 318 / 741 42.9% 40.9% 778 / 1755 44.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 20 / 30 66.7% 70.8% 192 / 242 79.3% 70.8%
On the ground 20 / 29 69.0% 69.2% 79 / 125 63.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 218 / 609 35.8% 37.2% 564 / 1478 38.2% 37.2%
To the body 71 / 106 67.0% 68.2% 299 / 427 70.0% 68.2%
To the legs 69 / 85 81.2% 80.7% 186 / 217 85.7% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Culibao L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Jourdain L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 216 / 642 33.6% 39.2% 671 / 1678 40.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 35 / 55 63.6% 70.3% 100 / 134 74.6% 70.3%
On the ground 68 / 99 68.7% 69.4% 34 / 52 65.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 184 / 594 31.0% 35.9% 482 / 1439 33.5% 35.9%
To the body 76 / 119 63.9% 67.9% 177 / 261 67.8% 67.9%
To the legs 59 / 83 71.1% 81.5% 146 / 164 89.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
521.7% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 1.19
2165.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3147.0% def · norm 61.5%
6:566.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
22:4411.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
33:034:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
37:242:51 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.29/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
80.61/15 · norm 0.46

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