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Aaron Phillips vs.
Jack Shore

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

0-4-0 Aaron Phillips · UFC
6-3-0 Jack Shore · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-4-0
UFC record
6-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
37
AgeΔ 5.5 yrs
31.5
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
39.7
Layoff (months)Δ 18.6 mo
21.1
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Jack Shore hunts takedowns — 3.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jack Shore is a submission threat — 0.61 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Aaron Phillips is a submission threat — 0.57 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight 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.

Aaron Phillips

Full career not yet synced for Aaron Phillips — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Jack Shore

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 100
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.73 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

791.51/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3523.60/min · norm 3.52
1923.66/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2262.31/min · norm 3.58
53.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
58.3%norm 43.4%
43.5%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
56.4%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.31/15 · norm 0.30

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

Aaron Phillips

Distance 68.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 6.5%)

Jack Shore

Distance 77.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Aaron Phillips

Head 62.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 30.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Jack Shore

Head 78.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Phillips L/AAccBantamweight med Shore L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 102 43.1% 39.0% 250 / 465 53.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 22 / 27 81.5% 68.7% 46 / 58 79.3% 68.7%
On the ground 13 / 19 too few to rate 70.2% 56 / 81 69.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 36 / 93 38.7% 34.9% 243 / 475 51.2% 34.9%
To the body 38 / 45 84.4% 66.8% 52 / 58 89.7% 66.8%
To the legs 5 / 10 too few to rate 79.4% 57 / 71 80.3% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Phillips L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Shore L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 68 / 153 44.4% 39.3% 182 / 462 39.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 31 / 40 77.5% 70.4% 34 / 44 77.3% 70.4%
On the ground 93 / 147 63.3% 72.4% 10 / 12 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 130 / 252 51.6% 34.9% 86 / 343 25.1% 34.9%
To the body 28 / 44 63.6% 66.0% 62 / 85 72.9% 66.0%
To the legs 34 / 44 77.3% 79.1% 78 / 90 86.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

350.0% acc · 0.86/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
2139.6% acc · 3.22/15 · norm 1.12
1144.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2074.1% def · norm 66.7%
7:1413.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
31:2932.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
30:078:36 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
23:093:33 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.57/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
40.61/15 · norm 0.28

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

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