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Alexander Hernandez vs. Damon Jackson

UFC 11-8-0 vs. 6-6-1 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-8-0
UFC record
6-6-1 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 22.5 mo
23.1
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Damon Jackson is a submission threat — 1.20 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Damon Jackson owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.
Alexander Hernandez carries real power — 0.62 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alexander Hernandez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 108
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Damon Jackson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 111
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 19 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8254.24/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
4062.96/min · norm 3.52
8574.40/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4763.47/min · norm 3.50
40.5%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 44.7%
59.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
49.1%norm 54.8%
80.62/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Alexander Hernandez

Distance 90.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.0%)

Damon Jackson

Distance 77.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Alexander Hernandez

Head 72.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.5% (norm 8.0%)

Damon Jackson

Head 77.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 18.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hernandez L/AAccLightweight med Jackson L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 695 / 1842 37.7% 38.3% 261 / 732 35.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 61 / 92 66.3% 67.5% 93 / 132 70.5% 70.5%
On the ground 69 / 103 67.0% 68.8% 52 / 83 62.7% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 465 / 1484 31.3% 35.1% 247 / 729 33.9% 37.1%
To the body 252 / 400 63.0% 69.1% 123 / 179 68.7% 68.0%
To the legs 108 / 153 70.6% 81.8% 36 / 39 92.3% 80.3%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Hernandez L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Jackson L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 737 / 1952 37.8% 38.8% 276 / 682 40.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 86 / 124 69.4% 68.6% 134 / 172 77.9% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 46 73.9% 68.0% 66 / 82 80.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 515 / 1627 31.7% 35.2% 272 / 687 39.6% 35.9%
To the body 203 / 324 62.7% 68.2% 157 / 196 80.1% 68.0%
To the legs 139 / 171 81.3% 81.5% 47 / 53 88.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1335.1% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
2132.8% acc · 2.30/15 · norm 1.17
3368.8% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
1137.9% def · norm 61.5%
26:5213.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
56:4141.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
17:121:19 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
29:233:12 per 15 · norm 3:11
10.08/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
111.20/15 · norm 0.45

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