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Christophe Leninger vs.
Ken Shamrock

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

0-2-0 Christophe Leninger · UFC
6-5-2 Ken Shamrock · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
6-5-2
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
Age
62
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
350.2
Layoff (months)Δ 112.4 mo
237.8
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Christophe Leninger is a submission threat — 1.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Christophe Leninger's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.
Ken Shamrock is wasteful with strikes at range — only 16% land, vs a 28% Open Weight 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.

Christophe Leninger

Full career not yet synced for Christophe Leninger — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Ken Shamrock

Full career not yet synced for Ken Shamrock — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

40.31/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1171.55/min · norm 1.46
433.36/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1642.17/min · norm 1.68
22.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.1%norm 45.8%
31.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.20/15 · norm 0.00

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

Christophe Leninger

Distance 66.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 33.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

Ken Shamrock

Distance 51.2% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 34.7% (norm 28.7%)

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

Christophe Leninger

Head 83.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.7% (norm 7.9%)

Ken Shamrock

Head 85.3% (norm 81.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 2.8% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Leninger L/AAccLightweight med Shamrock L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 4 / 12 too few to rate 37.9% 23 / 146 15.8% 27.8%
In the clinch 0 / 6 too few to rate 67.3% 27 / 40 67.5% 63.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 67 / 99 67.7% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 15 too few to rate 35.0% 79 / 243 32.5% 39.3%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 30 / 34 88.2% 90.5%
To the legs 0 / 3 too few to rate 81.9% 8 / 8 too few to rate 53.5%

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: 201 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Leninger L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Shamrock L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 24 too few to rate 38.9% 49 / 165 29.7% 37.0%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 68.6% 38 / 57 66.7% 66.7%
On the ground 16 / 20 too few to rate 68.0% 77 / 109 70.6% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 26 / 45 57.8% 35.1% 134 / 288 46.5% 47.0%
To the body 9 / 9 too few to rate 68.1% 17 / 20 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 8 / 9 too few to rate 81.5% 13 / 23 too few to rate 61.2%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
763.6% acc · 1.39/15 · norm 1.15
00.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1066.7% def · norm 66.7%
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
0:392.8% of cage time · norm 21.95%
— per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
14:002:46 per 15 · norm 0:39
11.17/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
91.78/15 · norm 1.34

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

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