Da'Mon Blackshear vs.
Jose Johnson
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Da'Mon Blackshear
Full career not yet synced for Da'Mon Blackshear — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500
Jose Johnson
Full career not yet synced for Jose Johnson — 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
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Da'Mon Blackshear
Distance 87.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 6.5%)
Jose Johnson
Distance 58.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 14.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 26.5% (norm 7.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Da'Mon Blackshear
Head 71.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 8.4%)
Jose Johnson
Head 70.3% (norm 75.9%) · Body 18.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 9.3%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Blackshear L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Johnson L/A | Acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 343 / 836 | 41.0% | 39.0% | 43 / 91 | 47.3% | 40.0% |
| In the clinch | 63 / 77 | 81.8% | 68.7% | 11 / 23 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 33 / 43 | 76.7% | 70.2% | 30 / 41 | 73.2% | 69.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 243 / 679 | 35.8% | 34.9% | 52 / 109 | 47.7% | 37.6% |
| To the body | 102 / 150 | 68.0% | 66.8% | 21 / 29 | 72.4% | 68.5% |
| To the legs | 94 / 127 | 74.0% | 79.4% | 11 / 17 | too few to rate | 80.0% |
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 · Flyweight: 73 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 Blackshear L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Johnson L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 337 / 770 | 43.8% | 39.3% | 30 / 84 | 35.7% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 52 / 67 | 77.6% | 70.4% | 15 / 19 | too few to rate | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 36 / 52 | 69.2% | 72.4% | 21 / 34 | 61.8% | 71.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 230 / 636 | 36.2% | 34.9% | 35 / 91 | 38.5% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 122 / 172 | 70.9% | 66.0% | 11 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 73 / 81 | 90.1% | 79.1% | 20 / 25 | 80.0% | 80.3% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Blackshear has more cage time on record.