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Felipe Colares vs.
Montel Jackson

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

2-4-0 Felipe Colares · UFC
9-4-0 Montel Jackson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
9-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
32.4
AgeΔ 1.9 yrs
34.3
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
69"
ReachΔ 6"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
50.5
Layoff (months)Δ 47.1 mo
3.4
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Montel Jackson carries real power — 1.26 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Montel Jackson hunts takedowns — 2.63 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Opponents land 58% of their head shots on Felipe Colares, vs a 36% Featherweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Felipe Colares

Full career not yet synced for Felipe Colares — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Montel Jackson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 104
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1912.17/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4132.90/min · norm 3.52
4094.65/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1961.37/min · norm 3.58
45.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
53.8%norm 43.4%
36.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.3%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
121.26/15 · norm 0.30

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

Felipe Colares

Distance 83.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.0% (norm 6.5%)

Montel Jackson

Distance 70.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 16.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Felipe Colares

Head 73.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 7.8%)

Montel Jackson

Head 82.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Colares L/AAccFeatherweight med Jackson L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 147 / 352 41.8% 40.9% 250 / 544 46.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 20 / 32 62.5% 70.8% 97 / 127 76.4% 68.7%
On the ground 24 / 38 63.2% 69.2% 66 / 97 68.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 116 / 312 37.2% 37.2% 297 / 633 46.9% 34.9%
To the body 61 / 89 68.5% 68.2% 78 / 91 85.7% 66.8%
To the legs 14 / 21 too few to rate 80.7% 38 / 44 86.4% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Colares L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Jackson L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 271 / 470 57.7% 39.2% 159 / 435 36.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 86 / 114 75.4% 70.3% 30 / 38 78.9% 70.4%
On the ground 52 / 64 81.2% 69.4% 7 / 9 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 307 / 528 58.1% 35.9% 58 / 282 20.6% 34.9%
To the body 60 / 74 81.1% 67.9% 61 / 104 58.7% 66.0%
To the legs 42 / 46 91.3% 81.5% 77 / 96 80.2% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1124.4% acc · 1.88/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2561.0% acc · 2.63/15 · norm 1.12
1943.2% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
6167.0% def · norm 66.7%
23:2026.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
43:4130.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
34:535:56 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
33:133:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.51/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
30.32/15 · norm 0.28

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

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