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Felipe Colares vs. Montel Jackson

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 10-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
10-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
32
AgeΔ 2 yrs
34
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
69"
ReachΔ 6"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
53
Layoff (months)Δ 52.2 mo
0.8
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Montel Jackson carries real power — 1.40 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Montel Jackson hunts takedowns — 2.50 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

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Felipe Colares

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

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: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1912.17/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4442.95/min · norm 3.52
4094.65/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2091.39/min · norm 3.58
45.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
53.9%norm 43.5%
36.9%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
141.40/15 · norm 0.29

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

Felipe Colares

Distance 83.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 9.0% (norm 6.5%)

Montel Jackson

Distance 71.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 15.4% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 13.0% (norm 6.4%)

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

Felipe Colares

Head 73.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 7.9%)

Montel Jackson

Head 82.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (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% 40.5% 275 / 590 46.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 20 / 32 62.5% 70.5% 97 / 127 76.4% 69.0%
On the ground 24 / 38 63.2% 69.3% 72 / 107 67.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 116 / 312 37.2% 37.1% 325 / 683 47.6% 35.3%
To the body 61 / 89 68.5% 68.0% 81 / 97 83.5% 66.9%
To the legs 14 / 21 too few to rate 80.3% 38 / 44 86.4% 79.2%

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: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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% 39.3% 170 / 475 35.8% 39.4%
In the clinch 86 / 114 75.4% 70.3% 31 / 39 79.5% 70.6%
On the ground 52 / 64 81.2% 69.4% 8 / 11 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 307 / 528 58.1% 35.9% 60 / 311 19.3% 34.9%
To the body 60 / 74 81.1% 68.0% 64 / 109 58.7% 66.1%
To the legs 42 / 46 91.3% 81.5% 85 / 105 81.0% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1124.4% acc · 1.88/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
2559.5% acc · 2.50/15 · norm 1.12
1943.2% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
6266.0% def · norm 65.7%
23:2026.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
43:5429.2% of cage time · norm 17.8%
34:535:56 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
34:553:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.51/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.40/15 · 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.