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Jack Jenkins vs.
Don Shainis

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

4-2-0 Jack Jenkins · UFC
0-2-0 Don Shainis · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-2-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
32.8
AgeΔ 3.1 yrs
35.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
10.3
Layoff (months)Δ 31.5 mo
41.8
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Don Shainis is a submission threat — 1.94 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Jack Jenkins carries real power — 0.59 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Don Shainis absorbs 5.87 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
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.

Jack Jenkins

Full career not yet synced for Jack Jenkins — 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 -0.3 wins over .500

Don Shainis

Full career not yet synced for Don Shainis — 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 +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3544.64/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
533.42/min · norm 3.54
2513.29/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
915.87/min · norm 3.47
59.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
50.5%norm 45.0%
58.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
31.1%norm 54.85%
30.59/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jack Jenkins

Distance 80.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 6.5%)

Don Shainis

Distance 70.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 21.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jack Jenkins

Head 64.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 17.5% (norm 7.8%)

Don Shainis

Head 64.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 24.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jenkins L/AAccFeatherweight med Shainis L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 271 / 476 56.9% 40.9% 30 / 74 40.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 37 / 46 80.4% 70.8% 16 / 23 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 46 / 71 64.8% 69.2% 7 / 8 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 182 / 382 47.6% 37.2% 26 / 68 38.2% 37.2%
To the body 86 / 107 80.4% 68.2% 20 / 26 76.9% 68.2%
To the legs 86 / 104 82.7% 80.7% 7 / 11 too few to rate 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Jenkins L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Shainis L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 185 / 508 36.4% 39.2% 55 / 92 59.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 35 / 53 66.0% 70.3% 28 / 31 90.3% 70.3%
On the ground 31 / 36 86.1% 69.4% 8 / 9 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 139 / 422 32.9% 35.9% 46 / 82 56.1% 35.9%
To the body 65 / 110 59.1% 67.9% 31 / 34 91.2% 67.9%
To the legs 47 / 65 72.3% 81.5% 14 / 16 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

857.1% acc · 1.57/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 0.97/15 · norm 1.19
2170.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
120.0% def · norm 61.5%
15:2420.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
2:2715.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
19:113:46 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
6:025:50 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.20/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
21.94/15 · norm 0.46

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

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