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Jack Jenkins vs.
Herbert Burns

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
2-4-0 Herbert Burns · 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
2-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
32.8
AgeΔ 5.7 yrs
38.5
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
68"
ReachΔ 5"
73"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
10.3
Layoff (months)Δ 13.3 mo
23.6
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Herbert Burns is a submission threat — 1.57 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Herbert Burns hunts takedowns — 3.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jack Jenkins carries real power — 0.59 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight 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.

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

Herbert Burns

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.15 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 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
711.85/min · norm 3.54
2513.29/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1945.07/min · norm 3.47
59.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
36.0%norm 45.0%
58.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
41.4%norm 54.85%
30.59/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.39/15 · 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%)

Herbert Burns

Distance 83.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.1% (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%)

Herbert Burns

Head 73.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.6% (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 Burns L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 271 / 476 56.9% 40.9% 48 / 164 29.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 37 / 46 80.4% 70.8% 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 46 / 71 64.8% 69.2% 11 / 18 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 182 / 382 47.6% 37.2% 38 / 145 26.2% 37.2%
To the body 86 / 107 80.4% 68.2% 24 / 39 61.5% 68.2%
To the legs 86 / 104 82.7% 80.7% 9 / 13 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 Burns L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 185 / 508 36.4% 39.2% 94 / 196 48.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 35 / 53 66.0% 70.3% 14 / 18 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 31 / 36 86.1% 69.4% 86 / 117 73.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 139 / 422 32.9% 35.9% 139 / 266 52.3% 35.9%
To the body 65 / 110 59.1% 67.9% 36 / 43 83.7% 67.9%
To the legs 47 / 65 72.3% 81.5% 19 / 22 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
834.8% acc · 3.13/15 · norm 1.19
2170.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
250.0% def · norm 61.5%
15:2420.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
8:3322.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
19:113:46 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
15:095:56 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.20/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
41.57/15 · 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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