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Jack Shore vs.
Youssef Zalal

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

6-3-0 Jack Shore · UFC
8-4-1 Youssef Zalal · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-3-0
UFC record
8-4-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
31.5
AgeΔ 1.6 yrs
29.9
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 17.7 mo
3.4
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Jack Shore hunts takedowns — 3.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Youssef Zalal is a submission threat — 1.29 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Jack Shore is a submission threat — 0.61 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight 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 Shore

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 100
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.73 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Youssef Zalal

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 42
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.33 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3523.60/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4542.78/min · norm 3.54
2262.31/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2921.79/min · norm 3.47
58.3%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
50.9%norm 45.0%
56.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
64.9%norm 54.85%
20.31/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.18/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jack Shore

Distance 77.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 6.5%)

Youssef Zalal

Distance 88.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jack Shore

Head 78.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.8% (norm 8.4%)

Youssef Zalal

Head 75.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Shore L/AAccBantamweight med Zalal L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 465 53.8% 39.0% 389 / 792 49.1% 40.9%
In the clinch 46 / 58 79.3% 68.7% 28 / 38 73.7% 70.8%
On the ground 56 / 81 69.1% 70.2% 37 / 62 59.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 243 / 475 51.2% 34.9% 288 / 677 42.5% 37.2%
To the body 52 / 58 89.7% 66.8% 76 / 107 71.0% 68.2%
To the legs 57 / 71 80.3% 79.4% 90 / 108 83.3% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Shore L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Zalal L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 182 / 462 39.4% 39.3% 235 / 750 31.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 34 / 44 77.3% 70.4% 47 / 66 71.2% 70.3%
On the ground 10 / 12 too few to rate 72.4% 10 / 15 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 86 / 343 25.1% 34.9% 180 / 634 28.4% 35.9%
To the body 62 / 85 72.9% 66.0% 64 / 108 59.3% 67.9%
To the legs 78 / 90 86.7% 79.1% 48 / 89 53.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2139.6% acc · 3.22/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
2031.7% acc · 1.84/15 · norm 1.19
2074.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2455.8% def · norm 61.5%
31:2932.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
47:2529.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
23:093:33 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
41:233:48 per 15 · norm 3:12
40.61/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
141.29/15 · norm 0.46

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

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