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Jackson McVey vs. Zach Reese

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 4-4-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
4-4-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
27
Age
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6'4"
Height
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77"
Reach
—
Southpaw
Stance
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1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 1.4 mo
3.3
WWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWNCW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jackson McVey carries real power — 1.80 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Zach Reese is a submission threat — 1.02 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Jackson McVey outworks the Middleweight division — 7.14 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jackson McVey

Full career not yet synced for Jackson McVey — 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

Zach Reese

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 5 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 +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1197.14/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
2614.43/min · norm 3.23
663.96/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2303.90/min · norm 3.20
61.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
54.1%norm 47.4%
32.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
44.3%norm 53.8%
21.80/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.25/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jackson McVey

Distance 56.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 32.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 10.8% (norm 10.0%)

Zach Reese

Distance 80.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 10.0%)

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

Jackson McVey

Head 73.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 26.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zach Reese

Head 67.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone McVey L/AAccMiddleweight med Reese L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 49 / 110 44.5% 40.5% 198 / 390 50.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 53 / 64 82.8% 70.6% 29 / 43 67.4% 70.6%
On the ground 17 / 21 too few to rate 69.4% 34 / 49 69.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 143 55.2% 38.8% 132 / 323 40.9% 38.8%
To the body 39 / 51 76.5% 71.6% 78 / 103 75.7% 71.6%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.3% 51 / 56 91.1% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 McVey L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Reese L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 42 / 65 64.6% 39.5% 130 / 294 44.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 22 / 30 73.3% 70.4% 63 / 72 87.5% 70.4%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.0% 37 / 47 78.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 36 / 63 57.1% 37.9% 131 / 272 48.2% 37.9%
To the body 20 / 25 80.0% 71.3% 77 / 117 65.8% 71.3%
To the legs 10 / 10 too few to rate 82.1% 22 / 24 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1161.1% acc · 2.80/15 · norm 1.35
00.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1155.0% def · norm 63.3%
4:4828.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
10:3017.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
4:384:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
13:373:27 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.90/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
41.02/15 · norm 0.45

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