Jose Johnson vs. Da'Mon Blackshear

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 5-4-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
5-4-1
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
31
AgeΔ 0 yrs
31
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
18.8
Layoff (months)Δ 6.4 mo
12.4
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Da'Mon Blackshear is a submission threat — 1.48 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Jose Johnson is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Jose Johnson is hard to hit — absorbs 1.85 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.24 Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jose Johnson

Full career not yet synced for Jose Johnson — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Da'Mon Blackshear

Full career not yet synced for Da'Mon Blackshear — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

842.36/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
4394.33/min · norm 3.52
661.85/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
4254.19/min · norm 3.58
54.2%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 43.4%
51.8%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
52.2%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Jose Johnson

Distance 58.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 14.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 26.5% (norm 7.3%)

Da'Mon Blackshear

Distance 87.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jose Johnson

Head 70.3% (norm 75.9%) · Body 18.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 9.3%)

Da'Mon Blackshear

Head 71.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Johnson L/AAccFlyweight med Blackshear L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 91 47.3% 40.0% 343 / 836 41.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 23 too few to rate 70.4% 63 / 77 81.8% 68.7%
On the ground 30 / 41 73.2% 69.7% 33 / 43 76.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 52 / 109 47.7% 37.6% 243 / 679 35.8% 34.9%
To the body 21 / 29 72.4% 68.5% 102 / 150 68.0% 66.8%
To the legs 11 / 17 too few to rate 80.0% 94 / 127 74.0% 79.4%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Johnson L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Blackshear L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 30 / 84 35.7% 40.1% 337 / 770 43.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 15 / 19 too few to rate 68.8% 52 / 67 77.6% 70.4%
On the ground 21 / 34 61.8% 71.1% 36 / 52 69.2% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 91 38.5% 35.2% 230 / 636 36.2% 34.9%
To the body 11 / 21 too few to rate 68.2% 122 / 172 70.9% 66.0%
To the legs 20 / 25 80.0% 80.3% 73 / 81 90.1% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
266.7% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1033.3% acc · 1.48/15 · norm 1.12
1352.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2071.4% def · norm 66.7%
6:1117.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
23:2323.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
20:508:45 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
18:112:41 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.84/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
101.48/15 · norm 0.28

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