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Keith Jardine vs. Quinton Jackson

UFC 6-7-0 vs. 8-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-7-0
UFC record
8-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
50
AgeΔ 2 yrs
48
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
196
Layoff (months)Δ 58.2 mo
137.8
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Quinton Jackson carries real power — 0.65 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Keith Jardine rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Quinton Jackson rarely shoots — 0.49 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Keith Jardine

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.49 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Quinton Jackson

Full career not yet synced for Quinton Jackson — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5384.04/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
5142.77/min · norm 3.48
4073.05/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5843.15/min · norm 3.37
37.1%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 48.45%
62.6%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
57.2%norm 52.75%
30.34/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
80.65/15 · norm 0.40

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

Keith Jardine

Distance 89.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 10.6%)

Quinton Jackson

Distance 72.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.6% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 10.6%)

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

Keith Jardine

Head 82.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 5.7% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 9.7%)

Quinton Jackson

Head 81.9% (norm 78.5%) · Body 13.4% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jardine L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Jackson L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 454 / 1298 35.0% 41.5% 303 / 862 35.2% 41.5%
In the clinch 61 / 107 57.0% 70.8% 164 / 256 64.1% 70.8%
On the ground 23 / 44 52.3% 72.9% 47 / 68 69.1% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 321 / 1191 27.0% 39.2% 327 / 971 33.7% 39.2%
To the body 69 / 82 84.1% 72.0% 133 / 159 83.6% 72.0%
To the legs 148 / 176 84.1% 82.1% 54 / 56 96.4% 82.1%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Jardine L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Jackson L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 310 / 945 32.8% 40.6% 363 / 1038 35.0% 40.6%
In the clinch 63 / 95 66.3% 68.8% 129 / 189 68.3% 68.8%
On the ground 34 / 47 72.3% 70.4% 92 / 138 66.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 280 / 933 30.0% 37.7% 303 / 993 30.5% 37.7%
To the body 49 / 60 81.7% 72.9% 115 / 164 70.1% 72.9%
To the legs 78 / 94 83.0% 83.1% 166 / 208 79.8% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
333.3% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
630.0% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 0.87
2865.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4771.2% def · norm 66.7%
5:254.1% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
23:0012.4% of cage time · norm 17.1%
21:152:23 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
47:183:49 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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