Ken Shamrock vs.
Christophe Leninger
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Ken Shamrock
Full career not yet synced for Ken Shamrock — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500
Christophe Leninger
Full career not yet synced for Christophe Leninger — 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 +1.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Ken Shamrock
Distance 51.2% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 34.7% (norm 28.7%)
Christophe Leninger
Distance 66.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 33.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Ken Shamrock
Head 85.3% (norm 81.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 2.8% (norm 5.2%)
Christophe Leninger
Head 83.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.7% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Shamrock L/A | Acc | Open Weight med | Leninger L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 23 / 146 | 15.8% | 27.8% | 4 / 12 | too few to rate | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 27 / 40 | 67.5% | 63.8% | 0 / 6 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 67 / 99 | 67.7% | 65.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 79 / 243 | 32.5% | 39.3% | 4 / 15 | too few to rate | 35.0% |
| To the body | 30 / 34 | 88.2% | 90.5% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 53.5% | 0 / 3 | too few to rate | 81.9% |
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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Shamrock L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med | vs Leninger L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 49 / 165 | 29.7% | 37.0% | 14 / 24 | too few to rate | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 38 / 57 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 77 / 109 | 70.6% | 67.1% | 16 / 20 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 134 / 288 | 46.5% | 47.0% | 26 / 45 | 57.8% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 17 / 20 | too few to rate | 87.9% | 9 / 9 | too few to rate | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 13 / 23 | too few to rate | 61.2% | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Shamrock has more cage time on record.