Kevin Jackson vs.
Frank Shamrock
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.
Kevin Jackson
Full career not yet synced for Kevin Jackson — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Frank Shamrock
Full career not yet synced for Frank Shamrock — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 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)
Kevin Jackson
Distance 36.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 60.5% (norm 10.3%)
Frank Shamrock
Distance 58.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 22.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 19.7% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kevin Jackson
Head 78.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)
Frank Shamrock
Head 44.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 28.3% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 27.6% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Jackson L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Shamrock L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 7 / 14 | too few to rate | 40.5% | 35 / 74 | 47.3% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 20 / 28 | 71.4% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 18 / 23 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 22 / 25 | 88.0% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 19 / 30 | 63.3% | 38.9% | 20 / 56 | 35.7% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 71.7% | 30 / 36 | 83.3% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 27 / 35 | 77.1% | 81.8% |
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: 174 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Jackson L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Shamrock L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 6 / 22 | too few to rate | 39.5% | 10 / 47 | 21.3% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 0 / 11 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 30 / 57 | 52.6% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 4 / 19 | too few to rate | 37.9% | 32 / 103 | 31.1% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
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.