Kevin Jackson vs. Frank Shamrock
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Kevin Jackson
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 2 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.63 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 5 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Frank Shamrock
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 17 | 10 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Kevin Jackson
Distance 36.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 60.5% (norm 10.0%)
Frank Shamrock
Distance 58.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 22.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 19.7% (norm 10.6%)
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 78.5%) · Body 28.3% (norm 11.8%) · 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% | 41.5% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 20 / 28 | 71.4% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 18 / 23 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 22 / 25 | 88.0% | 72.9% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 19 / 30 | 63.3% | 38.8% | 20 / 56 | 35.7% | 39.2% |
| To the body | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 71.6% | 30 / 36 | 83.3% | 72.0% |
| To the legs | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 27 / 35 | 77.1% | 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 (Middleweight: 178 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 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% | 40.6% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 0 / 11 | too few to rate | 68.8% |
| 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% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 72.9% |
| To the legs | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 83.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Shamrock has more cage time on record.