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Kevin Jackson vs.
Jerry Bohlander

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-2-0 Kevin Jackson · UFC
5-2-0 Jerry Bohlander · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-2-0
UFC record
5-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
Age
52
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
Reach
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
340.8
Layoff (months)Δ 9.9 mo
330.9
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
The read

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.

Kevin Jackson hunts takedowns — 5.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Kevin Jackson is a submission threat — 1.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Jerry Bohlander's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 67% Open Weight norm.
Level of competition

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

Jerry Bohlander

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

251.95/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
420.85/min · norm 1.46
70.55/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
691.39/min · norm 1.68
65.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.3%norm 45.8%
69.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
43.4%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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%)

Jerry Bohlander

Distance 56.3% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 28.7% (norm 28.7%)

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%)

Jerry Bohlander

Head 64.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 27.6% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jackson L/AAccMiddleweight med Bohlander L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 14 too few to rate 40.5% 16 / 49 32.7% 27.8%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.3% 10 / 13 too few to rate 63.8%
On the ground 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1% 16 / 25 64.0% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 30 63.3% 38.9% 22 / 56 39.3% 39.3%
To the body 5 / 6 too few to rate 71.7% 7 / 7 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 83.3% 13 / 24 too few to rate 53.5%

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 · Open Weight: 11 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/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Bohlander L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 6 / 22 too few to rate 39.5% 19 / 43 44.2% 37.0%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9% 12 / 19 too few to rate 66.7%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.0% 38 / 60 63.3% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 19 too few to rate 37.9% 58 / 109 53.2% 47.0%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.3% 9 / 10 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 82.1% 2 / 3 too few to rate 61.2%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

5100.0% acc · 5.84/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.15
2100.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
633.3% def · norm 66.7%
— of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
— per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 0:39
11.17/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
51.51/15 · norm 1.34

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

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