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Kevin Jackson vs. Todd Butler

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 0-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
—
Age
—
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
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Reach
—
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
343.2
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
350.8
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
L

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kevin Jackson hunts takedowns — 5.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Kevin Jackson is a submission threat — 1.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Todd Butler's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kevin Jackson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

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

Todd Butler

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

251.95/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
10.69/min · norm 3.44
70.55/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
32.07/min · norm 3.38
65.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
25.0%norm 43.65%
69.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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%)

Todd Butler

Distance 100.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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%)

Todd Butler

Head 100.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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 Butler L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 14 too few to rate 40.5% 1 / 4 too few to rate 38.3%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.5%
On the ground 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 30 63.3% 38.8% 1 / 4 too few to rate 35.1%
To the body 5 / 6 too few to rate 71.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 83.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 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: 178 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Butler L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 6 / 22 too few to rate 39.5% 0 / 2 too few to rate 38.8%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.4% 0 / 1 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.0% 3 / 3 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 19 too few to rate 37.9% 3 / 4 too few to rate 35.2%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.3% 0 / 1 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 82.1% 0 / 1 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5100.0% acc · 5.84/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
2100.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 63.7%
—— of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
—— of cage time · norm 18.95%
—— per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
—— per 15 · norm 2:50
11.17/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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