Kimo Leopoldo vs. Ken Shamrock

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 6-5-2

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
6-5-2
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
58
AgeΔ 4 yrs
62
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
265.6
Layoff (months)Δ 27.7 mo
237.9
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kimo Leopoldo is a submission threat — 1.52 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Kimo Leopoldo owns the mat — in control 58% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Ken Shamrock is wasteful with strikes at range — only 16% land, vs a 28% Open Weight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kimo Leopoldo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.31 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Ken Shamrock

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 3 — regional circuit 209

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.24 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 43 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

371.25/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1171.55/min · norm 1.46
802.70/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1642.17/min · norm 1.68
48.1%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
41.1%norm 45.8%
36.0%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.20/15 · norm 0.00

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Kimo Leopoldo

Distance 51.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 40.3% (norm 9.3%)

Ken Shamrock

Distance 51.2% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 34.7% (norm 28.7%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Kimo Leopoldo

Head 89.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 7.6%)

Ken Shamrock

Head 85.3% (norm 81.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 2.8% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Leopoldo L/AAccHeavyweight med Shamrock L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 10 / 40 25.0% 40.1% 23 / 146 15.8% 27.8%
In the clinch 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.6% 27 / 40 67.5% 63.8%
On the ground 22 / 31 71.0% 70.2% 67 / 99 67.7% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 30 / 69 43.5% 38.9% 79 / 243 32.5% 39.3%
To the body 6 / 6 too few to rate 76.8% 30 / 34 88.2% 90.5%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 87.8% 8 / 8 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 (Heavyweight: 93 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 Leopoldo L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Shamrock L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 32 / 53 60.4% 40.7% 49 / 165 29.7% 37.0%
In the clinch 24 / 33 72.7% 70.6% 38 / 57 66.7% 66.7%
On the ground 24 / 39 61.5% 72.0% 77 / 109 70.6% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 54 / 92 58.7% 38.8% 134 / 288 46.5% 47.0%
To the body 13 / 15 too few to rate 75.1% 17 / 20 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 13 / 18 too few to rate 84.4% 13 / 23 too few to rate 61.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
440.0% acc · 2.03/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
763.6% acc · 1.39/15 · norm 1.15
480.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1066.7% def · norm 66.7%
1:5857.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:392.8% of cage time · norm 21.95%
0:090:04 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
14:002:46 per 15 · norm 0:39
31.52/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
91.78/15 · norm 1.34

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