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Makwan Amirkhani vs.
Jack Shore

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

7-7-0 Makwan Amirkhani · UFC
6-3-0 Jack Shore · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-7-0
UFC record
6-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
37
AgeΔ 6 yrs
31
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
40.6
Layoff (months)Δ 19.5 mo
21.1
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Makwan Amirkhani hunts takedowns — 3.96 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jack Shore hunts takedowns — 3.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Makwan Amirkhani is a submission threat — 1.05 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight 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.

Makwan Amirkhani

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

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Jack Shore

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 100
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.73 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1711.33/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3523.60/min · norm 3.52
3842.98/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2262.31/min · norm 3.58
44.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
58.3%norm 43.4%
46.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
56.4%norm 56.6%
10.12/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.31/15 · norm 0.30

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

Makwan Amirkhani

Distance 77.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 21.4% (norm 6.5%)

Jack Shore

Distance 77.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Makwan Amirkhani

Head 89.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.1% (norm 7.8%)

Jack Shore

Head 78.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Amirkhani L/AAccFeatherweight med Shore L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 110 / 298 36.9% 40.9% 250 / 465 53.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.8% 46 / 58 79.3% 68.7%
On the ground 57 / 83 68.7% 69.2% 56 / 81 69.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 348 42.2% 37.2% 243 / 475 51.2% 34.9%
To the body 17 / 31 54.8% 68.2% 52 / 58 89.7% 66.8%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 80.7% 57 / 71 80.3% 79.4%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Amirkhani L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Shore L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 205 / 490 41.8% 39.2% 182 / 462 39.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 57 / 67 85.1% 70.3% 34 / 44 77.3% 70.4%
On the ground 122 / 155 78.7% 69.4% 10 / 12 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 234 / 500 46.8% 35.9% 86 / 343 25.1% 34.9%
To the body 101 / 139 72.7% 67.9% 62 / 85 72.9% 66.0%
To the legs 49 / 73 67.1% 81.5% 78 / 90 86.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3443.0% acc · 3.96/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2139.6% acc · 3.22/15 · norm 1.12
535.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2074.1% def · norm 66.7%
44:3734.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
31:2932.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
29:333:26 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
23:093:33 per 15 · norm 2:24
91.05/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
40.61/15 · norm 0.28

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

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