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Matt Hamill vs.
Keith Jardine

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

10-5-0 Matt Hamill · UFC
6-7-0 Keith Jardine · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-5-0
UFC record
6-7-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
49.8
AgeΔ 1 yrs
50.8
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
76"
ReachΔ 0"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
153.9
Layoff (months)Δ 39.7 mo
193.6
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Matt Hamill hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Keith Jardine rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Matt Hamill owns the mat — in control 23% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight 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.

Matt Hamill

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

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Keith Jardine

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

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5713.69/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
5384.04/min · norm 3.41
5893.80/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
4073.05/min · norm 3.35
42.4%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
37.1%norm 48.3%
61.4%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
62.6%norm 52.9%
10.10/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
30.34/15 · norm 0.40

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

Matt Hamill

Distance 80.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 10.4%)

Keith Jardine

Distance 89.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Matt Hamill

Head 89.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 9.7%)

Keith Jardine

Head 82.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hamill L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Jardine L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 388 / 1082 35.9% 41.4% 454 / 1298 35.0% 41.4%
In the clinch 55 / 90 61.1% 70.9% 61 / 107 57.0% 70.9%
On the ground 128 / 174 73.6% 72.3% 23 / 44 52.3% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 467 / 1201 38.9% 38.9% 321 / 1191 27.0% 38.9%
To the body 23 / 34 67.6% 71.9% 69 / 82 84.1% 71.9%
To the legs 81 / 111 73.0% 81.8% 148 / 176 84.1% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Hamill L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Jardine L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 463 / 1299 35.6% 40.4% 310 / 945 32.8% 40.4%
In the clinch 69 / 128 53.9% 68.7% 63 / 95 66.3% 68.7%
On the ground 57 / 99 57.6% 70.4% 34 / 47 72.3% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 343 / 1209 28.4% 37.5% 280 / 933 30.0% 37.5%
To the body 110 / 155 71.0% 72.3% 49 / 60 81.7% 72.3%
To the legs 136 / 162 84.0% 83.0% 78 / 94 83.0% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3134.1% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
333.3% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 0.87
1191.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2865.1% def · norm 66.7%
36:0023.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
5:254.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
3:520:22 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
21:152:23 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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