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Quinton Jackson vs. Chuck Liddell

UFC 8-5-0 vs. 16-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-0
UFC record
16-7-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
48
AgeΔ 8 yrs
56
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
137.8
Layoff (months)Δ 58.5 mo
196.3
WLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chuck Liddell carries real power — 1.03 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Quinton Jackson carries real power — 0.65 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Quinton Jackson rarely shoots — 0.49 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Quinton Jackson

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Chuck Liddell

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 167
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 42

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.23 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5142.77/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
6112.99/min · norm 3.48
5843.15/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4342.12/min · norm 3.37
43.3%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
37.3%norm 48.45%
57.2%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 52.75%
80.65/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
141.03/15 · norm 0.40

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

Quinton Jackson

Distance 72.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.6% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 10.6%)

Chuck Liddell

Distance 81.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 10.6%)

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

Quinton Jackson

Head 81.9% (norm 78.5%) · Body 13.4% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 9.7%)

Chuck Liddell

Head 84.5% (norm 78.5%) · Body 4.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jackson L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Liddell L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 303 / 862 35.2% 41.5% 430 / 1329 32.4% 41.5%
In the clinch 164 / 256 64.1% 70.8% 83 / 134 61.9% 70.8%
On the ground 47 / 68 69.1% 72.9% 98 / 173 56.6% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 971 33.7% 39.2% 417 / 1382 30.2% 39.2%
To the body 133 / 159 83.6% 72.0% 45 / 65 69.2% 72.0%
To the legs 54 / 56 96.4% 82.1% 149 / 189 78.8% 82.1%

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: 94 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 accLight Heavyweight med vs Liddell L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 363 / 1038 35.0% 40.6% 367 / 977 37.6% 40.6%
In the clinch 129 / 189 68.3% 68.8% 41 / 72 56.9% 68.8%
On the ground 92 / 138 66.7% 70.4% 26 / 42 61.9% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 303 / 993 30.5% 37.7% 262 / 886 29.6% 37.7%
To the body 115 / 164 70.1% 72.9% 51 / 63 81.0% 72.9%
To the legs 166 / 208 79.8% 83.1% 121 / 142 85.2% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
630.0% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
787.5% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 0.87
4771.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
7081.4% def · norm 66.7%
23:0012.4% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
17:399.8% of cage time · norm 17.1%
47:183:49 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
10:450:47 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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