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Rony Jason vs.
Damon Jackson

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

4-4-0 (1 NC) Rony Jason · UFC
6-6-1 (1 NC) Damon Jackson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-6-1 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42.4
AgeΔ 4.4 yrs
38
5'7"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
112.8
Layoff (months)Δ 92.2 mo
20.6
LLNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Damon Jackson is a submission threat — 1.20 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Damon Jackson owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Rony Jason is a submission threat — 0.79 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.

Rony Jason

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

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Damon Jackson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 111
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 19 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1552.04/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4062.96/min · norm 3.54
2393.14/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4763.47/min · norm 3.47
44.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 45.0%
53.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
49.1%norm 54.85%
20.39/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Rony Jason

Distance 86.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 6.5%)

Damon Jackson

Distance 77.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Rony Jason

Head 73.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.8%)

Damon Jackson

Head 77.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jason L/AAccFeatherweight med Jackson L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 113 / 301 37.5% 40.9% 261 / 732 35.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.8% 93 / 132 70.5% 70.8%
On the ground 29 / 32 90.6% 69.2% 52 / 83 62.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 256 36.7% 37.2% 247 / 729 33.9% 37.2%
To the body 46 / 74 62.2% 68.2% 123 / 179 68.7% 68.2%
To the legs 15 / 20 too few to rate 80.7% 36 / 39 92.3% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Jason L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Jackson L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 396 36.9% 39.2% 276 / 682 40.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 14 / 19 too few to rate 70.3% 134 / 172 77.9% 70.3%
On the ground 79 / 101 78.2% 69.4% 66 / 82 80.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 392 39.0% 35.9% 272 / 687 39.6% 35.9%
To the body 35 / 66 53.0% 67.9% 157 / 196 80.1% 67.9%
To the legs 51 / 58 87.9% 81.5% 47 / 53 88.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

330.0% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2132.8% acc · 2.30/15 · norm 1.19
1136.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1137.9% def · norm 61.5%
11:1714.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
56:4141.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
21:554:19 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
29:233:12 per 15 · norm 3:12
40.79/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
111.20/15 · norm 0.46

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

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