Shane Campbell vs. John Makdessi

UFC 1-4-0 vs. 11-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-4-0
UFC record
11-9-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39
AgeΔ 2 yrs
41
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
119.3
Layoff (months)Δ 84.4 mo
34.9
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
John Makdessi rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
John Makdessi outworks the Lightweight division — 5.52 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Shane Campbell is accurate with strikes at range — lands 56%, vs a 38% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Shane Campbell

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 234

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

John Makdessi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1763.99/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
13405.52/min · norm 3.42
1413.19/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
10084.15/min · norm 3.37
59.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
49.8%norm 43.5%
55.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
68.0%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.37/15 · norm 0.25

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

Shane Campbell

Distance 79.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 8.0%)

John Makdessi

Distance 93.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Shane Campbell

Head 54.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 22.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 23.1% (norm 7.9%)

John Makdessi

Head 63.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Campbell L/AAccLightweight med Makdessi L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 132 / 235 56.2% 37.9% 1249 / 2520 49.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 17 / 26 65.4% 67.3% 64 / 115 55.7% 67.3%
On the ground 27 / 33 81.8% 69.1% 27 / 55 49.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 67 / 160 41.9% 35.0% 678 / 1707 39.7% 35.0%
To the body 47 / 66 71.2% 69.1% 325 / 567 57.3% 69.1%
To the legs 62 / 68 91.2% 81.9% 337 / 416 81.0% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Campbell L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Makdessi L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 103 / 246 41.9% 38.9% 942 / 3050 30.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 17 / 27 63.0% 68.6% 41 / 66 62.1% 68.6%
On the ground 21 / 41 51.2% 68.0% 25 / 38 65.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 100 / 258 38.8% 35.1% 572 / 2497 22.9% 35.1%
To the body 31 / 44 70.5% 68.1% 204 / 363 56.2% 68.1%
To the legs 10 / 12 too few to rate 81.5% 232 / 294 78.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
428.6% acc · 1.36/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
2882.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4486.3% def · norm 64.0%
9:3321.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
3:481.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
18:046:08 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
9:310:35 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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