Yancy Medeiros 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.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Yancy Medeiros
Full career not yet synced for Yancy Medeiros — 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 +3.1 wins over .500
Damon Jackson
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 7 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 11 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 1 |
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
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Yancy Medeiros
Distance 92.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 8.0%)
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)
Yancy Medeiros
Head 80.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 7.9%)
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 | Medeiros L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Jackson L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 467 / 1371 | 34.1% | 37.9% | 261 / 732 | 35.7% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 47 / 63 | 74.6% | 67.3% | 93 / 132 | 70.5% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 37 / 49 | 75.5% | 69.1% | 52 / 83 | 62.7% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 357 / 1199 | 29.8% | 35.0% | 247 / 729 | 33.9% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 133 / 213 | 62.4% | 69.1% | 123 / 179 | 68.7% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 61 / 71 | 85.9% | 81.9% | 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Medeiros L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Jackson L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 605 / 1228 | 49.3% | 38.9% | 276 / 682 | 40.5% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 92 / 134 | 68.7% | 68.6% | 134 / 172 | 77.9% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 61 / 73 | 83.6% | 68.0% | 66 / 82 | 80.5% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 455 / 1030 | 44.2% | 35.1% | 272 / 687 | 39.6% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 181 / 260 | 69.6% | 68.1% | 157 / 196 | 80.1% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 122 / 145 | 84.1% | 81.5% | 47 / 53 | 88.7% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Medeiros has more cage time on record.