Damon Jackson vs. Alexander Hernandez
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
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
Alexander Hernandez
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 8 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 27 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Damon Jackson
Distance 77.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.8% (norm 6.5%)
Alexander Hernandez
Distance 91.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Damon Jackson
Head 77.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 7.8%)
Alexander Hernandez
Head 72.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Jackson L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Hernandez L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 261 / 732 | 35.7% | 40.9% | 670 / 1779 | 37.7% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 93 / 132 | 70.5% | 70.8% | 61 / 91 | 67.0% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 52 / 83 | 62.7% | 69.2% | 58 / 81 | 71.6% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 247 / 729 | 33.9% | 37.2% | 438 / 1408 | 31.1% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 123 / 179 | 68.7% | 68.2% | 245 / 392 | 62.5% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 36 / 39 | 92.3% | 80.7% | 106 / 151 | 70.2% | 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Jackson L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Hernandez L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 276 / 682 | 40.5% | 39.2% | 712 / 1894 | 37.6% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 134 / 172 | 77.9% | 70.3% | 86 / 124 | 69.4% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 66 / 82 | 80.5% | 69.4% | 33 / 45 | 73.3% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 272 / 687 | 39.6% | 35.9% | 495 / 1578 | 31.4% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 157 / 196 | 80.1% | 67.9% | 197 / 314 | 62.7% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 47 / 53 | 88.7% | 81.5% | 139 / 171 | 81.3% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Hernandez has more cage time on record.