Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields

UFC 20-2-0 vs. 4-3-0 (1 NC)
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Georges St-Pierre

VS

Jake Shields

20-2-0
UFC record
4-3-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 2 yrs
47
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
105.1
Layoff (months)Δ 43.7 mo
148.8
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWNCW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Georges St-Pierre hunts takedowns — 3.94 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Georges St-Pierre owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Jake Shields owns the mat — in control 29% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Georges St-Pierre

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 202
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.01 · 20 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 17-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.0 wins over .500

Jake Shields

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 276

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 46 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13133.83/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3492.77/min · norm 3.17
4961.45/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2942.34/min · norm 3.06
53.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
31.6%norm 44.9%
73.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.2%norm 55.25%
90.39/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Georges St-Pierre

Distance 68.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 26.6% (norm 8.1%)

Jake Shields

Distance 85.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Georges St-Pierre

Head 74.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.4%)

Jake Shields

Head 68.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone St-Pierre L/AAccWelterweight med Shields L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 755 / 1689 44.7% 38.6% 248 / 948 26.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 97 / 125 77.6% 67.8% 73 / 122 59.8% 67.8%
On the ground 461 / 656 70.3% 67.2% 28 / 33 84.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 850 / 1847 46.0% 37.2% 134 / 758 17.7% 37.2%
To the body 245 / 341 71.8% 70.7% 130 / 199 65.3% 70.7%
To the legs 218 / 282 77.3% 82.9% 85 / 146 58.2% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 St-Pierre L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Shields L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 351 / 1613 21.8% 39.0% 166 / 520 31.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 93 / 141 66.0% 68.9% 99 / 124 79.8% 68.9%
On the ground 52 / 88 59.1% 68.0% 29 / 43 67.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 289 / 1504 19.2% 35.6% 162 / 513 31.6% 35.6%
To the body 114 / 182 62.6% 69.6% 105 / 146 71.9% 69.6%
To the legs 93 / 156 59.6% 82.1% 27 / 28 96.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
9073.8% acc · 3.94/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1012.3% acc · 1.19/15 · norm 1.27
4685.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
735.0% def · norm 63.9%
162:0247.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
36:3229.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
19:180:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
24:022:51 per 15 · norm 3:15
241.05/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.12/15 · norm 0.45

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

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