Jason MacDonald vs. Jason Lambert

UFC 6-8-0 vs. 4-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-8-0
UFC record
4-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
51
AgeΔ 0 yrs
51
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
80"
ReachΔ 5"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
170.8
Layoff (months)Δ 44.2 mo
215
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jason Lambert is a submission threat — 2.36 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Jason MacDonald is a submission threat — 1.97 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Jason Lambert carries real power — 1.01 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jason MacDonald

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 58
Tier 3 — regional circuit 208

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.45 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Jason Lambert

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 218

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 39 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1301.55/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1433.21/min · norm 3.41
2262.70/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
821.84/min · norm 3.35
52.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
58.1%norm 48.3%
46.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.9%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
31.01/15 · norm 0.40

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

Jason MacDonald

Distance 43.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 30.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 25.6% (norm 10.3%)

Jason Lambert

Distance 23.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 24.8% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 52.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Jason MacDonald

Head 63.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 27.2% (norm 8.4%)

Jason Lambert

Head 76.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.1% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone MacDonald L/AAccMiddleweight med Lambert L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 24 / 107 22.4% 40.5% 14 / 57 24.6% 41.4%
In the clinch 61 / 76 80.3% 70.3% 48 / 61 78.7% 70.9%
On the ground 45 / 63 71.4% 69.1% 81 / 128 63.3% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 156 32.1% 38.9% 89 / 188 47.3% 38.9%
To the body 20 / 23 too few to rate 71.7% 39 / 42 92.9% 71.9%
To the legs 60 / 67 89.6% 83.3% 15 / 16 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 MacDonald L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Lambert L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 41 / 118 34.7% 39.5% 22 / 66 33.3% 40.4%
In the clinch 51 / 75 68.0% 70.9% 26 / 50 52.0% 68.7%
On the ground 134 / 233 57.5% 69.0% 34 / 51 66.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 191 / 381 50.1% 37.9% 60 / 136 44.1% 37.5%
To the body 23 / 27 85.2% 71.3% 12 / 20 too few to rate 72.3%
To the legs 12 / 18 too few to rate 82.1% 10 / 11 too few to rate 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
816.3% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
436.4% acc · 1.35/15 · norm 0.87
635.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
628.6% def · norm 66.7%
31:0837.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
15:4035.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
35:186:19 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
21:527:21 per 15 · norm 2:48
111.97/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
72.36/15 · norm 0.27

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