Jerry Bohlander vs. Kevin Jackson

UFC 5-2-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-2-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
52
Age
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
330.9
Layoff (months)Δ 9.9 mo
340.8
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kevin Jackson hunts takedowns — 5.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Kevin Jackson is a submission threat — 1.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Jerry Bohlander's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 67% Open Weight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jerry Bohlander

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.76 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Kevin Jackson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.63 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 5 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

420.85/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
251.95/min · norm 3.25
691.39/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
70.55/min · norm 3.20
48.3%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
65.8%norm 47.4%
43.4%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
69.6%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jerry Bohlander

Distance 56.3% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 28.7% (norm 28.7%)

Kevin Jackson

Distance 36.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 60.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jerry Bohlander

Head 64.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 27.6% (norm 5.2%)

Kevin Jackson

Head 78.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bohlander L/AAccOpen Weight med Jackson L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 16 / 49 32.7% 27.8% 7 / 14 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 10 / 13 too few to rate 63.8% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 16 / 25 64.0% 65.8% 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 22 / 56 39.3% 39.3% 19 / 30 63.3% 38.9%
To the body 7 / 7 too few to rate 90.5% 5 / 6 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 13 / 24 too few to rate 53.5% 1 / 2 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Bohlander L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Jackson L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 19 / 43 44.2% 37.0% 6 / 22 too few to rate 39.5%
In the clinch 12 / 19 too few to rate 66.7% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 38 / 60 63.3% 67.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 109 53.2% 47.0% 4 / 19 too few to rate 37.9%
To the body 9 / 10 too few to rate 87.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 61.2% 3 / 4 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
350.0% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
5100.0% acc · 5.84/15 · norm 1.42
633.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 63.1%
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 19.75%
— per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 3:00
51.51/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
11.17/15 · norm 0.47

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