Jim Miller vs. Damon Jackson

UFC 28-18-0 (1 NC) vs. 6-6-1 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
28-18-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-6-1 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
3
Layoff (months)Δ 17.7 mo
20.7
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jim Miller is a submission threat — 1.72 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Damon Jackson is a submission threat — 1.20 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Damon Jackson owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jim Miller

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2818
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 28 tier-1/2 wins · 29 finish wins over 59 documented bouts

In the UFC: 16-17 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Damon Jackson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 111
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13222.92/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4062.96/min · norm 3.54
15543.43/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4763.47/min · norm 3.47
42.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 45.0%
56.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
49.1%norm 54.85%
60.20/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jim Miller

Distance 81.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.1% (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)

Jim Miller

Head 77.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.6% (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 Miller L/AAccLightweight med Jackson L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 945 / 2547 37.1% 37.9% 261 / 732 35.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 194 / 303 64.0% 67.3% 93 / 132 70.5% 70.8%
On the ground 183 / 287 63.8% 69.1% 52 / 83 62.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 775 / 2431 31.9% 35.0% 247 / 729 33.9% 37.2%
To the body 266 / 372 71.5% 69.1% 123 / 179 68.7% 68.2%
To the legs 281 / 334 84.1% 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 Miller L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Jackson L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1185 / 3031 39.1% 38.9% 276 / 682 40.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 174 / 255 68.2% 68.6% 134 / 172 77.9% 70.3%
On the ground 195 / 307 63.5% 68.0% 66 / 82 80.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1055 / 2895 36.4% 35.1% 272 / 687 39.6% 35.9%
To the body 351 / 496 70.8% 68.1% 157 / 196 80.1% 67.9%
To the legs 148 / 202 73.3% 81.5% 47 / 53 88.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4545.0% acc · 1.49/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2132.8% acc · 2.30/15 · norm 1.19
5047.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1137.9% def · norm 61.5%
94:1220.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
56:4141.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
121:424:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
29:233:12 per 15 · norm 3:12
521.72/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
111.20/15 · norm 0.46

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