Keith Jardine vs. Stephan Bonnar

UFC 6-7-0 vs. 8-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-7-0
UFC record
8-7-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
50
AgeΔ 1 yrs
49
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'4"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
193.6
Layoff (months)Δ 27.8 mo
165.8
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Stephan Bonnar is a submission threat — 1.12 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Stephan Bonnar owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.
Keith Jardine rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Keith Jardine

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.49 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Stephan Bonnar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 88
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5384.04/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
4592.65/min · norm 3.41
4073.05/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
5012.89/min · norm 3.35
37.1%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
39.7%norm 48.3%
62.6%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
52.4%norm 52.9%
30.34/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.40

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

Keith Jardine

Distance 89.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 10.4%)

Stephan Bonnar

Distance 62.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Keith Jardine

Head 82.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 9.7%)

Stephan Bonnar

Head 83.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jardine L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Bonnar L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 454 / 1298 35.0% 41.4% 199 / 725 27.4% 41.4%
In the clinch 61 / 107 57.0% 70.9% 147 / 245 60.0% 70.9%
On the ground 23 / 44 52.3% 72.3% 113 / 185 61.1% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 321 / 1191 27.0% 38.9% 324 / 961 33.7% 38.9%
To the body 69 / 82 84.1% 71.9% 89 / 125 71.2% 71.9%
To the legs 148 / 176 84.1% 81.8% 46 / 69 66.7% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Jardine L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Bonnar L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 310 / 945 32.8% 40.4% 297 / 735 40.4% 40.4%
In the clinch 63 / 95 66.3% 68.7% 148 / 233 63.5% 68.7%
On the ground 34 / 47 72.3% 70.4% 56 / 85 65.9% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 280 / 933 30.0% 37.5% 324 / 819 39.6% 37.5%
To the body 49 / 60 81.7% 72.3% 90 / 113 79.6% 72.3%
To the legs 78 / 94 83.0% 83.0% 87 / 121 71.9% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
333.3% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1741.5% acc · 1.47/15 · norm 0.87
2865.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3158.5% def · norm 66.7%
5:254.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
59:2934.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
21:152:23 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
38:123:18 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
131.12/15 · norm 0.27

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