Ken Shamrock vs. Kimo Leopoldo

UFC 6-5-2 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-5-2
UFC record
2-4-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
62
AgeΔ 4 yrs
58
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
237.9
Layoff (months)Δ 27.7 mo
265.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kimo Leopoldo is a submission threat — 1.52 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Kimo Leopoldo owns the mat — in control 58% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Ken Shamrock is wasteful with strikes at range — only 16% land, vs a 28% Open Weight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ken Shamrock

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 3 — regional circuit 209

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.24 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 43 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Kimo Leopoldo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.31 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 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

1171.55/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
371.25/min · norm 3.36
1642.17/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
802.70/min · norm 3.19
41.1%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 47.8%
50.5%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
36.0%norm 52.5%
10.20/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Ken Shamrock

Distance 51.2% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 34.7% (norm 28.7%)

Kimo Leopoldo

Distance 51.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 40.3% (norm 9.3%)

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

Ken Shamrock

Head 85.3% (norm 81.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 2.8% (norm 5.2%)

Kimo Leopoldo

Head 89.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Shamrock L/AAccOpen Weight med Leopoldo L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 23 / 146 15.8% 27.8% 10 / 40 25.0% 40.1%
In the clinch 27 / 40 67.5% 63.8% 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 67 / 99 67.7% 65.8% 22 / 31 71.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 243 32.5% 39.3% 30 / 69 43.5% 38.9%
To the body 30 / 34 88.2% 90.5% 6 / 6 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 53.5% 1 / 2 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · 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 Shamrock L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Leopoldo L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 49 / 165 29.7% 37.0% 32 / 53 60.4% 40.7%
In the clinch 38 / 57 66.7% 66.7% 24 / 33 72.7% 70.6%
On the ground 77 / 109 70.6% 67.1% 24 / 39 61.5% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 134 / 288 46.5% 47.0% 54 / 92 58.7% 38.8%
To the body 17 / 20 too few to rate 87.9% 13 / 15 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 13 / 23 too few to rate 61.2% 13 / 18 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
763.6% acc · 1.39/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
440.0% acc · 2.03/15 · norm 0.95
1066.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
480.0% def · norm 64.3%
0:392.8% of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
1:5857.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
14:002:46 per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
0:090:04 per 15 · norm 2:28
91.78/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
31.52/15 · norm 0.16

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