Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Ken Shamrock
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 8 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 20 | 9 |
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
Tito Ortiz
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 16 | 12 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 33 documented bouts
In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Tito Ortiz
Distance 51.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 34.9% (norm 10.4%)
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%)
Tito Ortiz
Head 85.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Shamrock L/A | Acc | Open Weight med | Ortiz L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 23 / 146 | 15.8% | 27.8% | 235 / 767 | 30.6% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 27 / 40 | 67.5% | 63.8% | 153 / 213 | 71.8% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 67 / 99 | 67.7% | 65.8% | 319 / 525 | 60.8% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 79 / 243 | 32.5% | 39.3% | 526 / 1282 | 41.0% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 30 / 34 | 88.2% | 90.5% | 90 / 111 | 81.1% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 53.5% | 91 / 112 | 81.2% | 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 (Open Weight: 11 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 Shamrock L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med | vs Ortiz L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 49 / 165 | 29.7% | 37.0% | 411 / 1245 | 33.0% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 38 / 57 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 103 / 164 | 62.8% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 77 / 109 | 70.6% | 67.1% | 184 / 323 | 57.0% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 134 / 288 | 46.5% | 47.0% | 479 / 1431 | 33.5% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 17 / 20 | too few to rate | 87.9% | 114 / 154 | 74.0% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 13 / 23 | too few to rate | 61.2% | 105 / 147 | 71.4% | 83.0% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Ortiz has more cage time on record.