Kevin Jackson vs. Tony Fryklund

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
Age
55
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
Reach
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
340.8
Layoff (months)Δ 79.3 mo
261.5
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tony Fryklund is a submission threat — 2.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Kevin Jackson hunts takedowns — 5.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Tony Fryklund carries real power — 1.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Tony Fryklund

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 3 — regional circuit 117

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.19 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

251.95/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
695.56/min · norm 3.25
70.55/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
221.77/min · norm 3.20
65.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
59.0%norm 47.4%
69.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
11.21/15 · norm 0.32

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

Kevin Jackson

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

Tony Fryklund

Distance 17.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 73.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Kevin Jackson

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

Tony Fryklund

Head 87.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jackson L/AAccMiddleweight med Fryklund L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 14 too few to rate 40.5% 7 / 20 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.3% 8 / 11 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1% 54 / 86 62.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 30 63.3% 38.9% 57 / 102 55.9% 38.9%
To the body 5 / 6 too few to rate 71.7% 8 / 8 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 83.3% 4 / 7 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Jackson L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Fryklund L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 6 / 22 too few to rate 39.5% 9 / 28 32.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9% 8 / 16 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.0% 5 / 8 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 19 too few to rate 37.9% 13 / 42 31.0% 37.9%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.3% 2 / 2 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 82.1% 7 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5100.0% acc · 5.84/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 1.21/15 · norm 1.42
2100.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 63.1%
— of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
6:5868.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
— per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
1:041:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
11.17/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
22.42/15 · norm 0.47

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