Montel Jackson vs. Felipe Colares

UFC 9-4-0 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-4-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34
AgeΔ 2 yrs
32
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
75"
ReachΔ 6"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.4
Layoff (months)Δ 47.2 mo
50.6
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Montel Jackson carries real power — 1.26 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Montel Jackson hunts takedowns — 2.63 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Opponents land 58% of their head shots on Felipe Colares, vs a 36% Featherweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Montel Jackson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 104
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Felipe Colares

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4132.90/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1912.17/min · norm 3.54
1961.37/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4094.65/min · norm 3.47
53.8%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.3%norm 45.0%
59.3%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
36.9%norm 54.85%
121.26/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Montel Jackson

Distance 70.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 16.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.6% (norm 6.5%)

Felipe Colares

Distance 83.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Montel Jackson

Head 82.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.4%)

Felipe Colares

Head 73.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jackson L/AAccBantamweight med Colares L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 544 46.0% 39.0% 147 / 352 41.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 97 / 127 76.4% 68.7% 20 / 32 62.5% 70.8%
On the ground 66 / 97 68.0% 70.2% 24 / 38 63.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 297 / 633 46.9% 34.9% 116 / 312 37.2% 37.2%
To the body 78 / 91 85.7% 66.8% 61 / 89 68.5% 68.2%
To the legs 38 / 44 86.4% 79.4% 14 / 21 too few to rate 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Jackson L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Colares L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 159 / 435 36.6% 39.3% 271 / 470 57.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 30 / 38 78.9% 70.4% 86 / 114 75.4% 70.3%
On the ground 7 / 9 too few to rate 72.4% 52 / 64 81.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 282 20.6% 34.9% 307 / 528 58.1% 35.9%
To the body 61 / 104 58.7% 66.0% 60 / 74 81.1% 67.9%
To the legs 77 / 96 80.2% 79.1% 42 / 46 91.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2561.0% acc · 2.63/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1124.4% acc · 1.88/15 · norm 1.19
6167.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1943.2% def · norm 61.5%
43:4130.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
23:2026.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
33:133:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
34:535:56 per 15 · norm 3:12
30.32/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.51/15 · norm 0.46

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