Quinton Jackson vs. Chuck Liddell

UFC 8-5-0 vs. 16-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-0
UFC record
16-7-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
48
AgeΔ 8 yrs
56
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
135.4
Layoff (months)Δ 58.5 mo
193.9
WLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chuck Liddell carries real power — 1.03 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Quinton Jackson carries real power — 0.65 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Quinton Jackson rarely shoots — 0.49 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Quinton Jackson

Full career not yet synced for Quinton Jackson — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Chuck Liddell

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 167
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 42

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.23 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5142.77/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
6112.99/min · norm 3.41
5843.15/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
4342.12/min · norm 3.35
43.3%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
37.3%norm 48.3%
57.2%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 52.9%
80.65/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
141.03/15 · norm 0.40

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

Quinton Jackson

Distance 72.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 10.4%)

Chuck Liddell

Distance 81.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 10.4%)

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

Quinton Jackson

Head 81.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 9.7%)

Chuck Liddell

Head 84.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jackson L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Liddell L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 303 / 862 35.2% 41.4% 430 / 1329 32.4% 41.4%
In the clinch 164 / 256 64.1% 70.9% 83 / 134 61.9% 70.9%
On the ground 47 / 68 69.1% 72.3% 98 / 173 56.6% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 971 33.7% 38.9% 417 / 1382 30.2% 38.9%
To the body 133 / 159 83.6% 71.9% 45 / 65 69.2% 71.9%
To the legs 54 / 56 96.4% 81.8% 149 / 189 78.8% 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 Jackson L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Liddell L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 363 / 1038 35.0% 40.4% 367 / 977 37.6% 40.4%
In the clinch 129 / 189 68.3% 68.7% 41 / 72 56.9% 68.7%
On the ground 92 / 138 66.7% 70.4% 26 / 42 61.9% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 303 / 993 30.5% 37.5% 262 / 886 29.6% 37.5%
To the body 115 / 164 70.1% 72.3% 51 / 63 81.0% 72.3%
To the legs 166 / 208 79.8% 83.0% 121 / 142 85.2% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
630.0% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
787.5% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 0.87
4771.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
7081.4% def · norm 66.7%
23:0012.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
17:399.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
47:183:49 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
10:450:47 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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