Quinton Jackson vs. Marvin Eastman

UFC 8-5-0 vs. 1-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-0
UFC record
1-4-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
48
AgeΔ 7 yrs
55
6'1"
HeightΔ 4"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
135.4
Layoff (months)Δ 82.1 mo
217.5
WLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marvin Eastman is wasteful with strikes at range — only 15% land, vs a 41% Light Heavyweight norm.
Quinton Jackson carries real power — 0.65 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Marvin Eastman is wasteful with head shots — only 20% land, vs a 39% 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

Marvin Eastman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1711

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.03 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5142.77/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
692.18/min · norm 3.41
5843.15/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
1243.92/min · norm 3.35
43.3%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
34.7%norm 48.3%
57.2%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
42.1%norm 52.9%
80.65/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · 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%)

Marvin Eastman

Distance 67.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 32.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (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%)

Marvin Eastman

Head 78.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.1% (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 Eastman L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 303 / 862 35.2% 41.4% 20 / 134 14.9% 41.4%
In the clinch 164 / 256 64.1% 70.9% 49 / 65 75.4% 70.9%
On the ground 47 / 68 69.1% 72.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 971 33.7% 38.9% 31 / 156 19.9% 38.9%
To the body 133 / 159 83.6% 71.9% 20 / 21 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 54 / 56 96.4% 81.8% 18 / 22 too few to rate 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 Eastman L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 363 / 1038 35.0% 40.4% 25 / 95 26.3% 40.4%
In the clinch 129 / 189 68.3% 68.7% 91 / 109 83.5% 68.7%
On the ground 92 / 138 66.7% 70.4% 8 / 10 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 303 / 993 30.5% 37.5% 66 / 151 43.7% 37.5%
To the body 115 / 164 70.1% 72.3% 41 / 45 91.1% 72.3%
To the legs 166 / 208 79.8% 83.0% 17 / 18 too few to rate 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
630.0% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 0.87
4771.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
981.8% def · norm 66.7%
23:0012.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
4:5715.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
47:183:49 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
6:453:12 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 — Jackson has more cage time on record.