Shawn Jordan vs. Jack May

UFC 6-4-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
41
AgeΔ 4 yrs
45
6'0"
HeightΔ 8"
6'8"
75"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
130.2
Layoff (months)Δ 13.5 mo
143.7
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Shawn Jordan carries real power — 0.59 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Shawn Jordan hunts takedowns — 1.78 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Opponents land 67% of their head shots on Jack May, vs a 39% Heavyweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Shawn Jordan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.03 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Jack May

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

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

2353.09/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
251.52/min · norm 3.36
2333.07/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
543.29/min · norm 3.19
49.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
38.5%norm 47.8%
49.6%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
33.3%norm 52.5%
30.59/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Shawn Jordan

Distance 64.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 19.5% (norm 9.3%)

Jack May

Distance 73.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 21.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 9.3%)

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

Shawn Jordan

Head 87.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 7.6%)

Jack May

Head 75.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 15.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jordan L/AAccHeavyweight med May L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 118 / 303 38.9% 40.1% 13 / 48 27.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 47 / 77 61.0% 70.6% 9 / 14 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 70 / 92 76.1% 70.2% 3 / 3 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 189 / 412 45.9% 38.9% 14 / 49 28.6% 38.9%
To the body 27 / 40 67.5% 76.8% 7 / 10 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 19 / 20 too few to rate 87.8% 4 / 6 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · 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 Jordan L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs May L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 162 / 357 45.4% 40.7% 10 / 22 too few to rate 40.7%
In the clinch 67 / 99 67.7% 70.6% 2 / 4 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 72.0% 42 / 55 76.4% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 160 / 375 42.7% 38.8% 50 / 75 66.7% 38.8%
To the body 43 / 51 84.3% 75.1% 4 / 6 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 30 / 36 83.3% 84.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
934.6% acc · 1.78/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 0.95
888.9% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
120.0% def · norm 64.3%
23:3831.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
1:5111.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
12:222:26 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
7:056:27 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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