Todd Butler vs. Kevin Jackson

UFC 0-1-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
Age
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
348.4
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
340.8
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kevin Jackson hunts takedowns — 5.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Kevin Jackson is a submission threat — 1.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Todd Butler's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Todd Butler

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10.69/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
251.95/min · norm 3.25
32.07/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
70.55/min · norm 3.20
25.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
65.8%norm 47.4%
50.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
69.6%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Todd Butler

Distance 100.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

Kevin Jackson

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

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

Todd Butler

Head 100.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Kevin Jackson

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Butler L/AAccLightweight med Jackson L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 4 too few to rate 37.9% 7 / 14 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.3% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 4 too few to rate 35.0% 19 / 30 63.3% 38.9%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 5 / 6 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.9% 1 / 2 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Butler L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Jackson L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 2 too few to rate 38.9% 6 / 22 too few to rate 39.5%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 68.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 68.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 3 / 4 too few to rate 35.1% 4 / 19 too few to rate 37.9%
To the body 0 / 1 too few to rate 68.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 1 too few to rate 81.5% 3 / 4 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
5100.0% acc · 5.84/15 · norm 1.42
00.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 63.1%
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 19.75%
— per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
11.17/15 · 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.