Damon Jackson

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Damon Jackson

Nickname“The Leech”

Record

23-9-1, 1 NC

Streak

L3

Age

38

Date of birth

Aug 8, 1988

Fighting out of: Durant
Born: United States
Camp: Fortis MMA
Weight class: Lightweight
Height: 5'11" · 180 cm
Reach: 71" · 180 cm
Stance: Switch
Last fight: Nov 16, 2024
Cut risk: 41%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Jim Miller

Lightweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard · R1 · 2:44

UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic · Nov 16, 2024

Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard

UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic

Chepe Mariscal

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 · Aug 10, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2

Alexander Hernandez

Alexander Hernandez

Featherweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2 · Apr 6, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2

Billy Quarantillo

Billy Quarantillo

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font · Aug 5, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font

Dan Ige

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:13

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov · Jan 14, 2023

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov

Pat Sabatini

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control · R1 · 1:09

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song · Sep 17, 2022

Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song

Dan Argueta

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik · Jun 4, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik

Kamuela Kirk

Featherweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Half Guard · R2 · 4:42

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev · Mar 12, 2022

Arm Triangle From Half Guard

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev

Charles Rosa

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez · Oct 9, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez

Ilia Topuria

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:38

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori · Dec 5, 2020

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori

Mirsad Bektic

#13Mirsad Bektic

Featherweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Mount · R3 · 1:21

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley · Sep 19, 2020

Guillotine Choke From Mount

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley

Levan Makashvili

Levan Makashvili

Featherweight · Draw · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader · Jan 30, 2016

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader

Rony Jason

Featherweight · No Contest · R1 · 3:31

UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves · May 30, 2015

UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves

Yancy Medeiros

Lightweight · Submission · Bulldog Choke On Ground Reverse Bulldog Choke · R2 · 1:54

UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto · Aug 30, 2014

Bulldog Choke On Ground Reverse Bulldog Choke

UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto

Outside the UFC

17-3across 20 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 13 sub · 1 decLFA · Bellator · Fury FC 119 · PFL · LFC 61 +7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Carlos Calderon10-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R4	2:07	Fury FC 119	May 17, 2026
W	Mauro Chaulet13-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:11	LFA	Mar 6, 2020
L	Movlid Khaybulaev24-0-1	KO/TKO	Flying Knee	R1	0:10	PFL	May 23, 2019
W	Nate Jennerman18-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	0:33	LFA	Aug 10, 2018
W	Jeremy Spoon21-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:59	LFA	May 25, 2018
W	Chris Pecero14-14	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	0:38	LFA	Feb 16, 2018
W	Anselmo Luis Luna Jr.18-12	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:58	LFA	Dec 8, 2017
W	Eliazar Rodriguez8-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:49	LFA	Jul 14, 2017
L	Kevin Aguilar17-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:05	LFA	Feb 17, 2017
W	Charles Cheeks III15-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:24	LFA	Jan 13, 2017
W	Levi Mowles16-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFC 61	Oct 14, 2016
W	Leonard Garcia18-13-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:32	LFC 33	Jul 18, 2014
W	Hunter Tucker6-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:24	LFC 28	Feb 21, 2014
W	Javier Obregon14-17	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	4:12	LFC 24	Oct 11, 2013
W	Keith Miner5-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:00	Bellator	Jun 19, 2013
W	Anselmo Luis Luna Jr.18-12	Submission	Armbar	R2	1:15	24/7 Entertainment 9	Apr 19, 2013
W	Zac Church9-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:43	Bellator	Jan 24, 2013
W	Zac Church9-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:19	KOTC	Dec 8, 2012
W	Shelby Graham5-11	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:43	TTP	Nov 17, 2012
W	Jacob Salyer2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:23	WS	Sep 22, 2012

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionPOTC 7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Devian Golden2-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	0:25	POTC 7	May 21, 2011

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC43rd

42%401 / 934

Striking accuracy

49%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.51 differential

Landed2.96

Absorbed3.47

43%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-9%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head60%50th242
Body31%70th123
Leg9%37th36

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

65%Standing

Standing65%261
Clinch23%91
Ground12%49

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Damon Jackson

Damon Jackson

Landed per 15

Head

C

48th

27.2

48th

Body

A

73rd

13.8

73rd

Leg

D

30th

4.0

30th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

52nd

30.4

52nd

Body

F

14th

17.3

14th

Leg

B

70th

5.2

70th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.2	242	716	34%
Body	13.8	123	179	69%
Leg	4.0	36	39	92%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	30.4	271	685	40%
Body	17.3	154	192	80%
Leg	5.2	46	52	88%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Damon Jackson

Damon Jackson

13 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 134 min

88%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Jackson fades (-9% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Jackson keeps 88% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Damon Jackson

Jackson ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Damon Jackson

Jacksonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Damon Jackson

Jacksonattempts / min

Control time

Damon Jackson

Jackson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.3	3.4	3.6	0.48	39%	13
R2	6.0	2.8	3.4	0.48	43%	10
R3	5.3	2.6	3.6	0.35	41%	7

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Damon Jackson

Damon Jackson

14 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

41/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

67th

40%

67th

Win quality

C

52nd

41%

52nd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

1

2

2

1

2

1

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	2	1-1	50%
Cross-div ranked	2	1-1	50%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	0-2	0%
Building	1	0-0, 1 NC	—
Unproven	4	3-0-1	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Jim Miller#14	Top-5	74	Nov 16, 2024
L	Chepe Mariscal	Established	26	Aug 10, 2024
W	Alexander Hernandez	Cross-div ranked	45	Apr 6, 2024
L	Billy Quarantillo	Established	30	Aug 5, 2023
L	Dan Ige#13	Ranked 6–15	69	Jan 14, 2023
W	Pat Sabatini	Contender-level	36	Sep 17, 2022
W	Dan Argueta	Unproven	8	Jun 4, 2022
W	Kamuela Kirk	Unproven	8	Mar 12, 2022
W	Charles Rosa	Unproven	16	Oct 9, 2021
L	Ilia Topuria	Champion	68	Dec 5, 2020
W	Mirsad Bektic#13	Ranked 6–15	70	Sep 19, 2020
D	Levan Makashvili	Unproven	8	Jan 30, 2016
NC	Rony Jason	Building	18	May 30, 2015
L	Yancy Medeiros	Cross-div ranked	32	Aug 30, 2014

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.