Montel Jackson

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Montel Jackson

Nickname“Quik”

Record

15-4

Streak

L2

Age

34

Date of birth

Apr 24, 1992

Fighting out of: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Born: United States
Camp: Red Schafer MMA
Weight class: Bantamweight
Height: 5'10" · 178 cm
Reach: 75" · 191 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Apr 25, 2026
Cut risk: 32%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Raoni Barcelos

#15Raoni Barcelos

Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 25, 2026

UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal

Deiveson Figueiredo

#6Deiveson Figueiredo

Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot · Oct 11, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot

Daniel Marcos

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · May 3, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo

Da'Mon Blackshear

Da'Mon Blackshear

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:18

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez · Jul 13, 2024

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez

Rani Yahya

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:42

UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · Apr 22, 2023

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes

Julio Arce

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira · Nov 12, 2022

UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira

JP Buys

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann · Sep 18, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann

Jesse Strader

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:58

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland · Mar 20, 2021

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland

Brett Johns

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 · Jul 18, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2

Felipe Colares

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos · Jan 25, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos

Andre Soukhamthath

Andre Soukhamthath

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 · Apr 13, 2019

UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2

Brian Kelleher

#15Brian Kelleher

Bantamweight · Submission · D'Arce Choke On Ground · R1 · 1:40

UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 · Dec 29, 2018

D'Arce Choke On Ground

UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2

Ricky Simon

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 · Aug 4, 2018

UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2

Dana White's Contender Series

1-0across 1 bout · wins by 1 KO

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Rico DiSciullo11-2	KO/TKO	knee and punches	R3	2:15	Dana White's Contender Series	Jun 12, 2018

Dana White’s Contender Series — a UFC-adjacent proving ground, shown as its own tier. Excluded from Schedule Score and UFC-scoped metrics.

Outside the UFC

5-0across 5 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 1 decDriller Promotions · KOTC · Pure FC · Pure FC 7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Daron McCyza5-2	KO/TKO	Elbows	R1	0:57	Driller Promotions	Mar 10, 2018
W	Jesse Wannemacher4-5	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	3:16	Driller Promotions	Feb 10, 2018
W	Terrence Almond4-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	KOTC	Jan 13, 2018
W	Sean Huffman22-36-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:08	Pure FC	Aug 19, 2017
W	Josh Wiseman1-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:44	Pure FC 7	Jun 24, 2017

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

Amateur

4-0across 4 amateur bouts · 4 promotionsInner Strength MMA 4 · Pure FC 2 · Inner Strength MMA 1 · CFFC

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	James Esposito0-3	Submission	Head & Arm Choke	R1	2:01	Inner Strength MMA 4	Mar 19, 2016
W	Thurston Lovell2-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:39	Pure FC 2	Nov 14, 2015
W	Richard Moad1-0	Submission	Neck Crank	R1	—	Inner Strength MMA 1	Aug 29, 2015
W	Rocco Pucillo-Scanlon2-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:47	CFFC	May 23, 2015

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

Career striking

OverallB69th

52%413 / 768

Striking accuracy

60%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.62 differential

Landed3.02

Absorbed1.40

64%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+12%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head72%54th297
Body19%46th78
Leg9%30th38

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

Sig. strikes by position

61%Standing

Standing61%250
Clinch23%97
Ground16%66

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Montel Jackson

Montel Jackson

Landed per 15

Head

C

54th

31.2

54th

Body

D

39th

8.2

39th

Leg

F

22nd

4.0

22nd

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

A+

100th

6.1

100th

Body

A

82nd

6.4

82nd

Leg

C

52nd

8.1

52nd

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	31.2	297	633	47%
Body	8.2	78	91	86%
Leg	4.0	38	44	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	6.1	58	282	21%
Body	6.4	61	104	59%
Leg	8.1	77	96	80%

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

Montel Jackson

Montel Jackson

13 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 143 min

96%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Jackson fades (-3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Jackson keeps 96% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Montel 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

Montel Jackson

Jacksonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Montel Jackson

Jacksonattempts / min

Control time

Montel Jackson

Jackson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.0	2.9	1.6	0.30	30%	13
R2	5.2	3.1	1.4	0.33	28%	9
R3	4.7	2.6	1.0	0.22	34%	9

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

Montel Jackson

Montel Jackson

13 resolved UFC bouts · 5 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

45/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

72nd

44%

72nd

Win quality

A

75th

48%

75th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

5

3

4

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	5	2-3	40%
Established	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	4	4-0	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	Raoni Barcelos#15	Ranked 6–15	62	Apr 25, 2026
L	Deiveson Figueiredo#6	Top-5	82	Oct 11, 2025
W	Daniel Marcos	Established	26	May 3, 2025
W	Da'Mon Blackshear	Established	26	Jul 13, 2024
W	Rani Yahya#15	Ranked 6–15	62	Apr 22, 2023
W	Julio Arce	Established	30	Nov 12, 2022
W	JP Buys	Unproven	8	Sep 18, 2021
W	Jesse Strader	Unproven	8	Mar 20, 2021
L	Brett Johns#15	Ranked 6–15	62	Jul 18, 2020
W	Felipe Colares	Unproven	8	Jan 25, 2020
W	Andre Soukhamthath	Unproven	12	Apr 13, 2019
W	Brian Kelleher#15	Ranked 6–15	60	Dec 29, 2018
L	Ricky Simon	Ranked 6–15	47	Aug 4, 2018

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.