Montel Jackson
13 UFC Fights | 69% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (44%)
Montel Jackson UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Montel Jackson is 9-4 in the UFC across 13 fights, with 3 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 15-4, 6-0 of it outside the UFC. Jackson competes at bantamweight as a southpaw complete fighter, standing 5'10" with a 75" reach at 34 years old. The last bout was a loss to Raoni Barcelos by split decision in Apr 2026. Montel Jackson fights next on September 26, 2026 against Ricky Simon at UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos.
Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 98th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (0.92/fight).
Montel Jackson's UFC win rate is 69% (9 of 13 fights), and 44% of those wins came by finish. Jackson averages 2.1 takedowns per fight at 61% accuracy and stops 67% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 15-4
- UFC Record
- 9-4
- Height
- 5'10"
- Reach
- 75"
- Age
- 34
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- L vs Raoni Barcelos · Decision - Split · Apr 2026
- Next Fight
- vs Ricky Simon · UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos · Sep 26, 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Montel Jackson's Last 5 Fights
Jackson is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Raoni Barcelos · Decision - Split · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 2026
- Loss vs Deiveson Figueiredo · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot · Oct 2025
- Win vs Daniel Marcos · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · May 2025
- Win vs Da'Mon Blackshear · KO/TKO · R1 0:18 · UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez · Jul 2024
- Win vs Rani Yahya · KO/TKO · R1 3:42 · UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · Apr 2023
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Montel Jackson vs Average
Montel Jackson lands 11.7 strikes in R1 but 13.9 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Montel Jackson's UFC Fight History
13 UFC fights on record (9-4), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Raoni Barcelos | Decision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal | 2026-04-25 |
| L | Deiveson Figueiredo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot | 2025-10-11 |
| W | Daniel Marcos | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo | 2025-05-03 |
| W | Da'Mon Blackshear | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:18 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez | 2024-07-13 |
| W | Rani Yahya | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:42 | UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes | 2023-04-22 |
| W | Julio Arce | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira | 2022-11-12 |
| W | JP Buys | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann | 2021-09-18 |
| W | Jesse Strader | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:58 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland | 2021-03-20 |
| L | Brett Johns | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 | 2020-07-18 |
| W | Felipe Colares | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos | 2020-01-25 |
| W | Andre Soukhamthath | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 | 2019-04-13 |
| W | Brian Kelleher | Submission | R1 · 1:40 | UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 | 2018-12-29 |
| L | Ricky Simon | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 | 2018-08-04 |
How Jackson Ranks at Bantamweight
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