Montel Jackson

BantamweightComplete Fighter
9 - 4

13 UFC Fights | 69% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (44%)

Height
5' 10"
Reach
75"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
34
Southpaw

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

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.

  1. Loss vs Raoni Barcelos · Decision - Split · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 2026
  2. Loss vs Deiveson Figueiredo · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot · Oct 2025
  3. Win vs Daniel Marcos · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · May 2025
  4. Win vs Da'Mon Blackshear · KO/TKO · R1 0:18 · UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez · Jul 2024
  5. Win vs Rani Yahya · KO/TKO · R1 3:42 · UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · Apr 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.0
+2.2x ratio
Accuracy
54%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.92

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
1.4
0.4x avg
Strike Differential
+1.6
Opp. Accuracy Against
39%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
2.1
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
61%
Takedown Defense
67%
Control Time / Fight
3:37
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.3

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
25% KO
8% Sub
R2
0% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

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.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LRaoni BarcelosDecision - SplitR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal2026-04-25
LDeiveson FigueiredoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot2025-10-11
WDaniel MarcosDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo2025-05-03
WDa'Mon BlackshearKO/TKOR1 · 0:18UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez2024-07-13
WRani YahyaKO/TKOR1 · 3:42UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes2023-04-22
WJulio ArceDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira2022-11-12
WJP BuysDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann2021-09-18
WJesse StraderKO/TKOR1 · 1:58UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland2021-03-20
LBrett JohnsDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 22020-07-18
WFelipe ColaresDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos2020-01-25
WAndre SoukhamthathDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 22019-04-13
WBrian KelleherSubmissionR1 · 1:40UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 22018-12-29
LRicky SimonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 22018-08-04

How Jackson Ranks at Bantamweight

Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.0 sig. strikes/min
34th percentile
Striking accuracy54%
90th percentile
Strikes absorbed1.4/min
98th percentile
Takedowns2.1/fight
84th percentile
Takedown defense67%
60th percentile
Knockdown power0.92/fight
98th percentile

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