Jackson vs Kirk

Who won Jackson vs Kirk?

Damon Jackson beat Kamuela Kirk by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th March 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Jackson vs Kirk stats

Damon Jackson stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 14 by submission.

Kamuela Kirk made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Damon Jackson's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Damon Jackson's UFC record stood at 6-6-1, while Kamuela Kirk's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Kirk had a large advantage in power over Jackson, boasting a 42% knock out percentage over Jackson's 16%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jackson had a large advantage over Kirk, boasting a 74% submission rate over Kirk's 50%.

Damon Jackson was the older man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Jackson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kirk. Despite this, Kirk had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Jackson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Kirk, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 62 to Kirk's 33.

Jackson vs Kirk form

Kirk had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Damon Jackson at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Makwan Amirkhani at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Daniel Swain at LFA 107 on 14th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Before that, he had defeated Guilherme Santos at LFA 97 on 15th January 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Hartman Arena, Park City.

He had been beaten by Bruno Souza at LFA 84 on 10th July 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Activity check

Jackson's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Kirk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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