Who won Ige vs Jackson?
Dan Ige beat Damon Jackson by during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov, on Saturday 14th January 2023 in the United States.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Dan Ige.
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).
Ige vs Jackson stats
Dan Ige stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.
Damon Jackson made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 4 loses and 1 draw, with 4 of those wins by knock out and 15 by submission.
The stats suggested Ige had a slight advantage in power over Jackson, with a 27% knock out percentage over Jackson's 18%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jackson had a massive advantage over Ige, boosting at 68% submission rate over Ige's 33%.
Dan Ige was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.
Jackson had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ige. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.
Ige was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 8 months later than Jackson, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 59 to Jackson's 55.
Ige vs Jackson form
Dan Ige had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Movsar Evloev at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Josh Emmett at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had lost to Chan Sung Jung at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest.
Before that, he had defeated Gavin Tucker at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
He had been beaten by Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Jackson had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Pat Sabatini at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had beat Daniel Argueta at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had won against Kamuela Kirk at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had beat Charles Rosa at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
He had defeated Mauro Chaulet at LFA 83 on 6th March 2020 by submission in the 1st round at The Bomb Factory, Dallas.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Dan Ige had been fighting more than Damon Jackson.
Going to this contest, Dan Ige had last fought 1 year, 3 months and 18 days ago, while Damon Jackson's last outing had been 1 year and 5 days ago.
Ige's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.
Jackson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Ige vs Jackson?
Dan Ige was a 3/4 (-130) favourite going into the contest, while Damon Jackson made his way into the ring at 11/10 (+110) with oddsmakers.
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