James Te Huna vs. Joey Beltran
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
James Te Huna
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.56 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 25 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Joey Beltran
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 11 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.45 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
James Te Huna
Distance 65.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 11.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 22.5% (norm 10.4%)
Joey Beltran
Distance 80.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
James Te Huna
Head 78.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 9.7%)
Joey Beltran
Head 84.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Huna L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Beltran L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 138 / 309 | 44.7% | 41.4% | 353 / 1264 | 27.9% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 34 / 56 | 60.7% | 70.9% | 187 / 252 | 74.2% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 70 / 106 | 66.0% | 72.3% | 43 / 56 | 76.8% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 166 / 369 | 45.0% | 38.9% | 399 / 1335 | 29.9% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 39 / 59 | 66.1% | 71.9% | 105 / 145 | 72.4% | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 37 / 43 | 86.0% | 81.8% | 79 / 92 | 85.9% | 87.8% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Huna L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Beltran L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 98 / 367 | 26.7% | 40.4% | 521 / 1136 | 45.9% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 31 / 44 | 70.5% | 68.7% | 102 / 145 | 70.3% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 50 / 70 | 71.4% | 70.4% | 37 / 51 | 72.5% | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 134 / 424 | 31.6% | 37.5% | 467 / 1099 | 42.5% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 19 / 28 | 67.9% | 72.3% | 99 / 129 | 76.7% | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 26 / 29 | 89.7% | 83.0% | 94 / 104 | 90.4% | 84.4% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Huna has more cage time on record.