Joey Beltran vs. Igor Pokrajac

UFC 3-6-0 (1 NC) vs. 4-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-6-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-8-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
44
AgeΔ 3 yrs
47
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
153.9
Layoff (months)Δ 30 mo
123.9
LNCLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLNC

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joey Beltran absorbs 5.18 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Joey Beltran owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Opponents land 49% of their head shots on Igor Pokrajac, vs a 38% Light Heavyweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joey Beltran

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 611
Tier 3 — regional circuit 124

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

Igor Pokrajac

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 3 — regional circuit 257

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.52 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5834.58/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2722.25/min · norm 3.41
6605.18/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
5154.26/min · norm 3.35
37.1%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 48.3%
50.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
40.4%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
40.50/15 · norm 0.40

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Joey Beltran

Distance 80.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 9.3%)

Igor Pokrajac

Distance 72.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 19.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 10.4%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Joey Beltran

Head 84.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.6%)

Igor Pokrajac

Head 91.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Beltran L/AAccHeavyweight med Pokrajac L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 353 / 1264 27.9% 40.1% 153 / 430 35.6% 41.4%
In the clinch 187 / 252 74.2% 70.6% 81 / 116 69.8% 70.9%
On the ground 43 / 56 76.8% 70.2% 38 / 46 82.6% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 399 / 1335 29.9% 38.9% 228 / 540 42.2% 38.9%
To the body 105 / 145 72.4% 76.8% 24 / 27 88.9% 71.9%
To the legs 79 / 92 85.9% 87.8% 20 / 25 80.0% 81.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light 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 Beltran L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Pokrajac L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 521 / 1136 45.9% 40.7% 199 / 442 45.0% 40.4%
In the clinch 102 / 145 70.3% 70.6% 204 / 248 82.3% 68.7%
On the ground 37 / 51 72.5% 72.0% 112 / 174 64.4% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 467 / 1099 42.5% 38.8% 314 / 642 48.9% 37.5%
To the body 99 / 129 76.7% 75.1% 141 / 162 87.0% 72.3%
To the legs 94 / 104 90.4% 84.4% 60 / 60 100.0% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
518.5% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
729.2% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 0.87
2672.2% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1951.4% def · norm 66.7%
34:4627.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
21:5918.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
18:002:07 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
65:428:08 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
20.25/15 · norm 0.27

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pokrajac has more cage time on record.