Joey Beltran vs. Rolles Gracie

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-6-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-1-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
44
AgeΔ 4 yrs
48
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
6'4"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
153.9
Layoff (months)Δ 44.1 mo
198
LNCLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
L

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rolles Gracie hunts takedowns — 2.30 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
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.

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

Rolles Gracie

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5834.58/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
152.30/min · norm 3.36
6605.18/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
223.38/min · norm 3.19
37.1%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
32.6%norm 47.8%
50.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
55.1%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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%)

Rolles Gracie

Distance 78.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 17.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 9.3%)

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%)

Rolles Gracie

Head 89.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.2% (norm 7.6%)

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 Gracie L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 353 / 1264 27.9% 40.1% 9 / 36 25.0% 40.1%
In the clinch 187 / 252 74.2% 70.6% 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 43 / 56 76.8% 70.2% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 399 / 1335 29.9% 38.9% 12 / 41 29.3% 38.9%
To the body 105 / 145 72.4% 76.8% 3 / 4 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 79 / 92 85.9% 87.8% 0 / 1 too few to rate 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 (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 Beltran L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Gracie L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 521 / 1136 45.9% 40.7% 10 / 31 32.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 102 / 145 70.3% 70.6% 1 / 3 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 37 / 51 72.5% 72.0% 11 / 15 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 467 / 1099 42.5% 38.8% 22 / 49 44.9% 38.8%
To the body 99 / 129 76.7% 75.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 94 / 104 90.4% 84.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
518.5% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
110.0% acc · 2.30/15 · norm 0.95
2672.2% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 64.3%
34:4627.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
1:4426.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
18:002:07 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
1:243:13 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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