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Brendan Allen vs. Krzysztof Jotko

UFC 16-4-0 vs. 11-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-4-0
UFC record
11-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
30
AgeΔ 7 yrs
37
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 48.3 mo
48.6
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Brendan Allen is a submission threat — 1.04 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Brendan Allen owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
Krzysztof Jotko is hard to hit — absorbs 2.23 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.20 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Brendan Allen

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 164
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 22 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 14-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 wins over .500

Krzysztof Jotko

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 190

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8853.60/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
6402.98/min · norm 3.23
9413.83/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4792.23/min · norm 3.20
52.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
42.5%norm 47.4%
47.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.3%norm 53.8%
30.18/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.14/15 · norm 0.32

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

Brendan Allen

Distance 82.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 10.0%)

Krzysztof Jotko

Distance 74.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 10.0%)

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

Brendan Allen

Head 79.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.4%)

Krzysztof Jotko

Head 80.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Allen L/AAccMiddleweight med Jotko L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 682 / 1411 48.3% 40.5% 354 / 1124 31.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 68 / 102 66.7% 70.6% 173 / 231 74.9% 70.6%
On the ground 135 / 189 71.4% 69.4% 113 / 150 75.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 583 / 1345 43.3% 38.8% 419 / 1210 34.6% 38.8%
To the body 184 / 231 79.7% 71.6% 139 / 204 68.1% 71.6%
To the legs 118 / 126 93.7% 83.3% 82 / 91 90.1% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Allen L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Jotko L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 805 / 1614 49.9% 39.5% 346 / 936 37.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 58 / 81 71.6% 70.4% 99 / 137 72.3% 70.4%
On the ground 78 / 106 73.6% 69.0% 34 / 48 70.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 746 / 1547 48.2% 37.9% 231 / 798 28.9% 37.9%
To the body 132 / 175 75.4% 71.3% 128 / 192 66.7% 71.3%
To the legs 63 / 79 79.7% 82.1% 120 / 131 91.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2641.3% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1939.6% acc · 1.33/15 · norm 1.35
2455.8% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
6982.1% def · norm 63.3%
74:5130.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
48:4922.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
54:463:20 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
47:143:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
171.04/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.45

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