Dustin Jacoby vs.
Julius Walker
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
What the numbers say.
Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.
Who did they actually beat?
Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.
Dustin Jacoby
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500
Julius Walker
Full career not yet synced for Julius Walker — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Dustin Jacoby
Distance 93.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 10.4%)
Julius Walker
Distance 63.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 24.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 11.4% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Dustin Jacoby
Head 79.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 9.7%)
Julius Walker
Head 67.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 21.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Jacoby L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Walker L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 840 / 1899 | 44.2% | 41.4% | 73 / 163 | 44.8% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 75 / 102 | 73.5% | 70.9% | 41 / 63 | 65.1% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 20 / 42 | 47.6% | 72.3% | 23 / 29 | 79.3% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 617 / 1618 | 38.1% | 38.9% | 66 / 173 | 38.2% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 129 / 192 | 67.2% | 71.9% | 43 / 54 | 79.6% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 189 / 233 | 81.1% | 81.8% | 28 / 28 | 100.0% | 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 (Light 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 Jacoby L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Walker L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 656 / 1630 | 40.2% | 40.4% | 120 / 213 | 56.3% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 52 / 83 | 62.7% | 68.7% | 18 / 25 | 72.0% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 41 / 61 | 67.2% | 70.4% | 16 / 30 | 53.3% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 515 / 1470 | 35.0% | 37.5% | 120 / 229 | 52.4% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 98 / 147 | 66.7% | 72.3% | 22 / 26 | 84.6% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 136 / 157 | 86.6% | 83.0% | 12 / 13 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Jacoby has more cage time on record.