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Igor Pokrajac vs.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

4-8-0 (1 NC) Igor Pokrajac · UFC
11-7-0 Marcos Rogerio de Lima · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

4-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
11-7-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
47
AgeΔ 6 yrs
41
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
123.9
Layoff (months)Δ 94.3 mo
29.6
LLLLNC
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL
The read

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.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima carries real power — 1.02 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima is a submission threat — 0.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 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

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.

Igor Pokrajac

Full career not yet synced for Igor Pokrajac — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2722.25/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
3753.64/min · norm 3.36
5154.26/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
2522.45/min · norm 3.19
45.9%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
59.6%norm 47.8%
40.4%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 52.5%
40.50/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
71.02/15 · norm 0.28

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

Igor Pokrajac

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Distance 73.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 9.3%)

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

Igor Pokrajac

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Head 69.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pokrajac L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Lima L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 153 / 430 35.6% 41.4% 250 / 461 54.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 81 / 116 69.8% 70.9% 37 / 49 75.5% 70.6%
On the ground 38 / 46 82.6% 72.3% 88 / 119 73.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 228 / 540 42.2% 38.9% 219 / 435 50.3% 38.9%
To the body 24 / 27 88.9% 71.9% 65 / 87 74.7% 76.8%
To the legs 20 / 25 80.0% 81.8% 91 / 107 85.0% 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 Pokrajac L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Lima L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 199 / 442 45.0% 40.4% 192 / 443 43.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 204 / 248 82.3% 68.7% 28 / 34 82.4% 70.6%
On the ground 112 / 174 64.4% 70.4% 32 / 53 60.4% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 314 / 642 48.9% 37.5% 186 / 442 42.1% 38.8%
To the body 141 / 162 87.0% 72.3% 45 / 62 72.6% 75.1%
To the legs 60 / 60 100.0% 83.0% 21 / 26 80.8% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

729.2% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1145.8% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 0.95
1951.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1266.7% def · norm 64.3%
21:5918.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
45:4944.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
65:428:08 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
17:242:32 per 15 · norm 2:28
20.25/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
40.58/15 · norm 0.16

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

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