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Jamal Pogues vs.
Hamdy Abdelwahab

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

2-2-0 Jamal Pogues · UFC
2-1-0 (1 NC) Hamdy Abdelwahab · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
2-1-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
30
AgeΔ 3 yrs
33
6'3"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
77"
ReachΔ 5"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
18.1
Layoff (months)Δ 8.7 mo
9.4
LWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWNC
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.

Hamdy Abdelwahab hunts takedowns — 3.25 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Hamdy Abdelwahab owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Jamal Pogues hunts takedowns — 1.25 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
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.

Jamal Pogues

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

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

Hamdy Abdelwahab

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2033.38/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2564.27/min · norm 3.36
2343.90/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
2203.67/min · norm 3.19
45.9%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
55.8%norm 47.8%
47.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.25/15 · norm 0.28

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

Jamal Pogues

Distance 93.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 9.3%)

Hamdy Abdelwahab

Distance 66.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 30.3% (norm 9.3%)

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

Jamal Pogues

Head 82.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 7.6%)

Hamdy Abdelwahab

Head 84.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pogues L/AAccHeavyweight med Abdelwahab L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 178 / 412 43.2% 40.1% 141 / 303 46.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 21 / 26 80.8% 70.6% 15 / 17 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.2% 100 / 139 71.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 137 / 363 37.7% 38.9% 198 / 389 50.9% 38.9%
To the body 22 / 32 68.8% 76.8% 26 / 33 78.8% 76.8%
To the legs 44 / 47 93.6% 87.8% 32 / 37 86.5% 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 Pogues L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Abdelwahab L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 221 / 423 52.2% 40.7% 213 / 442 48.2% 40.7%
In the clinch 9 / 13 too few to rate 70.6% 6 / 10 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 72.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 107 / 294 36.4% 38.8% 122 / 328 37.2% 38.8%
To the body 63 / 81 77.8% 75.1% 57 / 75 76.0% 75.1%
To the legs 64 / 67 95.5% 84.4% 41 / 50 82.0% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

538.5% acc · 1.25/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1365.0% acc · 3.25/15 · norm 0.95
666.7% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
5100.0% def · norm 64.3%
7:1011.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
18:2330.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
4:561:14 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
0:000:00 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 — Pogues has more cage time on record.

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