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Jamal Pogues vs.
Mick Parkin

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
4-1-0 Mick Parkin · 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
4-1-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
30
AgeΔ 0 yrs
30
6'3"
HeightΔ 1"
6'4"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
18.1
Layoff (months)Δ 1.6 mo
16.5
LWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Mick Parkin outworks the Heavyweight division — 4.73 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.36 norm.
Mick Parkin is wasteful with ground strikes — only 44% land, vs a 70% 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

Mick Parkin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.74 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 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
3004.73/min · norm 3.36
2343.90/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
2544.01/min · norm 3.19
45.9%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
49.9%norm 47.8%
47.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
59.7%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.24/15 · 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%)

Mick Parkin

Distance 92.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.3% (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%)

Mick Parkin

Head 78.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 16.8% (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 Parkin L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 178 / 412 43.2% 40.1% 274 / 554 49.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 21 / 26 80.8% 70.6% 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.2% 14 / 32 43.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 137 / 363 37.7% 38.9% 183 / 470 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 22 / 32 68.8% 76.8% 23 / 30 76.7% 76.8%
To the legs 44 / 47 93.6% 87.8% 94 / 101 93.1% 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 Parkin L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 221 / 423 52.2% 40.7% 239 / 609 39.2% 40.7%
In the clinch 9 / 13 too few to rate 70.6% 13 / 20 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 72.0% 2 / 2 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 107 / 294 36.4% 38.8% 129 / 466 27.7% 38.8%
To the body 63 / 81 77.8% 75.1% 90 / 129 69.8% 75.1%
To the legs 64 / 67 95.5% 84.4% 35 / 36 97.2% 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
436.4% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 0.95
666.7% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
375.0% def · norm 64.3%
7:1011.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
10:0816.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
4:561:14 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
2:380:37 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 — Parkin has more cage time on record.

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