Joe Pyfer vs.
Alen Amedovski
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.
Joe Pyfer
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.58 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500
Alen Amedovski
Full career not yet synced for Alen Amedovski — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 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)
Joe Pyfer
Distance 89.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 10.3%)
Alen Amedovski
Distance 92.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Joe Pyfer
Head 81.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)
Alen Amedovski
Head 81.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pyfer L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Amedovski L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 214 / 526 | 40.7% | 40.5% | 17 / 61 | 27.9% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 7 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 32 / 47 | 68.1% | 69.1% | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 176 / 479 | 36.7% | 38.9% | 13 / 54 | 24.1% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 58 / 75 | 77.3% | 71.7% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 19 / 31 | 61.3% | 83.3% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 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: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Pyfer L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Amedovski L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 220 / 478 | 46.0% | 39.5% | 33 / 89 | 37.1% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 44 / 55 | 80.0% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 124 / 353 | 35.1% | 37.9% | 64 / 122 | 52.5% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 45 / 63 | 71.4% | 71.3% | 8 / 15 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 70 / 89 | 78.7% | 82.1% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
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 — Pyfer has more cage time on record.