Joey Beltran vs.
Igor Pokrajac
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.
Joey Beltran
Full career not yet synced for Joey Beltran — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
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
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)
Joey Beltran
Distance 80.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 9.3%)
Igor Pokrajac
Distance 72.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 19.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Joey Beltran
Head 84.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.6%)
Igor Pokrajac
Head 91.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Beltran L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Pokrajac L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 353 / 1264 | 27.9% | 40.1% | 153 / 430 | 35.6% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 187 / 252 | 74.2% | 70.6% | 81 / 116 | 69.8% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 43 / 56 | 76.8% | 70.2% | 38 / 46 | 82.6% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 399 / 1335 | 29.9% | 38.9% | 228 / 540 | 42.2% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 105 / 145 | 72.4% | 76.8% | 24 / 27 | 88.9% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 79 / 92 | 85.9% | 87.8% | 20 / 25 | 80.0% | 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 (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 Beltran L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Pokrajac L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 521 / 1136 | 45.9% | 40.7% | 199 / 442 | 45.0% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 102 / 145 | 70.3% | 70.6% | 204 / 248 | 82.3% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 37 / 51 | 72.5% | 72.0% | 112 / 174 | 64.4% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 467 / 1099 | 42.5% | 38.8% | 314 / 642 | 48.9% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 99 / 129 | 76.7% | 75.1% | 141 / 162 | 87.0% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 94 / 104 | 90.4% | 84.4% | 60 / 60 | 100.0% | 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 — Pokrajac has more cage time on record.