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Joey Beltran vs.
James Te Huna

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

3-6-0 (1 NC) Joey Beltran · UFC
5-5-0 James Te Huna · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-6-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-5-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
44.7
AgeΔ 0.2 yrs
44.9
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
153.9
Layoff (months)Δ 29.3 mo
124.6
LNCLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

James Te Huna hunts takedowns — 2.75 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
James Te Huna owns the mat — in control 39% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.
Joey Beltran absorbs 5.18 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
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.

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

James Te Huna

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5834.58/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2424.04/min · norm 3.41
6605.18/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1792.99/min · norm 3.35
37.1%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 48.3%
50.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
62.8%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
20.50/15 · norm 0.40

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%)

James Te Huna

Distance 65.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 11.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 22.5% (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%)

James Te Huna

Head 78.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 9.1% (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/AAccHeavyweight med Huna L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 353 / 1264 27.9% 40.1% 138 / 309 44.7% 41.4%
In the clinch 187 / 252 74.2% 70.6% 34 / 56 60.7% 70.9%
On the ground 43 / 56 76.8% 70.2% 70 / 106 66.0% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 399 / 1335 29.9% 38.9% 166 / 369 45.0% 38.9%
To the body 105 / 145 72.4% 76.8% 39 / 59 66.1% 71.9%
To the legs 79 / 92 85.9% 87.8% 37 / 43 86.0% 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/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Huna L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 521 / 1136 45.9% 40.7% 98 / 367 26.7% 40.4%
In the clinch 102 / 145 70.3% 70.6% 31 / 44 70.5% 68.7%
On the ground 37 / 51 72.5% 72.0% 50 / 70 71.4% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 467 / 1099 42.5% 38.8% 134 / 424 31.6% 37.5%
To the body 99 / 129 76.7% 75.1% 19 / 28 67.9% 72.3%
To the legs 94 / 104 90.4% 84.4% 26 / 29 89.7% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

518.5% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1137.9% acc · 2.75/15 · norm 0.87
2672.2% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1058.8% def · norm 66.7%
34:4627.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
23:3239.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
18:002:07 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
15:533:58 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.25/15 · norm 0.27

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

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