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Krzysztof Jotko vs. Misha Cirkunov

UFC 11-6-0 vs. 6-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-6-0
UFC record
6-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
77"
ReachΔ 0"
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
48.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0.4 mo
48.2
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Misha Cirkunov is a submission threat — 1.71 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.
Misha Cirkunov hunts takedowns — 4.15 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Krzysztof Jotko is hard to hit — absorbs 2.23 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.20 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Krzysztof Jotko

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 190

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Misha Cirkunov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6402.98/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
2373.86/min · norm 3.48
4792.23/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1883.06/min · norm 3.37
42.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.9%norm 48.45%
57.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.8%norm 52.75%
20.14/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Krzysztof Jotko

Distance 74.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 10.0%)

Misha Cirkunov

Distance 71.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 12.5% (norm 10.6%)

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

Krzysztof Jotko

Head 80.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Misha Cirkunov

Head 76.1% (norm 78.5%) · Body 17.5% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jotko L/AAccMiddleweight med Cirkunov L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 354 / 1124 31.5% 40.5% 135 / 326 41.4% 41.5%
In the clinch 173 / 231 74.9% 70.6% 52 / 74 70.3% 70.8%
On the ground 113 / 150 75.3% 69.4% 50 / 57 87.7% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 419 / 1210 34.6% 38.8% 153 / 348 44.0% 39.2%
To the body 139 / 204 68.1% 71.6% 57 / 80 71.2% 72.0%
To the legs 82 / 91 90.1% 83.3% 27 / 29 93.1% 82.1%

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: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Jotko L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Cirkunov L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 346 / 936 37.0% 39.5% 113 / 340 33.2% 40.6%
In the clinch 99 / 137 72.3% 70.4% 28 / 39 71.8% 68.8%
On the ground 34 / 48 70.8% 69.0% 47 / 66 71.2% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 231 / 798 28.9% 37.9% 119 / 347 34.3% 37.7%
To the body 128 / 192 66.7% 71.3% 40 / 60 66.7% 72.9%
To the legs 120 / 131 91.6% 82.1% 29 / 38 76.3% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1939.6% acc · 1.33/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1739.5% acc · 4.15/15 · norm 0.87
6982.1% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1076.9% def · norm 66.7%
48:4922.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
17:2628.4% of cage time · norm 17.1%
47:143:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
8:252:03 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.07/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
71.71/15 · norm 0.28

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