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Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Igor Pokrajac

UFC 11-7-0 vs. 4-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-7-0
UFC record
4-8-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
41
AgeΔ 6 yrs
47
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
32.1
Layoff (months)Δ 94.2 mo
126.3
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLNC

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marcos Rogerio de Lima is a submission threat — 0.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima carries real power — 1.02 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.
Opponents land 49% of their head shots on Igor Pokrajac, vs a 38% Light Heavyweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Igor Pokrajac

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 3 — regional circuit 257

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.52 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3753.64/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
2722.25/min · norm 3.48
2522.45/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5154.26/min · norm 3.37
59.6%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 48.45%
52.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
40.4%norm 52.75%
71.02/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.50/15 · norm 0.40

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Distance 73.3% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 9.3%)

Igor Pokrajac

Distance 72.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 19.6% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 10.6%)

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Head 69.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 7.6%)

Igor Pokrajac

Head 91.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 4.6% (norm 11.8%) · 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 de Lima L/AAccHeavyweight med Pokrajac L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 461 54.2% 40.1% 153 / 430 35.6% 41.5%
In the clinch 37 / 49 75.5% 70.4% 81 / 116 69.8% 70.8%
On the ground 88 / 119 73.9% 70.2% 38 / 46 82.6% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 219 / 435 50.3% 39.0% 228 / 540 42.2% 39.2%
To the body 65 / 87 74.7% 77.0% 24 / 27 88.9% 72.0%
To the legs 91 / 107 85.0% 87.8% 20 / 25 80.0% 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 (Heavyweight: 93 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 de Lima L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Pokrajac L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 192 / 443 43.3% 40.7% 199 / 442 45.0% 40.6%
In the clinch 28 / 34 82.4% 70.6% 204 / 248 82.3% 68.8%
On the ground 32 / 53 60.4% 72.2% 112 / 174 64.4% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 186 / 442 42.1% 39.3% 314 / 642 48.9% 37.7%
To the body 45 / 62 72.6% 75.1% 141 / 162 87.0% 72.9%
To the legs 21 / 26 80.8% 84.4% 60 / 60 100.0% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1145.8% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
729.2% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 0.87
1266.7% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
1951.4% def · norm 66.7%
45:4944.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
21:5918.2% of cage time · norm 17.1%
17:242:32 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
65:428:08 per 15 · norm 2:50
40.58/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
20.25/15 · norm 0.28

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