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Mick Parkin vs. Jamal Pogues

UFC 4-2-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-2-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
31
AgeΔ 1 yrs
30
6'4"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
79"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 20 mo
20.6
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mick Parkin outworks the Heavyweight division — 4.64 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.28 norm.
Jamal Pogues hunts takedowns — 1.25 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.
Mick Parkin is wasteful with ground strikes — only 44% land, vs a 70% Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mick Parkin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.74 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Jamal Pogues

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3114.64/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
2033.38/min · norm 3.28
2774.14/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2343.90/min · norm 3.19
50.4%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 47.5%
58.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
47.1%norm 52.5%
10.22/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Mick Parkin

Distance 92.4% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 9.3%)

Jamal Pogues

Distance 93.2% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 9.3%)

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

Mick Parkin

Head 77.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.9% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 7.6%)

Jamal Pogues

Head 82.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Parkin L/AAccHeavyweight med Pogues L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 285 / 570 50.0% 40.1% 178 / 412 43.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.4% 21 / 26 80.8% 70.4%
On the ground 14 / 32 43.8% 70.2% 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 185 / 476 38.9% 39.0% 137 / 363 37.7% 39.0%
To the body 23 / 30 76.7% 77.0% 22 / 32 68.8% 77.0%
To the legs 103 / 111 92.8% 87.8% 44 / 47 93.6% 87.8%

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 · 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 Parkin L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Pogues L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 258 / 637 40.5% 40.7% 221 / 423 52.2% 40.7%
In the clinch 17 / 24 too few to rate 70.6% 9 / 13 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 72.2% 4 / 6 too few to rate 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 135 / 480 28.1% 39.3% 107 / 294 36.4% 39.3%
To the body 94 / 133 70.7% 75.1% 63 / 81 77.8% 75.1%
To the legs 48 / 50 96.0% 84.4% 64 / 67 95.5% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
436.4% acc · 0.90/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
538.5% acc · 1.25/15 · norm 0.90
375.0% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
666.7% def · norm 63.2%
10:3915.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
7:1011.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
3:050:41 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
4:561:14 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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