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Misha Cirkunov vs.
Krzysztof Jotko

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

6-7-0 Misha Cirkunov · UFC
11-6-0 Krzysztof Jotko · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-7-0
UFC record
11-6-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39.4
AgeΔ 2.4 yrs
37
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
77"
ReachΔ 0"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
45.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0.5 mo
46.2
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

Misha Cirkunov is a submission threat — 1.71 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 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

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.

Misha Cirkunov

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

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

Krzysztof Jotko

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2373.86/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
6402.98/min · norm 3.25
1883.06/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
4792.23/min · norm 3.20
51.9%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
42.5%norm 47.4%
57.8%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
57.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
20.14/15 · norm 0.32

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

Misha Cirkunov

Distance 71.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.5% (norm 10.4%)

Krzysztof Jotko

Distance 74.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Misha Cirkunov

Head 76.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 9.7%)

Krzysztof Jotko

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cirkunov L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Jotko L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 135 / 326 41.4% 41.4% 354 / 1124 31.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 74 70.3% 70.9% 173 / 231 74.9% 70.3%
On the ground 50 / 57 87.7% 72.3% 113 / 150 75.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 348 44.0% 38.9% 419 / 1210 34.6% 38.9%
To the body 57 / 80 71.2% 71.9% 139 / 204 68.1% 71.7%
To the legs 27 / 29 93.1% 81.8% 82 / 91 90.1% 83.3%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Cirkunov L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Jotko L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 113 / 340 33.2% 40.4% 346 / 936 37.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 28 / 39 71.8% 68.7% 99 / 137 72.3% 70.9%
On the ground 47 / 66 71.2% 70.4% 34 / 48 70.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 119 / 347 34.3% 37.5% 231 / 798 28.9% 37.9%
To the body 40 / 60 66.7% 72.3% 128 / 192 66.7% 71.3%
To the legs 29 / 38 76.3% 83.0% 120 / 131 91.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1739.5% acc · 4.15/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1939.6% acc · 1.33/15 · norm 1.42
1076.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
6982.1% def · norm 63.1%
17:2628.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
48:4922.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
8:252:03 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
47:143:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
71.71/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.47

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

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