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Tamdan McCrory 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.

4-5-0 Tamdan McCrory · 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.

4-5-0
UFC record
11-6-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39.8
AgeΔ 2.8 yrs
37
6'4"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
118.1
Layoff (months)Δ 71.9 mo
46.2
LLWLW
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.

Tamdan McCrory is a submission threat — 2.12 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Tamdan McCrory owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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.

Tamdan McCrory

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 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

1602.06/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6402.98/min · norm 3.25
1241.59/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4792.23/min · norm 3.20
48.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
42.5%norm 47.4%
46.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.14/15 · norm 0.32

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

Tamdan McCrory

Distance 50.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 18.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 32.0% (norm 8.1%)

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)

Tamdan McCrory

Head 80.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 8.4%)

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 McCrory L/AAccWelterweight med Jotko L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 59 / 164 36.0% 38.6% 354 / 1124 31.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 33 / 59 55.9% 67.8% 173 / 231 74.9% 70.3%
On the ground 68 / 105 64.8% 67.2% 113 / 150 75.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 263 41.4% 37.2% 419 / 1210 34.6% 38.9%
To the body 31 / 41 75.6% 70.7% 139 / 204 68.1% 71.7%
To the legs 20 / 24 too few to rate 82.9% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 McCrory L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Jotko L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 68 / 142 47.9% 39.0% 346 / 936 37.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 9 / 15 too few to rate 68.9% 99 / 137 72.3% 70.9%
On the ground 47 / 74 63.5% 68.0% 34 / 48 70.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 53 / 134 39.6% 35.6% 231 / 798 28.9% 37.9%
To the body 36 / 49 73.5% 69.6% 128 / 192 66.7% 71.3%
To the legs 35 / 48 72.9% 82.1% 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.

1147.8% acc · 2.12/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1939.6% acc · 1.33/15 · norm 1.42
531.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
6982.1% def · norm 63.1%
28:0536.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
48:4922.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
29:065:36 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
47:143:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
112.12/15 · norm 0.45
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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