Igor Pokrajac

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Igor Pokrajac

Nickname“The Duke”

Record

29-15, 1 NC

Streak

L1

Age

47

Date of birth

Jan 2, 1979

Fighting out of: Zagreb
Born: Croatia
Camp: American Top Team
Weight class: Light Heavyweight
Height: 6'0" · 183 cm
Reach: 74" · 188 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Apr 10, 2016
Cut risk: 90%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Jan Blachowicz

#14Jan Blachowicz

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos · Apr 10, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:59

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway · Dec 20, 2014

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway

Rafael Cavalcante

Rafael Cavalcante

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch Submission to Strikes · R1 · 1:18

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2 · Nov 9, 2013

Knee to Head In Clinch Submission to Strikes

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2

Ryan Jimmo

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson · Jun 15, 2013

UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson

Joey Beltran

Light Heavyweight · No Contest · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson · Dec 14, 2012

UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson

Vinny Magalhaes

Vinny Magalhaes

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Armbar On Ground · R2 · 1:14

UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort · Sep 22, 2012

Armbar On Ground

UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort

Fabio Maldonado

Fabio Maldonado

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier · May 15, 2012

UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier

Krzysztof Soszynski

Krzysztof Soszynski

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head In Clinch · R1 · 0:35

UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida · Dec 10, 2011

Punches to Head In Clinch

UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida

Todd Brown

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · to Corner Stoppage · R1 · 5:00

UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann · Mar 3, 2011

to Corner Stoppage

UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann

Stephan Bonnar

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale · Dec 4, 2010

The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale

James Irvin

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 2:29

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko · Aug 1, 2010

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko

James Te Huna

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Half Guard · R3 · 3:26

UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez · Feb 20, 2010

Punches to Head From Half Guard

UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez

Vladimir Matyushenko

Vladimir Matyushenko

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort · Sep 19, 2009

UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort

Outside the UFC

25-7across 32 bouts · 28 promotions · wins by 14 KO · 8 sub · 3 decDF · FFC · Ultimate Fight · FEN 28 · SBC 25 +23

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Michal Kita23-17-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:37	FEN 28	Jun 13, 2020
W	Maiquel Falcao39-21	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:24	SBC 25	Dec 7, 2019
L	Maiquel Falcao39-21	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:55	SBC 21	May 4, 2019
W	Zauri Maisuradze4-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:14	FFC	Oct 23, 2015
W	Rudolf Pavlin5-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:35	MFC 3	Jul 27, 2015
W	Archontis Taxiarchis1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:03	FFC	Apr 17, 2015
W	Kalvis Gebauers3-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:16	WFC 8	Apr 18, 2009
W	Roderik Jambor0-2	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:00	OR 9	Mar 21, 2009
W	Mihajlo Fincur0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	GF	Dec 27, 2008
W	Patrik Jevicky2-17	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	0:00	Ultimate Fight	Dec 6, 2008
W	Jan Antoska2-2	Submission	Armbar	R2	0:00	HC 1	May 3, 2008
W	Martin Zawada29-19-1	Submission	—	R1	0:00	It's Showtime	Mar 15, 2008
W	Marko Sintic5-6	KO/TKO	—	R0	0:00	Ultimate Fight	Dec 15, 2007
W	Ladislav Zak7-12-1	Decision	—	R0	0:00	OB-Gula	Dec 8, 2007
L	Mamed Khalidov38-9-2	Submission	Kneebar	R2	0:55	BE 2	Aug 2, 2007
W	Bojan Spalevic3-7	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:00	OC	May 27, 2007
W	Slaven Planinic7-4	KO/TKO	—	R0	0:00	Bilic-Eric Security	Apr 25, 2007
W	Sasa Lazic13-25-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:00	NG 1	Mar 16, 2007
L	Assuerio Silva16-8	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Jungle Fight 7	Dec 17, 2006
W	Ivan Brguljan9-13-1	Decision	Unanimous	R1	0:00	IFN	Sep 3, 2006
W	Lukasz Jurkowski17-12	Decision	—	R2	0:00	SFN	Aug 9, 2006
W	Jure Lucic1-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:00	UN 4	Mar 17, 2006
W	Ivan Bacic3-4-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:00	UN 3	Dec 17, 2005
L	Lukasz Jurkowski17-12	KO/TKO	Retirement	R2	5:00	KSW 4	Sep 10, 2005
W	Branislav Zeman0-2	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	0:00	UN 2	Jul 29, 2005
L	Miodrag Petkovic32-24-1	KO/TKO	—	R2	0:00	UN 1	Mar 11, 2005
W	Peter Cakic0-1	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:00	Trboulje 2	Feb 12, 2005
L	Miodrag Petkovic32-24-1	KO/TKO	—	R2	0:00	UFD	Apr 4, 2004
W	Andre Castro2-1	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	2:00	DF	May 3, 2003
W	Matthias Riccio6-10	KO/TKO	Cut	R1	4:00	DF	May 3, 2003
W	Pavel Botka7-9-1	KO/TKO	—	R1	4:00	DF	May 3, 2003
W	Nik Peric1-2	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:00	SFF	Feb 9, 2003

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallD40th

45%224 / 498

Striking accuracy

40%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.01 differential

Landed2.25

Absorbed4.26

46%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-15%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head84%47th189
Body8%22nd18
Leg8%31st17

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

53%Standing

Standing53%119
Clinch30%67
Ground17%38

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Igor Pokrajac

Igor Pokrajac

Landed per 15

Head

C

44th

26.7

44th

Body

F

10th

2.5

10th

Leg

F

20th

2.4

20th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

32nd

39.9

32nd

Body

F

13th

16.8

13th

Leg

B

58th

6.9

58th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	26.7	189	456	41%
Body	2.5	18	20	90%
Leg	2.4	17	22	77%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	39.9	282	541	52%
Body	16.8	119	135	88%
Leg	6.9	49	49	100%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Igor Pokrajac

Igor Pokrajac

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 106 min

62%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Pokrajac fades (-37% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Pokrajac drops to 62% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Igor Pokrajac

Pokrajac ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Igor Pokrajac

Pokrajaclanded / min

Takedown attempts

Igor Pokrajac

Pokrajacattempts / min

Control time

Igor Pokrajac

Pokrajac% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.3	2.5	4.2	0.22	29%	12
R2	3.7	2.3	4.7	0.29	14%	7
R3	1.9	1.2	3.7	0.11	9%	6

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Igor Pokrajac

Igor Pokrajac

13 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

38/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

65th

39%

65th

Win quality

D

30th

33%

30th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

4

1

3

1

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	4	1-3	25%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	3	1-2	33%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	3	1-1, 1 NC	50%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Jan Blachowicz#14	Champion	87	Apr 10, 2016
L	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	Cross-div ranked	32	Dec 20, 2014
L	Rafael Cavalcante	Ranked 6–15	48	Nov 9, 2013
L	Ryan Jimmo	Ranked 6–15	42	Jun 15, 2013
NC	Joey Beltran	Unproven	8	Dec 14, 2012
L	Vinny Magalhaes	Unproven	8	Sep 22, 2012
W	Fabio Maldonado	Ranked 6–15	45	May 15, 2012
W	Krzysztof Soszynski	Established	30	Dec 10, 2011
W	Todd Brown	Unproven	8	Mar 3, 2011
L	Stephan Bonnar	Established	30	Dec 4, 2010
W	James Irvin	Building	18	Aug 1, 2010
L	James Te Huna	Ranked 6–15	44	Feb 20, 2010
L	Vladimir Matyushenko	Established	26	Sep 19, 2009

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.