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Jamal Pogues
Heavyweight

Jamal Pogues

2-2-0
Durable Precision Striker
6'3"Height
77"Reach
OrthodoxStance
30Age
0KO wins
0Sub wins
0%Finish rate
15:00Avg fight

Skill profile

Rated 0–100 · where 138 MMA has read him, his grades and tags set each axis and the stats only nudge inside his band · stats alone where he is silent · the rim is reserved for specialists
Striking — Below avg, rated 41 of 100 · 138 MMA: striking decent · Jan 2025 · stats read 36 → nudged -1 inside the band · claims striking volume +1, striking technique +1 (+2) Accuracy — Average, rated 54 of 100 · claims striking technique +1 (+2) Striking D — Weak, rated 21 of 100 · claims striking defense -1 (-3) Durability — Average, rated 64 of 100 · claims chin -1 (-2) Wrestling — Below avg, rated 42 of 100 · 138 MMA: wrestling decent · Jan 2025 · stats read 43 → nudged +1 inside the band · claims td offense +1 (+2) TD Defense — Average, rated 51 of 100 · 138 MMA: wrestling decent (no takedown-defence tag), half-weighted with the stats read 63 Grappling — Weak, rated 21 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Control — Below avg, rated 40 of 100 · claims top control +2 (+8) Striking Accuracy Striking D Durability Wrestling TD Defense Grappling Control
striking decent
2 analyst reads graded this phase
  • decent UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Imavov Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · January 27, 2025 watch ↗
  • decent UFC Fight Night Aspinall vs Tybura Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, and Predictions (UFC London) · July 18, 2023 watch ↗
grappling not yet read
wrestling decent
2 analyst reads graded this phase
  • decent UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Imavov Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · January 27, 2025 watch ↗
  • decent UFC Fight Night Aspinall vs Tybura Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, and Predictions (UFC London) · July 18, 2023 watch ↗
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read
striking decent 2 reads
grappling not yet read
wrestling decent 2 reads
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read

138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Striking D, Durability, TD Defense, Control · stats alone on Grappling.

Built on 60 minutes of tracked cage time across 4 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.

Durable average durability — rates 64 of 100 · claims chin -1 (-2)
Precision Striker average accuracy — rates 54 of 100 · claims striking technique +1 (+2)
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.9
Striking accuracy45.9%
Striking defense47.1%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min1.25
Takedown accuracy38.5%
Takedown defense66.7%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time11.9%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-0

Insider info

2 analyst reads · 138 MMA · our paraphrase, never his words
vs Hamdy Abdelwahab coinflip UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Imavov Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · January 27, 2025
strikingdecent wrestlingdecent

Names Abdelwahab and gives a clear wrestling-path mechanism, but explicitly instructs the viewer to stay away from betting the fight ('too many unknowns') and separately uses the root-beer wager-caution idiom about a juiced total line. Per the confidence-bar rule, idiom plus stay-away advice together mean coinflip.

Decent striker with pretty good volume and a clean jab, though he drops his rear hand late in his own jab. Decent wrestler who fights at heavyweight as a undersized light-heavyweight by default; good on top with scrambling ability, slams, and top pressure, but not good once on his back (an extra weakness beyond the board). Decent takedown defense.

StrengthGood striking volume, clean jab
StrengthScrambling ability, can slam
StrengthGood top pressure
WeaknessDrops rear hand on his own jab
WeaknessNot good once put on his own back (stated in speech, not on board)
vs Mick Parkin coinflip UFC Fight Night Aspinall vs Tybura Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, and Predictions (UFC London) · July 18, 2023 · 1 read since
strikingdecent wrestlingdecent

Takes Parkin while admitting this is a close fight he isn't sure about, and separately tells viewers directly not to bet it -- caps at coinflip.

Pogues is a decent-to-good wrestler with big slams, good top pressure and scrambling ability carried over from light heavyweight, and decent boxing with good volume and a clean jab; his stated flaw is leaving his chin exposed when he jabs (hand drops instead of covering). The analyst leans away from him on that chin-exposure risk.

Strengthwrestling/slams/top pressure
Strengthscrambles
Strengthboxing volume and jab
Weaknessleaves chin exposed on his own jab

Striking trend

Sig. strikes/min, last 4 fights · green = win
February 18, 2023 vs Josh Parisian — 2.2/min (W) Feb '23 July 22, 2023 vs Mick Parkin — 2.4/min (L) Jul '23 February 3, 2024 vs Thomas Petersen — 4.33/min (W) Feb '24 February 1, 2025 vs Hamdy Abdelwahab — 4.6/min (L) Feb '25

Fight history

4 UFC bouts · newest first · opponent records as of fight night
L Hamdy Abdelwahab 5-0 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · February 1, 2025
69/123Sig. strikes
44/87Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Thomas Petersen 0-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov · February 3, 2024
65/124Sig. strikes
58/86Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:04Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Mick Parkin 6-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura · July 22, 2023
36/135Sig. strikes
95/156Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
1:17Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Josh Parisian 15-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield · February 18, 2023
33/60Sig. strikes
37/113Absorbed
5/11Takedowns
5:49Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts

Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.

Record breakdown

UFC bouts in this database
2-2-0UFC record

Wins by method

KO/TKO 0
Submission 0
Decision 2
Other 0

Losses by method

KO/TKO 0
Submission 0
Decision 2
Other 0

Fights by organization

UFC 4

Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.

Division context

vs. 100 qualified Heavyweight fighters · tick = division mean
Striking volume /min 3.4 avg 3.4
Strikes absorbed /min 3.9 avg 3.3
Striking accuracy 45.9% avg 49.5%
Striking defense 47.1% avg 52.1%
Takedowns /15 min 1.2 avg 1.2
Takedown accuracy 38.5% avg 37.6%
Takedown defense 66.7% avg 61.8%
Sub attempts /15 min 0.0 avg 0.4
Control time 11.9% avg 21.4%
Finish rate 0.0% avg 63.7%

Headshot of Jamal Pogues by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized