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James Zikic
21-10-2tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from James Zikic’s own numbers — record, form, fighting style and standout rate. Not reported prose. All-rounder

Pro record21-10-2
Current streak1 loss
Last 1 (UFC)L
DivisionLight Heavyweight
Age49
Height6' 2"
StanceOrthodox

6' 2" orthodox all-rounder campaigning at Light Heavyweight. Top 10% of Light Heavyweights: absorbs only 1.6 significant strikes a minute.

Every figure here is recomputed at build time from the official fight record and the striking and grappling numbers on this page — there is no stored snapshot to go out of date. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameThe Messenger
NationalityEngland
HometownWatford, Hertfordshire
Fighting out ofLondon Shootfighters
Height6' 2"
Reachpending
StanceOrthodox
Age49
Date of birthMar 01, 1977
Weight205 lbs.
Pro record21-10-2
Finish splitpending

Career rates facts

Career averages over James Zikic’s UFC bouts, straight from public UFC statistics — the same eight numbers on his official record. These are the source’s figures, not our read: what we make of them is the card below.

Striking
Strikes landed / min1.47
Striking accuracy35%
Strikes absorbed / min1.60
Striking defence44%
Grappling
Takedowns / 15 min0.50
Takedown accuracy25%
Takedown defence74%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.50

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the Light Heavyweight field — not against the whole roster. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within Light Heavyweight.
Striking24
Defence62
Grappling / TD22
Cardio limited sample84
Chin limited sample76
Fight IQ54

Strike zones

Strike zones

James Zikic

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD69.0%ACC 36%BODY27.6%FIELD 19%LEGS3.4%FIELD 17%
FightIQ read Head-first striker 69.0% upstairs — +5.2 on the field average, with the rest spread below.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
69.0% acc 36%+5.2 vs field
BODY
27.6%+8.4 vs field
LEGS
3.4%−13.6 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 28%CLINCH 38%GROUND 34%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Limited sample1 UFC fights · 29 landed

Takedowns

Takedowns

James Zikic

The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.

0.50takedowns / 15 min
FightIQ read Mixed grappling 0.50 takedowns and 0.50 submission attempts per 15 minutes.
Career ratesvs field average
TAKEDOWNS13
0.50 / 15m−1.77 vs field
ATTEMPTS20
2.00 / 15m−3.43 vs field
ACCURACY20
25%−18pp vs field
SUB ATT34
0.50 / 15m−1.09 vs field

Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.96 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Ranked in Light Heavyweight

Recent form

Pro record: 21-10-2. In the UFC: 0-1. James Zikic’s last 1 UFC bout, most recent first — the result in the cage, not our pick.

Straight off the official UFC fight record. Card names are left off on purpose: the only event labels in our data are derived, and we’d rather print nothing than print one that’s wrong.

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