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Amanda Lemos vs. Leslie Smith

UFC 9-7-0 vs. 4-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-7-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
39
AgeΔ 5 yrs
44
5'4"
HeightΔ 5"
5'9"
65"
ReachΔ 1"
66"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
2.4
Layoff (months)Δ 108.7 mo
111.1
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Leslie Smith carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.07 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Leslie Smith absorbs 8.41 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.51 Women's Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Amanda Lemos is a submission threat — 0.68 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Amanda Lemos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Leslie Smith

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5012.84/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
4777.56/min · norm 3.60
5683.22/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5318.41/min · norm 3.51
55.4%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
40.3%norm 46.5%
44.1%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
51.1%norm 52.8%
60.51/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
20.48/15 · norm 0.07

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

Amanda Lemos

Distance 79.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 5.0%)

Leslie Smith

Distance 84.1% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 7.3%)

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

Amanda Lemos

Head 74.6% (norm 76.6%) · Body 16.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 9.1%)

Leslie Smith

Head 84.9% (norm 75.5%) · Body 9.5% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lemos L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Smith L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 360 / 717 50.2% 38.3% 354 / 995 35.6% 38.5%
In the clinch 62 / 76 81.6% 72.6% 116 / 171 67.8% 74.3%
On the ground 79 / 111 71.2% 75.0% 7 / 17 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 318 / 674 47.2% 35.4% 345 / 1004 34.4% 37.7%
To the body 111 / 152 73.0% 69.3% 73 / 112 65.2% 71.1%
To the legs 72 / 78 92.3% 77.9% 59 / 67 88.1% 80.8%

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 (Women's Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 41 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 Lemos L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Smith L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 306 / 686 44.6% 39.7% 391 / 905 43.2% 41.3%
In the clinch 147 / 184 79.9% 71.2% 125 / 160 78.1% 75.0%
On the ground 115 / 146 78.8% 74.4% 15 / 20 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 317 / 673 47.1% 36.0% 341 / 857 39.8% 37.7%
To the body 141 / 190 74.2% 68.7% 91 / 119 76.5% 73.2%
To the legs 110 / 153 71.9% 79.1% 99 / 109 90.8% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1157.9% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
3363.5% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1062.5% def · norm 62.5%
28:1916.0% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
3:566.2% of cage time · norm 26.3%
74:046:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
9:022:08 per 15 · norm 3:19
80.68/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.36

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