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Cameron Smotherman vs.
Jake Hadley

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-3-0 Cameron Smotherman · UFC
3-4-0 Jake Hadley · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-3-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
28
AgeΔ 2 yrs
30
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
2.3
Layoff (months)Δ 19.3 mo
21.6
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Cameron Smotherman rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jake Hadley rarely shoots — 0.18 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Jake Hadley is a submission threat — 0.90 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight 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.

Cameron Smotherman

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Jake Hadley

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1863.97/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3233.86/min · norm 3.49
1583.37/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3614.31/min · norm 3.24
37.3%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
43.1%norm 44.6%
59.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.18

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

Cameron Smotherman

Distance 97.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Jake Hadley

Distance 92.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 7.3%)

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

Cameron Smotherman

Head 78.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.4% (norm 8.4%)

Jake Hadley

Head 71.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 15.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Smotherman L/AAccBantamweight med Hadley L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 177 / 484 36.6% 39.0% 279 / 690 40.4% 40.0%
In the clinch 9 / 15 too few to rate 68.7% 12 / 21 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 32 / 38 84.2% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 390 28.7% 34.9% 147 / 538 27.3% 37.6%
To the body 68 / 102 66.7% 66.8% 84 / 113 74.3% 68.5%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 79.4% 92 / 98 93.9% 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Smotherman L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Hadley L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 144 / 365 39.5% 39.3% 336 / 851 39.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 11 / 18 too few to rate 70.4% 5 / 9 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 3 / 9 too few to rate 72.4% 20 / 48 41.7% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 86 / 301 28.6% 34.9% 174 / 653 26.6% 35.2%
To the body 38 / 52 73.1% 66.0% 117 / 177 66.1% 68.2%
To the legs 34 / 39 87.2% 79.1% 70 / 78 89.7% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
15.9% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 1.30
1562.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1157.9% def · norm 62.5%
0:020.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
10:1012.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
15:214:54 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
20:373:41 per 15 · norm 2:44
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
50.90/15 · norm 0.58

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

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