Dakota Hope vs.
Kai Kamaka III
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Dakota Hope
Full career not yet synced for Dakota Hope — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Kai Kamaka III
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 27 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Dakota Hope
Distance 76.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 22.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 1.6% (norm 8.0%)
Kai Kamaka III
Distance 86.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Dakota Hope
Head 77.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 7.9%)
Kai Kamaka III
Head 58.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 28.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Hope L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | III L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 61 / 197 | 31.0% | 37.9% | 106 / 172 | 61.6% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 44 / 57 | 77.2% | 67.3% | 22 / 28 | 78.6% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 62 / 201 | 30.8% | 35.0% | 53 / 117 | 45.3% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 43 / 54 | 79.6% | 69.1% | 51 / 56 | 91.1% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 81.9% | 24 / 27 | 88.9% | 80.7% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Hope L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs III L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 83 / 131 | 63.4% | 38.9% | 96 / 255 | 37.6% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 22 / 28 | 78.6% | 68.6% | 50 / 64 | 78.1% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 3 / 6 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 44 / 94 | 46.8% | 35.1% | 92 / 254 | 36.2% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 47 / 51 | 92.2% | 68.1% | 52 / 64 | 81.2% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 14 / 14 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — III has more cage time on record.