Dakota Hope vs. Kai Kamaka III
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
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 +0.7 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Dakota Hope
Distance 76.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 22.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 1.6% (norm 8.0%)
Kai Kamaka III
Distance 89.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Dakota Hope
Head 77.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 8.0%)
Kai Kamaka III
Head 63.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 24.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 7.9%)
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 | Kamaka L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 61 / 197 | 31.0% | 38.3% | 139 / 246 | 56.5% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 44 / 57 | 77.2% | 67.5% | 22 / 28 | 78.6% | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 68.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 62 / 201 | 30.8% | 35.1% | 72 / 174 | 41.4% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 43 / 54 | 79.6% | 69.1% | 60 / 67 | 89.6% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 29 / 33 | 87.9% | 80.3% |
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: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Kamaka L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 83 / 131 | 63.4% | 38.8% | 143 / 358 | 39.9% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 22 / 28 | 78.6% | 68.6% | 53 / 69 | 76.8% | 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% | 35.2% | 134 / 353 | 38.0% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 47 / 51 | 92.2% | 68.2% | 56 / 69 | 81.2% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 14 / 14 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 9 / 11 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Kamaka has more cage time on record.