Davey Grant vs. Louis Smolka

UFC 9-7-0 vs. 8-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-7-0
UFC record
8-9-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
40
AgeΔ 5 yrs
35
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.4
Layoff (months)Δ 47.4 mo
50.8
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Louis Smolka is a submission threat — 1.78 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Louis Smolka owns the mat — in control 28% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.
Davey Grant outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.58 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Davey Grant

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Louis Smolka

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 89
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.98 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10635.58/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
7474.67/min · norm 3.49
7694.04/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
6574.11/min · norm 3.24
45.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
47.4%norm 44.6%
54.8%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
53.6%norm 56.4%
40.32/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.19/15 · norm 0.18

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

Davey Grant

Distance 92.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 6.5%)

Louis Smolka

Distance 72.4% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 20.5% (norm 7.3%)

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

Davey Grant

Head 63.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 22.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 8.4%)

Louis Smolka

Head 77.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 18.2% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Grant L/AAccBantamweight med Smolka L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 951 / 2169 43.8% 39.0% 455 / 1141 39.9% 40.0%
In the clinch 63 / 98 64.3% 68.7% 81 / 111 73.0% 70.4%
On the ground 49 / 70 70.0% 70.2% 211 / 323 65.3% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 429 / 1476 29.1% 34.9% 497 / 1226 40.5% 37.6%
To the body 347 / 527 65.8% 66.8% 194 / 287 67.6% 68.5%
To the legs 287 / 334 85.9% 79.4% 56 / 62 90.3% 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 Grant L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Smolka L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 660 / 1534 43.0% 39.3% 468 / 1154 40.6% 40.1%
In the clinch 54 / 74 73.0% 70.4% 90 / 130 69.2% 68.8%
On the ground 55 / 94 58.5% 72.4% 99 / 133 74.4% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 457 / 1272 35.9% 34.9% 377 / 1031 36.6% 35.2%
To the body 183 / 281 65.1% 66.0% 185 / 281 65.8% 68.2%
To the legs 129 / 149 86.6% 79.1% 95 / 105 90.5% 80.3%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1238.7% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1835.3% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.30
3065.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1932.2% def · norm 62.5%
22:5412.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
45:1428.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
27:572:12 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
40:353:48 per 15 · norm 2:44
20.16/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
191.78/15 · norm 0.58

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