Elijah Smith vs. Toshiomi Kazama
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Elijah Smith
Full career not yet synced for Elijah Smith — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500
Toshiomi Kazama
Full career not yet synced for Toshiomi Kazama — 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 -0.2 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Elijah Smith
Distance 64.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 31.8% (norm 6.4%)
Toshiomi Kazama
Distance 93.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.2% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 6.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Elijah Smith
Head 88.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 3.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 8.4%)
Toshiomi Kazama
Head 82.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Smith L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Kazama L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 43 / 110 | 39.1% | 39.2% | 19 / 43 | 44.2% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 6 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| On the ground | 44 / 54 | 81.5% | 70.2% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 78 / 150 | 52.0% | 35.3% | 14 / 38 | 36.8% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 66.9% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 66.9% |
| To the legs | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 79.2% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 79.2% |
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: 121 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Smith L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Kazama L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 39 / 84 | 46.4% | 39.4% | 58 / 112 | 51.8% | 39.4% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.1% | 60 / 73 | 82.2% | 72.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 33 / 77 | 42.9% | 34.9% | 105 / 170 | 61.8% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 66.1% | 14 / 16 | too few to rate | 66.1% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 78.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 78.8% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Kazama has more cage time on record.