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Elvis Mutapcic vs. Anthony Smith

UFC 0-2-1 vs. 13-12-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-1
UFC record
13-12-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
40
AgeΔ 2 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
6'4"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
118.5
Layoff (months)Δ 100.7 mo
17.8
LDL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Elvis Mutapcic rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Anthony Smith is a submission threat — 0.46 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.
Anthony Smith absorbs 5.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Elvis Mutapcic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

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

Anthony Smith

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1512
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2310

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 36 finish wins over 61 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1313.41/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
8403.24/min · norm 3.48
1644.27/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
13475.19/min · norm 3.37
40.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.1%norm 48.45%
38.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
44.4%norm 52.75%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.40/15 · norm 0.40

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

Elvis Mutapcic

Distance 69.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 14.3% (norm 10.0%)

Anthony Smith

Distance 91.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 10.6%)

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

Elvis Mutapcic

Head 77.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.4%)

Anthony Smith

Head 75.6% (norm 78.5%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mutapcic L/AAccMiddleweight med Smith L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 224 29.5% 40.5% 739 / 1539 48.0% 41.5%
In the clinch 38 / 52 73.1% 70.6% 64 / 89 71.9% 70.8%
On the ground 27 / 46 58.7% 69.4% 37 / 50 74.0% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 250 29.2% 38.8% 527 / 1268 41.6% 39.2%
To the body 42 / 52 80.8% 71.6% 155 / 232 66.8% 72.0%
To the legs 16 / 20 too few to rate 83.3% 158 / 178 88.8% 82.1%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Mutapcic L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Smith L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 120 / 212 56.6% 39.5% 835 / 1752 47.7% 40.6%
In the clinch 18 / 22 too few to rate 70.4% 117 / 170 68.8% 68.8%
On the ground 26 / 34 76.5% 69.0% 395 / 500 79.0% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 108 / 203 53.2% 37.9% 810 / 1762 46.0% 37.7%
To the body 26 / 32 81.2% 71.3% 210 / 294 71.4% 72.9%
To the legs 30 / 33 90.9% 82.1% 327 / 366 89.3% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
822.9% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 0.87
1381.3% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
2450.0% def · norm 66.7%
5:1613.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
16:236.3% of cage time · norm 17.1%
8:573:29 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
82:234:45 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
80.46/15 · norm 0.28

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