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Jessica Eye vs.
Leslie Smith

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

5-10-0 (1 NC) Jessica Eye · UFC
4-3-0 Leslie Smith · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

5-10-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-3-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
66"
ReachΔ 0"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
49.1
Layoff (months)Δ 59.6 mo
108.7
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL
The read

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.

Leslie Smith carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Leslie Smith absorbs 8.41 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.51 Women's Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Jessica Eye rarely shoots — 0.58 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

Jessica Eye

Full career not yet synced for Jessica Eye — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Leslie Smith

Full career not yet synced for Leslie Smith — 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 -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8953.86/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
4777.56/min · norm 3.56
9714.19/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
5318.41/min · norm 3.51
37.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
40.3%norm 46.65%
55.8%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
51.1%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
20.48/15 · norm 0.08

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

Jessica Eye

Distance 90.8% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 4.9%)

Leslie Smith

Distance 84.1% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 7.5%)

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

Jessica Eye

Head 79.9% (norm 78.1%) · Body 11.9% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 7.7%)

Leslie Smith

Head 84.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 9.5% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Eye L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Smith L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 742 / 2169 34.2% 39.9% 354 / 995 35.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 129 / 190 67.9% 73.3% 116 / 171 67.8% 73.3%
On the ground 24 / 29 82.8% 74.7% 7 / 17 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 537 / 1908 28.1% 34.9% 345 / 1004 34.4% 37.7%
To the body 198 / 285 69.5% 69.5% 73 / 112 65.2% 70.0%
To the legs 160 / 195 82.1% 82.6% 59 / 67 88.1% 80.9%

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 (Women's Flyweight: 46 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Eye L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Smith L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 705 / 1863 37.8% 38.8% 391 / 905 43.2% 41.3%
In the clinch 181 / 233 77.7% 74.1% 125 / 160 78.1% 74.7%
On the ground 85 / 102 83.3% 73.4% 15 / 20 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 596 / 1702 35.0% 35.3% 341 / 857 39.8% 38.1%
To the body 221 / 290 76.2% 69.0% 91 / 119 76.5% 73.2%
To the legs 154 / 206 74.8% 78.7% 99 / 109 90.8% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

940.9% acc · 0.58/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
2457.1% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1062.5% def · norm 62.5%
31:3913.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
3:566.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
46:303:00 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
9:022:08 per 15 · norm 3:19
70.45/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.34

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

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