Jose Quinonez vs.
Louis Smolka
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Jose Quinonez
Full career not yet synced for Jose Quinonez — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Louis Smolka
Full career not yet synced for Louis Smolka — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jose Quinonez
Distance 85.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 9.5% (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)
Jose Quinonez
Head 69.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.1% (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 | Quinonez L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Smolka L/A | Acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 271 / 644 | 42.1% | 39.0% | 455 / 1141 | 39.9% | 40.0% |
| In the clinch | 20 / 35 | 57.1% | 68.7% | 81 / 111 | 73.0% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 50 / 71 | 70.4% | 70.2% | 211 / 323 | 65.3% | 69.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 175 / 519 | 33.7% | 34.9% | 497 / 1226 | 40.5% | 37.6% |
| To the body | 66 / 110 | 60.0% | 66.8% | 194 / 287 | 67.6% | 68.5% |
| To the legs | 100 / 121 | 82.6% | 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 Quinonez L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Smolka L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 237 / 707 | 33.5% | 39.3% | 468 / 1154 | 40.6% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 27 / 47 | 57.4% | 70.4% | 90 / 130 | 69.2% | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 20 / 35 | 57.1% | 72.4% | 99 / 133 | 74.4% | 71.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 144 / 563 | 25.6% | 34.9% | 377 / 1031 | 36.6% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 57 / 110 | 51.8% | 66.0% | 185 / 281 | 65.8% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 83 / 116 | 71.6% | 79.1% | 95 / 105 | 90.5% | 80.3% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Smolka has more cage time on record.