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Josiah Harrell vs. Jacobe Smith

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 4-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
4-0-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
27
AgeΔ 3 yrs
30
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
68"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
0.8
Layoff (months)Δ 0.2 mo
0.6
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jacobe Smith hunts takedowns — 5.06 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Josiah Harrell hunts takedowns — 4.14 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Jacobe Smith carries real power — 1.01 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Josiah Harrell

Full career not yet synced for Josiah Harrell — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Jacobe Smith

Full career not yet synced for Jacobe 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

162.21/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
1026.88/min · norm 3.17
588.00/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
523.51/min · norm 3.08
45.7%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
63.4%norm 44.75%
30.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
49.0%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
11.01/15 · norm 0.38

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

Josiah Harrell

Distance 100.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

Jacobe Smith

Distance 68.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 29.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Josiah Harrell

Head 57.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 22.9% (norm 8.0%)

Jacobe Smith

Head 77.0% (norm 78.3%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Harrell L/AAccLightweight med Smith L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 16 / 35 45.7% 38.3% 62 / 111 55.9% 38.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.5% 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.8% 37 / 47 78.7% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 6 / 20 too few to rate 35.1% 71 / 124 57.3% 36.4%
To the body 5 / 7 too few to rate 69.1% 20 / 23 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 5 / 8 too few to rate 81.8% 11 / 14 too few to rate 83.0%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Harrell L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Smith L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 69 63.8% 38.8% 43 / 86 50.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.6% 5 / 8 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 13 / 13 too few to rate 68.0% 4 / 8 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 29 / 51 56.9% 35.2% 29 / 72 40.3% 35.6%
To the body 14 / 15 too few to rate 68.2% 9 / 15 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 15 / 17 too few to rate 81.5% 14 / 15 too few to rate 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
240.0% acc · 4.14/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
583.3% acc · 5.06/15 · norm 1.31
00.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
4100.0% def · norm 63.9%
0:347.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
6:4445.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:260:53 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:040:04 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
11.01/15 · norm 0.44

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