Josiah Harrell vs. Jacobe Smith

UFC 0-1-0 vs. 3-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
3-0-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
27
AgeΔ 3 yrs
30
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
68"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
5.5
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
5.5
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Josiah Harrell absorbs 10.94 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Jacobe Smith hunts takedowns — 4.52 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Jacobe Smith carries real power — 1.13 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 +2.0 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 -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

72.32/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
916.85/min · norm 3.17
3310.94/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
483.61/min · norm 3.06
50.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
63.2%norm 44.9%
29.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
46.1%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
11.13/15 · norm 0.38

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

Josiah Harrell

Distance 100.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Jacobe Smith

Distance 68.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 29.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Josiah Harrell

Head 42.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 35.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 21.4% (norm 8.4%)

Jacobe Smith

Head 77.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Harrell L/AAccWelterweight med Smith L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 14 too few to rate 38.6% 56 / 99 56.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.8% 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 33 / 43 76.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 6 too few to rate 37.2% 65 / 112 58.0% 37.2%
To the body 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.7% 15 / 18 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 82.9% 11 / 14 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 accWelterweight med vs Smith L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 23 / 37 62.2% 39.0% 40 / 76 52.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.9% 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 10 / 10 too few to rate 68.0% 4 / 8 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 18 / 29 62.1% 35.6% 26 / 61 42.6% 35.6%
To the body 9 / 10 too few to rate 69.6% 8 / 13 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 6 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 14 / 15 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
4100.0% acc · 4.52/15 · norm 1.27
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4100.0% def · norm 63.9%
0:010.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
6:1547.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:211:44 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
0:010:01 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
11.13/15 · norm 0.45

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