Kai Asakura vs. Cameron Smotherman
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Kai Asakura
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 13 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 27 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500
Cameron Smotherman
Full career not yet synced for Cameron Smotherman — 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 +0.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Kai Asakura
Distance 94.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.1% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 6.4%)
Cameron Smotherman
Distance 97.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kai Asakura
Head 82.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.4%)
Cameron Smotherman
Head 78.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Asakura L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Smotherman L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 67 / 176 | 38.1% | 39.2% | 177 / 484 | 36.6% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 9 / 15 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| On the ground | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 52 / 154 | 33.8% | 35.3% | 112 / 390 | 28.7% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 15 / 21 | too few to rate | 66.9% | 68 / 102 | 66.7% | 66.9% |
| To the legs | 7 / 12 | too few to rate | 79.2% | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 79.2% |
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: 121 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Asakura L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Smotherman L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 73 / 154 | 47.4% | 39.4% | 144 / 365 | 39.5% | 39.4% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 11 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 72.1% | 3 / 9 | too few to rate | 72.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 41 / 95 | 43.2% | 34.9% | 86 / 301 | 28.6% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 12 / 33 | 36.4% | 66.1% | 38 / 52 | 73.1% | 66.1% |
| To the legs | 23 / 30 | 76.7% | 78.8% | 34 / 39 | 87.2% | 78.8% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Asakura has more cage time on record.