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Kai Kamaka III vs. Andre Fili

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 14-13-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
14-13-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
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Age
36
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Height
5'11"
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Reach
74"
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Stance
Orthodox
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.3
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kai Kamaka III absorbs 8.50 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Kai Kamaka III rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Andre Fili hunts takedowns — 2.19 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kai Kamaka III

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 73

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Andre Fili

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1313
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1616.88/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
11713.99/min · norm 3.52
1998.50/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
13464.58/min · norm 3.50
58.8%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
38.1%norm 44.7%
54.0%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
49.7%norm 54.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
70.36/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kai Kamaka III

Distance 89.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Andre Fili

Distance 92.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kai Kamaka III

Head 63.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 24.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 7.9%)

Andre Fili

Head 85.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kamaka L/AAccFeatherweight med Fili L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 139 / 246 56.5% 40.5% 1027 / 2825 36.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 22 / 28 78.6% 70.5% 65 / 110 59.1% 70.5%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.3% 79 / 135 58.5% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 72 / 174 41.4% 37.1% 861 / 2637 32.7% 37.1%
To the body 60 / 67 89.6% 68.0% 173 / 260 66.5% 68.0%
To the legs 29 / 33 87.9% 80.3% 137 / 173 79.2% 80.3%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Kamaka L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Fili L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 358 39.9% 39.3% 1149 / 2366 48.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 53 / 69 76.8% 70.3% 79 / 124 63.7% 70.3%
On the ground 3 / 6 too few to rate 69.4% 118 / 186 63.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 134 / 353 38.0% 35.9% 722 / 1882 38.4% 35.9%
To the body 56 / 69 81.2% 68.0% 268 / 401 66.8% 68.0%
To the legs 9 / 11 too few to rate 81.5% 356 / 393 90.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
4346.2% acc · 2.19/15 · norm 1.17
266.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5972.0% def · norm 61.5%
0:312.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
43:2514.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
1:220:52 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
44:302:16 per 15 · norm 3:11
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.20/15 · norm 0.45

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