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Kai Kamaka III vs. Luke Riley

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 3-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
3-0-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
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Age
27
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Height
—
—
Reach
—
—
Stance
—
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 3 mo
3.3
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Luke Riley carries real power — 1.27 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Kai Kamaka III absorbs 8.50 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Luke Riley rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns 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

Luke Riley

Full career not yet synced for Luke Riley — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-0 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

1616.88/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1576.67/min · norm 3.52
1998.50/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
913.86/min · norm 3.50
58.8%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
58.8%norm 44.7%
54.0%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
61.1%norm 54.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
21.27/15 · 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%)

Luke Riley

Distance 88.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.9% (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%)

Luke Riley

Head 77.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 18.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.9% (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 Riley L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 139 / 246 56.5% 40.5% 129 / 235 54.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 22 / 28 78.6% 70.5% 17 / 19 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.3% 11 / 13 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 72 / 174 41.4% 37.1% 106 / 206 51.5% 37.1%
To the body 60 / 67 89.6% 68.0% 41 / 48 85.4% 68.0%
To the legs 29 / 33 87.9% 80.3% 10 / 13 too few to rate 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 Riley L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 358 39.9% 39.3% 82 / 215 38.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 53 / 69 76.8% 70.3% 5 / 13 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 3 / 6 too few to rate 69.4% 4 / 6 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 134 / 353 38.0% 35.9% 63 / 193 32.6% 35.9%
To the body 56 / 69 81.2% 68.0% 18 / 27 66.7% 68.0%
To the legs 9 / 11 too few to rate 81.5% 10 / 14 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.17
266.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
337.5% def · norm 61.5%
0:312.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
0:171.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
1:220:52 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
6:444:17 per 15 · norm 3:11
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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