Kimo Leopoldo vs. Royce Gracie
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Kimo Leopoldo
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.31 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500
Royce Gracie
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 13 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Kimo Leopoldo
Distance 51.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 40.3% (norm 9.3%)
Royce Gracie
Distance 48.0% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 30.7% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 21.3% (norm 28.7%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kimo Leopoldo
Head 89.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 7.6%)
Royce Gracie
Head 48.0% (norm 81.2%) · Body 18.7% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 33.3% (norm 5.2%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Leopoldo L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Gracie L/A | Acc | Open Weight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 10 / 40 | 25.0% | 40.1% | 10 / 36 | 27.8% | 27.8% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 14 / 23 | too few to rate | 63.8% |
| On the ground | 22 / 31 | 71.0% | 70.2% | 12 / 16 | too few to rate | 65.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 30 / 69 | 43.5% | 38.9% | 18 / 36 | 50.0% | 39.3% |
| To the body | 6 / 6 | too few to rate | 76.8% | 7 / 14 | too few to rate | 90.5% |
| To the legs | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 87.8% | 11 / 25 | 44.0% | 53.5% |
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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Leopoldo L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Gracie L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 32 / 53 | 60.4% | 40.7% | 5 / 14 | too few to rate | 37.0% |
| In the clinch | 24 / 33 | 72.7% | 70.6% | 7 / 9 | too few to rate | 66.7% |
| On the ground | 24 / 39 | 61.5% | 72.0% | 48 / 79 | 60.8% | 67.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 54 / 92 | 58.7% | 38.8% | 40 / 79 | 50.6% | 47.0% |
| To the body | 13 / 15 | too few to rate | 75.1% | 12 / 14 | too few to rate | 87.9% |
| To the legs | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 84.4% | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 61.2% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Gracie has more cage time on record.