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Leslie Smith vs. Amanda Lemos

UFC 4-3-0 vs. 9-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-3-0
UFC record
9-7-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
44
AgeΔ 5 yrs
39
5'9"
HeightΔ 5"
5'4"
66"
ReachΔ 1"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
111.1
Layoff (months)Δ 108.7 mo
2.4
WWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Leslie Smith carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.07 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Leslie Smith absorbs 8.41 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.51 Women's Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Amanda Lemos is a submission threat — 0.68 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Leslie Smith

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Amanda Lemos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4777.56/min · norm 3.60
Sig. strikes landed
5012.84/min · norm 3.77
5318.41/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5683.22/min · norm 4.00
40.3%norm 46.5%
Striking accuracy
55.4%norm 44.5%
51.1%norm 52.8%
Striking defense
44.1%norm 54.4%
20.48/15 · norm 0.07
Knockdowns
60.51/15 · norm 0.00

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

Leslie Smith

Distance 84.1% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 7.3%)

Amanda Lemos

Distance 79.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 5.0%)

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

Leslie Smith

Head 84.9% (norm 75.5%) · Body 9.5% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.7%)

Amanda Lemos

Head 74.6% (norm 76.6%) · Body 16.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Smith L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Lemos L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 354 / 995 35.6% 38.5% 360 / 717 50.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 116 / 171 67.8% 74.3% 62 / 76 81.6% 72.6%
On the ground 7 / 17 too few to rate 70.8% 79 / 111 71.2% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 345 / 1004 34.4% 37.7% 318 / 674 47.2% 35.4%
To the body 73 / 112 65.2% 71.1% 111 / 152 73.0% 69.3%
To the legs 59 / 67 88.1% 80.8% 72 / 78 92.3% 77.9%

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 (Women's Bantamweight: 41 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Smith L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Lemos L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 391 / 905 43.2% 41.3% 306 / 686 44.6% 39.7%
In the clinch 125 / 160 78.1% 75.0% 147 / 184 79.9% 71.2%
On the ground 15 / 20 too few to rate 74.2% 115 / 146 78.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 341 / 857 39.8% 37.7% 317 / 673 47.1% 36.0%
To the body 91 / 119 76.5% 73.2% 141 / 190 74.2% 68.7%
To the legs 99 / 109 90.8% 80.9% 110 / 153 71.9% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
1157.9% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.10
1062.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3363.5% def · norm 64.1%
3:566.2% of cage time · norm 26.3%
Control time
28:1916.0% of cage time · norm 19.0%
9:022:08 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control lower is better
74:046:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.36
Submission attempts
80.68/15 · norm 0.29

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