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Louis Smolka vs.
Jose Quinonez

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

8-9-0 Louis Smolka · UFC
5-4-0 Jose Quinonez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

8-9-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
35.1
AgeΔ 0.9 yrs
36
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
50.8
Layoff (months)Δ 17.2 mo
68
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Louis Smolka is a submission threat — 1.78 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Jose Quinonez hunts takedowns — 2.70 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jose Quinonez is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Louis Smolka

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

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Jose Quinonez

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7474.67/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
3413.60/min · norm 3.52
6574.11/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2843.00/min · norm 3.58
47.4%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 43.4%
53.6%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
64.0%norm 56.6%
20.19/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
30.48/15 · norm 0.30

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

Louis Smolka

Distance 72.4% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 20.5% (norm 7.3%)

Jose Quinonez

Distance 85.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Louis Smolka

Head 77.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 18.2% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 9.3%)

Jose Quinonez

Head 69.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Smolka L/AAccFlyweight med Quinonez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 455 / 1141 39.9% 40.0% 271 / 644 42.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 81 / 111 73.0% 70.4% 20 / 35 57.1% 68.7%
On the ground 211 / 323 65.3% 69.7% 50 / 71 70.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 497 / 1226 40.5% 37.6% 175 / 519 33.7% 34.9%
To the body 194 / 287 67.6% 68.5% 66 / 110 60.0% 66.8%
To the legs 56 / 62 90.3% 80.0% 100 / 121 82.6% 79.4%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Smolka L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Quinonez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 468 / 1154 40.6% 40.1% 237 / 707 33.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 90 / 130 69.2% 68.8% 27 / 47 57.4% 70.4%
On the ground 99 / 133 74.4% 71.1% 20 / 35 57.1% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 377 / 1031 36.6% 35.2% 144 / 563 25.6% 34.9%
To the body 185 / 281 65.8% 68.2% 57 / 110 51.8% 66.0%
To the legs 95 / 105 90.5% 80.3% 83 / 116 71.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1835.3% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1747.2% acc · 2.70/15 · norm 1.12
1932.2% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
642.9% def · norm 66.7%
45:1428.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
23:0624.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
40:353:48 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
3:450:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
191.78/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
40.63/15 · norm 0.28

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

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