Marco Ruas vs.
Maurice Smith
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Marco Ruas
Full career not yet synced for Marco Ruas — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Maurice Smith
Full career not yet synced for Maurice Smith — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Marco Ruas
Distance 82.4% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 14.5% (norm 28.7%)
Maurice Smith
Distance 51.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 31.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 17.0% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Marco Ruas
Head 51.1% (norm 81.2%) · Body 1.5% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 47.3% (norm 5.2%)
Maurice Smith
Head 61.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 14.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 24.2% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ruas L/A | Acc | Open Weight med | Smith L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 45 / 108 | 41.7% | 27.8% | 64 / 94 | 68.1% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 63.8% | 45 / 57 | 78.9% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 12 / 19 | too few to rate | 65.8% | 28 / 31 | 90.3% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 19 / 67 | 28.4% | 39.3% | 69 / 111 | 62.2% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 90.5% | 26 / 27 | 96.3% | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 39 / 62 | 62.9% | 53.5% | 42 / 44 | 95.5% | 87.8% |
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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Ruas L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med | vs Smith L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 16 / 68 | 23.5% | 37.0% | 12 / 58 | 20.7% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 66.7% | 7 / 17 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 67.1% | 59 / 132 | 44.7% | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 9 / 46 | 19.6% | 47.0% | 72 / 199 | 36.2% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 87.9% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 14 / 29 | 48.3% | 61.2% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 84.4% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Smith has more cage time on record.