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Maurice Smith vs. Renato Sobral

UFC 4-3-0 vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-3-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
64
AgeΔ 13 yrs
51
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
—
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
311
Layoff (months)Δ 81.2 mo
229.8
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Renato Sobral is a submission threat — 3.16 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.
Maurice Smith is a submission threat — 0.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Renato Sobral hunts takedowns — 2.97 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Maurice Smith

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 811

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.1 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Renato Sobral

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 76
Tier 3 — regional circuit 306

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.84 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 24 finish wins over 49 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1371.78/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
1622.01/min · norm 3.48
781.01/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1011.25/min · norm 3.37
75.3%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
52.3%norm 48.45%
62.3%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 52.75%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Maurice Smith

Distance 51.6% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 31.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 17.0% (norm 9.3%)

Renato Sobral

Distance 29.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 61.0% (norm 10.6%)

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

Maurice Smith

Head 61.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 14.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 24.2% (norm 7.6%)

Renato Sobral

Head 79.4% (norm 78.5%) · Body 10.6% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 10.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Smith L/AAccHeavyweight med Sobral L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 64 / 94 68.1% 40.1% 37 / 90 41.1% 41.5%
In the clinch 45 / 57 78.9% 70.4% 20 / 31 64.5% 70.8%
On the ground 28 / 31 90.3% 70.2% 105 / 189 55.6% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 69 / 111 62.2% 39.0% 110 / 246 44.7% 39.2%
To the body 26 / 27 96.3% 77.0% 25 / 33 75.8% 72.0%
To the legs 42 / 44 95.5% 87.8% 27 / 31 87.1% 82.1%

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 · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 accHeavyweight med vs Sobral L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 12 / 58 20.7% 40.7% 39 / 95 41.1% 40.6%
In the clinch 7 / 17 too few to rate 70.6% 11 / 16 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 59 / 132 44.7% 72.2% 51 / 94 54.3% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 72 / 199 36.2% 39.3% 82 / 181 45.3% 37.7%
To the body 3 / 4 too few to rate 75.1% 12 / 16 too few to rate 72.9%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 84.4% 7 / 8 too few to rate 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
1666.7% acc · 2.97/15 · norm 0.87
625.0% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
550.0% def · norm 66.7%
6:0017.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
41:2651.4% of cage time · norm 17.1%
23:404:36 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
23:214:20 per 15 · norm 2:50
30.58/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
173.16/15 · norm 0.28

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