Robert McDaniel vs. Gilbert Smith
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Robert McDaniel
Full career not yet synced for Robert McDaniel — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500
Gilbert Smith
Full career not yet synced for Gilbert Smith — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Robert McDaniel
Distance 77.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 14.2% (norm 10.0%)
Gilbert Smith
Distance 85.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 14.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Robert McDaniel
Head 71.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 8.4%)
Gilbert Smith
Head 70.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | McDaniel L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Smith L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 32 / 93 | 34.4% | 40.5% | 12 / 29 | 41.4% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 34 / 86 | 39.5% | 38.8% | 6 / 24 | too few to rate | 38.8% |
| To the body | 10 / 18 | too few to rate | 71.6% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 9 / 16 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 83.3% |
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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 McDaniel L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Smith L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 40 / 115 | 34.8% | 39.5% | 18 / 34 | 52.9% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 9 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 15 / 21 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 11 / 12 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 30 / 101 | 29.7% | 37.9% | 26 / 43 | 60.5% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 15 / 26 | 57.7% | 71.3% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 19 / 21 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — McDaniel has more cage time on record.