Danny Martinez vs. Sirwan Kakai

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 1-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
41
AgeΔ 5 yrs
36
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
67"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
128.8
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
132
WLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Sirwan Kakai hunts takedowns — 4.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Danny Martinez hunts takedowns — 3.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Sirwan Kakai carries real power — 0.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Danny Martinez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 206

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.63 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Sirwan Kakai

Full career not yet synced for Sirwan Kakai — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1933.22/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
1073.57/min · norm 3.52
2283.80/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
1394.63/min · norm 3.58
31.7%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
41.3%norm 43.4%
62.1%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
62.1%norm 56.6%
10.25/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.50/15 · norm 0.30

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

Danny Martinez

Distance 84.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 7.3%)

Sirwan Kakai

Distance 84.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 14.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Danny Martinez

Head 83.1% (norm 75.9%) · Body 16.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 0.8% (norm 9.3%)

Sirwan Kakai

Head 85.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Martinez L/AAccFlyweight med Kakai L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 515 27.8% 40.0% 79 / 218 36.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 38 / 73 52.1% 70.4% 25 / 38 65.8% 68.7%
On the ground 12 / 20 too few to rate 69.7% 3 / 3 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 505 25.1% 37.6% 77 / 221 34.8% 34.9%
To the body 61 / 98 62.2% 68.5% 17 / 23 too few to rate 66.8%
To the legs 5 / 5 too few to rate 80.0% 13 / 15 too few to rate 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 Martinez L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Kakai L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 159 / 503 31.6% 40.1% 90 / 287 31.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 49 / 75 65.3% 68.8% 45 / 74 60.8% 70.4%
On the ground 20 / 24 too few to rate 71.1% 4 / 6 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 170 / 521 32.6% 35.2% 83 / 291 28.5% 34.9%
To the body 38 / 60 63.3% 68.2% 47 / 67 70.1% 66.0%
To the legs 20 / 21 too few to rate 80.3% 9 / 9 too few to rate 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1450.0% acc · 3.50/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
842.1% acc · 4.00/15 · norm 1.12
1035.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
583.3% def · norm 66.7%
16:3827.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
7:1324.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
13:233:20 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
2:481:24 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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