Greg Hardy vs. Dmitrii Smoliakov

UFC 4-5-0 (1 NC) vs. 0-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-3-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
38
AgeΔ 6 yrs
44
6'5"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
80"
ReachΔ 6"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
53.1
Layoff (months)Δ 34.3 mo
87.4
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dmitrii Smoliakov rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Greg Hardy rarely shoots — 0.20 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Greg Hardy outworks the Heavyweight division — 4.60 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.36 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Greg Hardy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.82 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Dmitrii Smoliakov

Full career not yet synced for Dmitrii Smoliakov — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3434.60/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
201.44/min · norm 3.36
2453.29/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
533.81/min · norm 3.19
49.9%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
42.6%norm 47.8%
55.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
55.8%norm 52.5%
10.20/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Greg Hardy

Distance 84.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 13.1% (norm 9.3%)

Dmitrii Smoliakov

Distance 74.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 23.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 9.3%)

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

Greg Hardy

Head 73.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 16.1% (norm 7.6%)

Dmitrii Smoliakov

Head 72.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 21.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hardy L/AAccHeavyweight med Smoliakov L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 257 / 581 44.2% 40.1% 12 / 35 34.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 14 / 17 too few to rate 70.6% 7 / 11 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 72 / 90 80.0% 70.2% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 203 / 506 40.1% 38.9% 11 / 34 32.4% 38.9%
To the body 51 / 71 71.8% 76.8% 7 / 10 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 89 / 111 80.2% 87.8% 2 / 3 too few to rate 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 (Heavyweight: 93 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 Hardy L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Smoliakov L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 206 / 489 42.1% 40.7% 10 / 37 27.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 1 / 3 too few to rate 70.6% 6 / 11 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 38 / 54 70.4% 72.0% 37 / 72 51.4% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 140 / 408 34.3% 38.8% 47 / 114 41.2% 38.8%
To the body 51 / 75 68.0% 75.1% 6 / 6 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 54 / 63 85.7% 84.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
964.3% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
675.0% def · norm 64.3%
5:257.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
5:171:03 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
7:488:25 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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