Hector Lombard vs. Anthony Smith

UFC 3-8-0 (1 NC) vs. 13-12-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
13-12-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
48
AgeΔ 10 yrs
38
5'9"
HeightΔ 7"
6'4"
71"
ReachΔ 5"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
94.5
Layoff (months)Δ 79.1 mo
15.4
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Hector Lombard carries real power — 0.81 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Anthony Smith is a submission threat — 0.46 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Anthony Smith absorbs 5.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.35 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Hector Lombard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 118
Tier 3 — regional circuit 233

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 26 finish wins over 49 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Anthony Smith

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1512
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2310

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 36 finish wins over 61 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4353.34/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
8403.24/min · norm 3.41
4613.54/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
13475.19/min · norm 3.35
48.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.1%norm 48.3%
55.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
44.4%norm 52.9%
70.81/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.40/15 · norm 0.40

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

Hector Lombard

Distance 78.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.5% (norm 10.3%)

Anthony Smith

Distance 91.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Hector Lombard

Head 78.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Anthony Smith

Head 75.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lombard L/AAccMiddleweight med Smith L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 303 / 698 43.4% 40.5% 739 / 1539 48.0% 41.4%
In the clinch 61 / 98 62.2% 70.3% 64 / 89 71.9% 70.9%
On the ground 71 / 93 76.3% 69.1% 37 / 50 74.0% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 289 / 693 41.7% 38.9% 527 / 1268 41.6% 38.9%
To the body 52 / 75 69.3% 71.7% 155 / 232 66.8% 71.9%
To the legs 94 / 121 77.7% 83.3% 158 / 178 88.8% 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light 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 Lombard L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Smith L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 282 / 808 34.9% 39.5% 835 / 1752 47.7% 40.4%
In the clinch 71 / 92 77.2% 70.9% 117 / 170 68.8% 68.7%
On the ground 108 / 125 86.4% 69.0% 395 / 500 79.0% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 291 / 786 37.0% 37.9% 810 / 1762 46.0% 37.5%
To the body 94 / 135 69.6% 71.3% 210 / 294 71.4% 72.3%
To the legs 76 / 104 73.1% 82.1% 327 / 366 89.3% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1548.4% acc · 1.73/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
822.9% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 0.87
2379.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2450.0% def · norm 66.7%
28:1921.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
16:236.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
7:120:49 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
82:234:45 per 15 · norm 2:48
20.23/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
80.46/15 · norm 0.27

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