Kai Kamaka vs. Jonathan Pearce

UFC 1-2-1 vs. 5-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-1
UFC record
5-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
31
AgeΔ 3 yrs
34
5'7"
HeightΔ 5"
6'0"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
60.2
Layoff (months)Δ 38.4 mo
21.8
DLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jonathan Pearce hunts takedowns — 5.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jonathan Pearce owns the mat — in control 46% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Kai Kamaka owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kai Kamaka

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 73

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Jonathan Pearce

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2704.96/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3624.18/min · norm 3.54
2885.29/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2472.85/min · norm 3.47
57.1%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
53.3%norm 45.0%
55.5%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.9%norm 54.85%
10.28/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kai Kamaka

Distance 89.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 6.5%)

Jonathan Pearce

Distance 68.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 19.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kai Kamaka

Head 61.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 28.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 7.8%)

Jonathan Pearce

Head 79.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kamaka L/AAccFeatherweight med Pearce L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 227 / 422 53.8% 40.9% 187 / 462 40.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 31 / 35 88.6% 70.8% 71 / 84 84.5% 70.8%
On the ground 12 / 16 too few to rate 69.2% 104 / 133 78.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 116 / 292 39.7% 37.2% 254 / 539 47.1% 37.2%
To the body 113 / 133 85.0% 68.2% 67 / 95 70.5% 68.2%
To the legs 41 / 48 85.4% 80.7% 41 / 45 91.1% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Kamaka L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Pearce L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 208 / 548 38.0% 39.2% 203 / 483 42.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 57 / 74 77.0% 70.3% 24 / 40 60.0% 70.3%
On the ground 23 / 25 92.0% 69.4% 20 / 25 80.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 176 / 483 36.4% 35.9% 186 / 470 39.6% 35.9%
To the body 73 / 113 64.6% 67.9% 45 / 61 73.8% 67.9%
To the legs 39 / 51 76.5% 81.5% 16 / 17 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
758.3% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2950.0% acc · 5.02/15 · norm 1.19
952.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1250.0% def · norm 61.5%
14:5327.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
39:3945.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
4:371:16 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
13:002:14 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.28/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
50.87/15 · norm 0.46

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