Tony Kelley vs. Kai Kamaka

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 1-2-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
1-2-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
39
AgeΔ 8 yrs
31
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
49.7
Layoff (months)Δ 10.5 mo
60.2
LWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
DLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tony Kelley is a submission threat — 1.39 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Tony Kelley rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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

Tony Kelley

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2395.55/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2704.96/min · norm 3.54
2094.85/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2885.29/min · norm 3.47
47.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
57.1%norm 45.0%
45.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
55.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.28/15 · norm 0.29

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

Tony Kelley

Distance 75.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 18.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 6.7% (norm 6.5%)

Kai Kamaka

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

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

Tony Kelley

Head 62.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 27.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 8.4%)

Kai Kamaka

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kelley L/AAccBantamweight med Kamaka L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 144 / 381 37.8% 39.0% 227 / 422 53.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 72 / 91 79.1% 68.7% 31 / 35 88.6% 70.8%
On the ground 23 / 34 67.6% 70.2% 12 / 16 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 317 35.3% 34.9% 116 / 292 39.7% 37.2%
To the body 89 / 141 63.1% 66.8% 113 / 133 85.0% 68.2%
To the legs 38 / 48 79.2% 79.4% 41 / 48 85.4% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Kelley L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Kamaka L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 165 / 334 49.4% 39.3% 208 / 548 38.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 36 / 39 92.3% 70.4% 57 / 74 77.0% 70.3%
On the ground 8 / 11 too few to rate 72.4% 23 / 25 92.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 110 / 269 40.9% 34.9% 176 / 483 36.4% 35.9%
To the body 84 / 95 88.4% 66.0% 73 / 113 64.6% 67.9%
To the legs 15 / 20 too few to rate 79.1% 39 / 51 76.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
758.3% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.19
1152.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
952.9% def · norm 61.5%
5:2412.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
14:5327.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:424:46 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
4:371:16 per 15 · norm 3:12
41.39/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.28/15 · norm 0.46

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