Trevor Smith vs. Andrew Sanchez

UFC 5-7-0 vs. 5-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-7-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
45
AgeΔ 7 yrs
38
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
80
Layoff (months)Δ 22.3 mo
57.7
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Trevor Smith owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Andrew Sanchez hunts takedowns — 2.55 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Andrew Sanchez absorbs 5.10 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Trevor Smith

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.52 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Andrew Sanchez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 41
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5183.44/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
5574.30/min · norm 3.25
4913.26/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
6615.10/min · norm 3.20
55.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 47.4%
53.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 53.8%
20.20/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.35/15 · norm 0.32

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

Trevor Smith

Distance 65.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 16.9% (norm 10.3%)

Andrew Sanchez

Distance 88.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Trevor Smith

Head 70.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.5% (norm 8.4%)

Andrew Sanchez

Head 82.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Smith L/AAccMiddleweight med Sanchez L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 272 / 612 44.4% 40.5% 438 / 1125 38.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 128 / 161 79.5% 70.3% 54 / 78 69.2% 70.3%
On the ground 118 / 157 75.2% 69.1% 65 / 72 90.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 281 / 654 43.0% 38.9% 407 / 1054 38.6% 38.9%
To the body 135 / 160 84.4% 71.7% 99 / 149 66.4% 71.7%
To the legs 102 / 116 87.9% 83.3% 51 / 72 70.8% 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Smith L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Sanchez L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 324 / 833 38.9% 39.5% 507 / 1146 44.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 153 / 201 76.1% 70.9% 129 / 165 78.2% 70.9%
On the ground 14 / 17 too few to rate 69.0% 25 / 29 86.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 299 / 817 36.6% 37.9% 451 / 1088 41.5% 37.9%
To the body 151 / 188 80.3% 71.3% 156 / 191 81.7% 71.3%
To the legs 41 / 46 89.1% 82.1% 54 / 61 88.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1633.3% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2236.7% acc · 2.55/15 · norm 1.42
1368.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
9100.0% def · norm 63.1%
57:2538.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
40:3631.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
17:011:41 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
3:070:21 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.60/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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