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Kai Kara-France
Record
8-5
Rating
1792 ± 162
Since last event
–
Next fight
nothing booked
Age
33
33
Current streak
1 losses
1 losses
Wins by
3 KO · 0 sub · 5 dec
3 KO · 0 sub · 5 dec
Key facts
- Record
- 8-5
- Division
- Flyweight
- Our rank
- #9
- Rating
- 1792 ± 162
- Style label
- power puncher
- Country
- unknown
- Height
- 64"
- Reach
- 69"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Date of birth
- 1993-03-26
Rating history
Style profile
Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it
Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of
what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ±
means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
| Metric | Kai Kara-France | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 52.2 ± 2.1 38th percentile | 51.5 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 51.1 ± 6.2 74th percentile | 53.2 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 4.14 ± 2.09 26th percentile | 4.86 |
| Takedown defence % | 64 ± 16 75th percentile | 59 |
| Control time s /15 min | 189 ± 24 30th percentile | 197 |
| Striking defence % | 56 ± 5 89th percentile | 55 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.81 ± 0.51 87th percentile | 0.63 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.40 ± 0.40 8th percentile | 0.54 |
| Metric | Kai Kara-France | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 59.5 ± 13.7 18th percentile | 62.0 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 52.9 ± 10.4 89th percentile | 54.8 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 3.69 ± 1.54 39th percentile | 3.98 |
| Takedown defence % | 63 ± 14 75th percentile | 60 |
| Control time s /15 min | 181 ± 4 54th percentile | 182 |
| Striking defence % | 54 ± 6 75th percentile | 53 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 1.13 ± 0.07 46th percentile | 1.15 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.24 ± 0.24 18th percentile | 0.29 |
| Metric | Kai Kara-France | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 56.5 ± 11.3 59th percentile | 56.2 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 56.4 ± 21.9 86th percentile | 57.1 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 4.10 ± 2.55 32nd percentile | 4.18 |
| Takedown defence % | 64 ± 36 68th percentile | 63 |
| Control time s /15 min | 184 ± 31 59th percentile | 183 |
| Striking defence % | 50 ± 20 77th percentile | 49 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.28 ± 0.02 77th percentile | 0.28 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.21 ± 0.21 50th percentile | 0.22 |
Style-based strength score
Average predicted win probability against the current top 15 of this division: 36.7%. This never changes the ranking — it shows where the styles help or hurt.
Best matchups
- Brandon Royval — 52%
- Tagir Ulanbekov — 45%
- Alexandre Pantoja — 43%
Worst matchups
- Joshua Van — 29%
- Asu Almabayev — 27%
- Tatsuro Taira — 27%
UFC fight history
| L | Alexandre Pantoja
UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira · 2025-06-28 |
Submission R3 |
| W | Steve Erceg
UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya · 2024-08-17 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| L | Amir Albazi
UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi · 2023-06-03 Decision check: dispute 0.91, decision credit 0.68 (official result unchanged) |
Decision - Split R5 |
| L | Brandon Moreno
UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 · 2022-07-30 |
KO/TKO R3 |
| W | Askar Askarov
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus · 2022-03-26 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Cody Garbrandt
UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier · 2021-12-11 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Rogerio Bontorin
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · 2021-03-06 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| L | Brandon Royval
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa · 2020-09-26 |
Submission R2 |
| W | Tyson Nam
UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker · 2020-02-22 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| L | Brandon Moreno
UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington · 2019-12-14 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Mark De La Rosa
UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang · 2019-08-31 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Raulian Paiva
UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva · 2019-02-09 Decision check: dispute 0.63, decision credit 0.53 (official result unchanged) |
Decision - Split R3 |
| W | Elias Garcia
UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa · 2018-12-01 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |