Hadley vs Smotherman

Who won Hadley vs Smotherman?

Cameron Smotherman beat Jake Hadley by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 19th October 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-26, 29-27, 29-27 in favor of the winner Cameron Smotherman.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Hadley vs Smotherman stats

Jake Hadley stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Cameron Smotherman made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Jake Hadley's 7th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Cameron Smotherman marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Jake Hadley's UFC record stood at 3-4-0, while Cameron Smotherman's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Smotherman had a massive power advantage over Hadley, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Hadley's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hadley had a massive advantage over Smotherman, boasting a 45% submission rate over Smotherman's 0%.

Jake Hadley was the older man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

Smotherman had a height advantage of 2 inches over Hadley. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Hadley was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2018, 3 years earlier than Smotherman, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 37 to Smotherman's 39.

Hadley vs Smotherman form

Hadley had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Caolan Loughran at UFC 304 – Manchester on 27th July 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Charles Johnson at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Enterprise Center, St. Louis, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Cody Durden at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Before that, he had beaten Malcolm Gordon at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had defeated Carlos Candelario at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

Hadley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Hadley vs Smotherman start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 8:40 PM UTC , which was 4:40 PM EST or 1:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:40 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Hadley vs Smotherman?

Jake Hadley was a 1/5 (-500) favourite going into the contest, while Cameron Smotherman made his way into the ring at 19/5 (+380) with oddsmakers.