Kai Kara-France vs Steve Erceg

Kai Kara-France is 25-12-0 (1 NC); Steve Erceg is 14-5-0. Kai Kara-France is 2 years older than Steve Erceg. Kai Kara-France has a 1" · 3 cm reach advantage over Steve Erceg. Steve Erceg is 4" · 10 cm taller than Kai Kara-France. They have met once: Kai Kara-France 1, Steve Erceg 0.

Kai Kara-France

“Don't Blink” · 25-12-0 (1 NC)

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FlyweightMet once

Steve Erceg

“Astroboy” · 14-5-0

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Style & credentials

Kai Kara-France

No background on record

Camp · City Kickboxing · New Zealand

Steve Erceg

No background on record

Camp · Wilkes Martial Arts · Australia

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

64%

Head

74%

15%

Body

18%

21%

Leg

Time in position

Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground

Kai Kara-Francelast 4 fights

69%14%17%

Steve Erceglast 9 fights

77%11%12%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Kai Kara-France· from fights outside the UFC Steve Erceg· from fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

4.464.56

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kai Kara-France · Good · better than 80% of UFC fightersSteve Erceg · Good · better than 82% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.244.14

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kai Kara-France · Average · better than 55% of UFC fightersSteve Erceg · Below avg · better than 28% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.561.09

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kai Kara-France · Below avg · better than 24% of UFC fightersSteve Erceg · Average · better than 48% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

30%27%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kai Kara-France · Below avg · better than 30% of UFC fightersSteve Erceg · Below avg · better than 24% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

84%67%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kai Kara-France · Elite · better than 89% of UFC fightersSteve Erceg · Average · better than 55% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.000.40

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kai Kara-France · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fightersSteve Erceg · Average · better than 48% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

4.46

Strikes landed / min

4.56

3.24

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

4.14

0.56 / 1.9

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.09 / 4.0

30%

Takedown accuracy

27%

84%

Takedown defence

67%

1:04

Control time / fight

1:33

0.00

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.40

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Kai Kara-France13 UFC fights · 712 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

50%357/1246

14%102/168

21%153/188

Clinch

2%16/25

0%0/0

Ground

12%82/140

0%2/2

0%0/0

Steve Erceg9 UFC fights · 565 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

69%389/968

12%69/115

8%43/49

Clinch

4%21/29

6%34/35

0%0/0

Ground

2%9/10

0%0/0

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Kai Kara-France22 of 37 ended early · 59%15 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

5 early stoppages have no logged time

Steve Erceg10 of 19 ended early · 53%9 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

1 early stoppage has no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Kai Kara-France2-3

L
Alexandre Pantoja
UFC 317: Topuria vs Oliveira · Jun 28, 2025
Submission · R3 · 1:55 · Flyweight
W
Steve Erceg
UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya · Aug 18, 2024
TKO · R1 · 4:04 · Flyweight
L
Amir Albazi
UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs Albazi · Jun 3, 2023
Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Flyweight
L
Brandon Moreno
UFC 277: Peña vs Nunes · Jul 30, 2022
TKO · R3 · 4:34 · Interim Flyweight
W
Askar Askarov
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus · Mar 26, 2022
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight

Full record · 38 fights

W
Cody Garbrandt
UFC 269: Oliveira vs Poirier · Dec 11, 2021
TKO · R1 · 3:21 · Flyweight
W
Rogerio Bontorin
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya · Mar 6, 2021
TKO · R1 · 4:55 · Flyweight
L
Brandon Royval
UFC 253: Adesanya vs Costa · Sep 27, 2020
Submission · R2 · 0:48 · Flyweight
W
Tyson Nam
UFC Fight Night: Felder vs Hooker · Feb 23, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
L
Brandon Moreno
UFC 245: Usman vs Covington · Dec 14, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Mark De La Rosa
UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs Zhang · Aug 31, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Raulian Paiva
UFC 234: Adesanya vs Silva · Feb 10, 2019
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Elias Garcia
UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs Tuivasa · Dec 2, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Xiaoyu Shi
Glory of Heroes · Mar 4, 2018
Submission · Bantamweight
W
Huyixibai
WLF W.A.R.S. 19 · Nov 11, 2017
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Aoriqileng
WLF W.A.R.S. 14 · May 20, 2017
Unanimous Decision · Catchweight
W
Ze Wu
WLF W.A.R.S. 13 · Apr 22, 2017
TKO · R1 · 2:01 · Bantamweight
W
Rodolfo Marques
Hex Fight Series 8 · Mar 31, 2017
TKO · R3 · 2:59 · Bantamweight
L
Tatsumitsu Wada
Rizin 3 - Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2016: 2nd Round · Dec 29, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Crisanto Pitpitunge
PXC 52 · Mar 18, 2016
TKO · Flyweight
W
Josh Duenas
PXC 50 · Dec 4, 2015
TKO · R1 · 1:28 · Flyweight
W
Shantaram Maharaj
Bragging Rights 7 · Sep 27, 2015
TKO · R1 · 1:33 · Flyweight
W
Dindo Camansa
Mixed Martial A'rr · Jun 1, 2015
TKO · R1 · 0:12 · Flyweight
W
Ik Hwan Jang
PRO Fighting 10 · May 9, 2015
TKO · R1 · 0:09 · Bantamweight
L
Ayideng Jumayi
Kunlun Fight 18 · Jan 18, 2015
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
L
Mark Striegl
Malaysian Invasion 2 · Oct 25, 2014
Submission · R1 · 2:10 · Bantamweight
L
Gustavo Falciroli
Australian FC 9 · May 17, 2014
Submission · R1 · 4:55 · Bantamweight
W
Tieying Wu
Kunlun Fight 1 · Jan 25, 2014
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
NC
Gustavo Falciroli
Australian FC 7 · Dec 13, 2013
NC · R2 · 3:20 · Bantamweight
W
Tieying Wu
Philippines Regional · Oct 23, 2013
Submission
W
Yudi Cahyadi
Indonesia Regional · Sep 29, 2013
DEC
W
Ho Jun Kim
PRO Fighting 8 · Aug 4, 2013
TKO · R1 · 3:44 · Bantamweight
L
Batgerel Danaa
Legend FC 11 · Apr 27, 2013
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Caleb Lally
New Zealand Regional · Oct 13, 2012
DEC
W
Sam Chan
Legend FC 10 · Aug 24, 2012
Submission · R1 · 3:21 · Bantamweight
L
Augustin Delarmino Jr.
Legend FC 8 · Mar 30, 2012
TKO · R3 · 0:29 · Bantamweight
L
Chad George
New Zealand Regional · Dec 2, 2011
TKO
W
Ray Kaitiana
Supremacy Fighting Championship NZ · Nov 27, 2010
TKO

Steve Erceg2-3

L
Ramazan Temirov
UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs Guskov · Jul 25, 2026
TKO · R1 · 4:21 · Flyweight
W
Tim Elliott
UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs Prates · May 2, 2026
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Ode Osbourne
UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs Hernandez · Aug 9, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
L
Brandon Moreno
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs Erceg · Mar 29, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Flyweight
L
Kai Kara-France
UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya · Aug 18, 2024
TKO · R1 · 4:04 · Flyweight

Full record · 19 fights

L
Alexandre Pantoja
UFC 301: Pantoja vs Erceg · May 4, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Matt Schnell
UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs Gaziev · Mar 2, 2024
TKO · R2 · 0:26 · Flyweight
W
Alessandro Costa
UFC 295: Procházka vs Pereira · Nov 11, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
David Dvorak
UFC 289: Nunes vs Aldana · Jun 10, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Soichiro Hirai
Eternal MMA 73 · Feb 11, 2023
Submission · R1 · 1:46 · Flyweight
W
Paul Loga
Eternal MMA 62 · Oct 30, 2021
Submission · R1 · 2:31 · Flyweight
W
Cody Haddon
Eternal MMA 60 · Jun 5, 2021
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Shannon Ross
Eternal MMA 52 · Mar 7, 2020
Submission · R1 · 4:28 · Flyweight
W
Paul Loga
Eternal MMA 47 · Sep 7, 2019
TKO · R1 · 1:31 · Flyweight
W
Tim Moore
Eternal MMA 45 · May 25, 2019
Submission · R3 · 3:15 · Bantamweight
W
Mark Familari
Eternal MMA 41 · Mar 2, 2019
Submission · R1 · 4:15 · Bantamweight
W
SeungGuk Choi
Hex Fight Series 15 · Jul 21, 2018
Unanimous Decision · Flyweight
L
Sean Gauci
Hex Fight Series 11 · Sep 1, 2017
Unanimous Decision · Flyweight
W
Ryan Robertson
Feb 26, 2016
Submission · Flyweight

Head-to-Head History

UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya
Sun, Aug 18, 2024
Kai Kara-France
TKO · ROUND 1 · 4:04

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Kai Kara-FranceSteve Erceg

Frequently asked questions

Have Kai Kara-France and Steve Erceg ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya (Sun, Aug 18, 2024), where Kai Kara-France won by TKO.

What are the records of Kai Kara-France and Steve Erceg?

Kai Kara-France is 25-12-0 (1 NC) and Steve Erceg is 14-5-0.

Who has the longer reach, Kai Kara-France or Steve Erceg?

Kai Kara-France has the longer reach: 69" · 175 cm against 68" · 173 cm for Steve Erceg, a 1" · 3 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Kai Kara-France or Steve Erceg?

Steve Erceg is taller at 5'8" · 173 cm; Kai Kara-France stands 5'4" · 163 cm.

Who is older, Kai Kara-France or Steve Erceg?

Kai Kara-France is 33 and Steve Erceg is 31.

Who has more finishes, Kai Kara-France or Steve Erceg?

Kai Kara-France has 15 wins inside the distance (12 by KO/TKO, 3 by submission); Steve Erceg has 8 wins (2 by KO/TKO, 6 by submission).

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