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Ailin Perez vs.
Ashlee Evans-Smith

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

6-1-0 Ailin Perez · UFC
3-6-0 Ashlee Evans-Smith · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

6-1-0
UFC record
3-6-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
31
AgeΔ 8 yrs
39
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
66"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
5.2
Layoff (months)Δ 31.5 mo
36.7
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Ailin Perez hunts takedowns — 4.90 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Ailin Perez carries real power — 0.17 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Ashlee Evans-Smith is wasteful with head shots — only 23% land, vs a 38% Women's Bantamweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Ailin Perez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Ashlee Evans-Smith

Full career not yet synced for Ashlee Evans-Smith — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2562.88/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
4464.03/min · norm 3.56
1401.58/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
5084.59/min · norm 3.51
56.3%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
34.1%norm 46.65%
56.5%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
53.9%norm 52.45%
10.17/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Ailin Perez

Distance 59.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 27.0% (norm 7.5%)

Ashlee Evans-Smith

Distance 85.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 4.0% (norm 7.5%)

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

Ailin Perez

Head 67.0% (norm 75.2%) · Body 17.6% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 15.4% (norm 8.8%)

Ashlee Evans-Smith

Head 75.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 16.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Perez L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Evans-Smith L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 123 / 272 45.2% 38.3% 309 / 1123 27.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 44 / 60 73.3% 73.3% 98 / 134 73.1% 73.3%
On the ground 89 / 123 72.4% 70.8% 39 / 52 75.0% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 151 / 305 49.5% 37.7% 229 / 993 23.1% 37.7%
To the body 56 / 80 70.0% 70.0% 135 / 213 63.4% 70.0%
To the legs 49 / 70 70.0% 80.9% 82 / 103 79.6% 80.9%

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 (Women's Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Perez L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Evans-Smith L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 95 / 267 35.6% 41.3% 376 / 904 41.6% 41.3%
In the clinch 23 / 31 74.2% 74.7% 78 / 120 65.0% 74.7%
On the ground 22 / 24 too few to rate 74.2% 54 / 77 70.1% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 65 / 217 30.0% 38.1% 319 / 871 36.6% 38.1%
To the body 31 / 49 63.3% 73.2% 95 / 125 76.0% 73.2%
To the legs 44 / 56 78.6% 80.9% 94 / 105 89.5% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

2949.2% acc · 4.90/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
722.6% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 0.91
872.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1550.0% def · norm 62.5%
39:3644.6% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
13:3012.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
20:573:32 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
24:463:21 per 15 · norm 3:19
10.17/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.34

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

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