Alexa Grasso vs. Heather Clark

UFC 9-5-1 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-5-1
UFC record
1-2-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
32
AgeΔ 13 yrs
45
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
66"
ReachΔ 2"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.3
Layoff (months)Δ 112.7 mo
117
WLLDW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alexa Grasso is a submission threat — 0.67 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Heather Clark owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Heather Clark rarely shoots — 0.33 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alexa Grasso

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Heather Clark

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 73

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.32 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9214.11/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
1663.69/min · norm 3.77
8313.71/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
2535.62/min · norm 3.94
41.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.1%norm 44.5%
58.7%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 54.4%
20.13/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Alexa Grasso

Distance 89.7% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 1.7% (norm 4.9%)

Heather Clark

Distance 80.8% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 16.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 5.0%)

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

Alexa Grasso

Head 76.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 11.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 7.7%)

Heather Clark

Head 71.0% (norm 76.4%) · Body 21.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Grasso L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Clark L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 750 / 2010 37.3% 39.9% 116 / 273 42.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 142 / 191 74.3% 73.3% 44 / 57 77.2% 72.6%
On the ground 29 / 39 74.4% 74.7% 6 / 8 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 570 / 1716 33.2% 34.9% 96 / 240 40.0% 35.4%
To the body 174 / 264 65.9% 69.5% 48 / 72 66.7% 69.3%
To the legs 177 / 260 68.1% 82.6% 22 / 26 84.6% 77.9%

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 Flyweight: 46 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Grasso L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Clark L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 709 / 1838 38.6% 38.8% 163 / 375 43.5% 39.7%
In the clinch 76 / 114 66.7% 74.1% 85 / 132 64.4% 71.5%
On the ground 46 / 61 75.4% 73.4% 5 / 6 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 598 / 1692 35.3% 35.3% 160 / 391 40.9% 36.0%
To the body 145 / 210 69.0% 69.0% 50 / 73 68.5% 68.4%
To the legs 88 / 111 79.3% 78.7% 43 / 49 87.8% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
635.3% acc · 0.40/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
14.2% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 1.10
4054.8% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
480.0% def · norm 64.1%
21:159.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
15:1233.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
54:073:37 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
5:081:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
100.67/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.33/15 · norm 0.29

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