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Alexa Grasso vs.
Maycee Barber

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

9-5-1 Alexa Grasso · UFC
10-3-0 Maycee Barber · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-5-1
UFC record
10-3-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
33
AgeΔ 4.8 yrs
28.2
5'5"
HeightΔ 0"
5'5"
66"
ReachΔ 1"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
4.3
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
4.3
WLLDW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Alexa Grasso is a submission threat — 0.67 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Alexa Grasso rarely shoots — 0.40 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Maycee Barber hunts takedowns — 1.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight 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.

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

Maycee Barber

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 113
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.86 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9214.11/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
6354.25/min · norm 3.91
8313.71/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
4042.70/min · norm 3.81
41.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
51.2%norm 44.9%
58.7%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
57.5%norm 55.95%
20.13/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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%)

Maycee Barber

Distance 66.2% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 20.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 4.9%)

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%)

Maycee Barber

Head 81.9% (norm 78.1%) · Body 12.4% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.7%)

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 Barber L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 750 / 2010 37.3% 39.9% 303 / 821 36.9% 39.9%
In the clinch 142 / 191 74.3% 73.3% 207 / 259 79.9% 73.3%
On the ground 29 / 39 74.4% 74.7% 125 / 160 78.1% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 570 / 1716 33.2% 34.9% 460 / 1015 45.3% 34.9%
To the body 174 / 264 65.9% 69.5% 113 / 154 73.4% 69.5%
To the legs 177 / 260 68.1% 82.6% 62 / 71 87.3% 82.6%

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 Flyweight: 46 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 Barber L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 709 / 1838 38.6% 38.8% 280 / 784 35.7% 38.8%
In the clinch 76 / 114 66.7% 74.1% 107 / 140 76.4% 74.1%
On the ground 46 / 61 75.4% 73.4% 17 / 27 63.0% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 598 / 1692 35.3% 35.3% 224 / 699 32.0% 35.3%
To the body 145 / 210 69.0% 69.0% 109 / 157 69.4% 69.0%
To the legs 88 / 111 79.3% 78.7% 71 / 95 74.7% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

635.3% acc · 0.40/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
1546.9% acc · 1.51/15 · norm 1.02
4054.8% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1348.1% def · norm 58.95%
21:159.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
33:5822.7% of cage time · norm 19.15%
54:073:37 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
47:044:43 per 15 · norm 3:03
100.67/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.10/15 · norm 0.32

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

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