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Alexa Grasso vs. Randa Markos

UFC 10-5-1 vs. 7-10-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-5-1
UFC record
7-10-1
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
33
AgeΔ 8 yrs
41
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
66"
ReachΔ 3"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 58.7 mo
59.9
WWLLD
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alexa Grasso is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Alexa Grasso carries real power — 0.19 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.
Randa Markos owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 19% 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: 7-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Randa Markos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 710
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.5 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10014.19/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
6742.97/min · norm 3.77
9033.78/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7043.10/min · norm 4.00
41.1%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 44.5%
59.7%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
58.7%norm 54.4%
30.19/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Alexa Grasso

Distance 89.9% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 4.5%)

Randa Markos

Distance 78.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 9.6% (norm 5.0%)

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

Alexa Grasso

Head 77.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 11.2% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 7.6%)

Randa Markos

Head 86.4% (norm 76.6%) · Body 6.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 7.0% (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 Markos L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 819 / 2191 37.4% 40.3% 410 / 1205 34.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 150 / 202 74.3% 73.9% 143 / 191 74.9% 72.6%
On the ground 32 / 43 74.4% 74.4% 121 / 148 81.8% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 633 / 1886 33.6% 36.0% 513 / 1334 38.5% 35.4%
To the body 179 / 272 65.8% 69.5% 76 / 102 74.5% 69.3%
To the legs 189 / 278 68.0% 82.3% 85 / 108 78.7% 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: 47 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 Markos L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 779 / 2061 37.8% 39.0% 472 / 1399 33.7% 39.7%
In the clinch 78 / 117 66.7% 73.8% 102 / 142 71.8% 71.2%
On the ground 46 / 61 75.4% 73.4% 130 / 164 79.3% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 649 / 1888 34.4% 35.0% 463 / 1379 33.6% 36.0%
To the body 164 / 236 69.5% 69.0% 113 / 165 68.5% 68.7%
To the legs 90 / 115 78.3% 78.7% 128 / 161 79.5% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
635.3% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
1728.8% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.10
4054.8% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
3052.6% def · norm 64.1%
22:129.3% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
58:5125.9% of cage time · norm 19.0%
54:093:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
57:133:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
100.63/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
30.20/15 · norm 0.29

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