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Alexis Davis vs.
Pannie Kianzad

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

8-6-0 Alexis Davis · UFC
5-6-0 Pannie Kianzad · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-6-0
UFC record
5-6-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
41
AgeΔ 7 yrs
34
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
54
Layoff (months)Δ 30.1 mo
23.9
WLWLL
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.

Alexis Davis is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Alexis Davis's takedown defense leaks — 27% stopped, vs a 62% Women's Bantamweight norm.
Pannie Kianzad rarely shoots — 0.41 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 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.

Alexis Davis

Full career not yet synced for Alexis Davis — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Pannie Kianzad

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7544.16/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
7134.88/min · norm 3.56
7464.12/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
5984.09/min · norm 3.51
47.4%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
49.2%norm 46.65%
55.1%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Alexis Davis

Distance 83.3% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 7.5%)

Pannie Kianzad

Distance 86.7% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 11.6% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 1.7% (norm 7.5%)

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

Alexis Davis

Head 69.6% (norm 75.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 18.2% (norm 8.8%)

Pannie Kianzad

Head 81.0% (norm 75.2%) · Body 13.7% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Davis L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Kianzad L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 566 / 1326 42.7% 38.3% 576 / 1256 45.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 91 / 138 65.9% 73.3% 123 / 168 73.2% 73.3%
On the ground 97 / 127 76.4% 70.8% 14 / 24 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 379 / 1107 34.2% 37.7% 498 / 1173 42.5% 37.7%
To the body 135 / 195 69.2% 70.0% 141 / 198 71.2% 70.0%
To the legs 240 / 289 83.0% 80.9% 74 / 77 96.1% 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 Davis L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Kianzad L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 621 / 1505 41.3% 41.3% 479 / 1064 45.0% 41.3%
In the clinch 60 / 85 70.6% 74.7% 96 / 136 70.6% 74.7%
On the ground 65 / 71 91.5% 74.2% 23 / 31 74.2% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 550 / 1404 39.2% 38.1% 398 / 968 41.1% 38.1%
To the body 115 / 154 74.7% 73.2% 95 / 135 70.4% 73.2%
To the legs 81 / 103 78.6% 80.9% 105 / 128 82.0% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1246.2% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 0.41/15 · norm 0.91
627.3% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2165.6% def · norm 62.5%
57:4831.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
19:1713.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
24:362:02 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
46:354:46 per 15 · norm 3:19
90.74/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
10.10/15 · norm 0.34

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

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