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Alexis Davis vs. Sarah Kaufman

UFC 8-6-0 vs. 1-2-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-6-0
UFC record
1-2-0 (1 NC)
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
42
AgeΔ 1 yrs
41
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
56.4
Layoff (months)Δ 73.6 mo
130
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWNC

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alexis Davis is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.36 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Sarah Kaufman outworks the Women's Bantamweight division — 7.17 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.60 norm.
Alexis Davis's takedown defense leaks — 27% stopped, vs a 62% Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alexis Davis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 3 — regional circuit 135

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

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

Sarah Kaufman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 202

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7544.16/min · norm 3.60
Sig. strikes landed
3817.17/min · norm 3.60
7464.12/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2103.95/min · norm 3.51
47.4%norm 46.5%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 46.5%
55.1%norm 52.8%
Striking defense
64.7%norm 52.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.07
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.07

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

Alexis Davis

Distance 83.3% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 7.3%)

Sarah Kaufman

Distance 72.6% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 24.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 7.3%)

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

Alexis Davis

Head 69.6% (norm 75.5%) · Body 12.3% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 18.2% (norm 8.7%)

Sarah Kaufman

Head 72.0% (norm 75.5%) · Body 12.9% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 8.7%)

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 Kaufman L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 566 / 1326 42.7% 38.5% 216 / 550 39.3% 38.5%
In the clinch 91 / 138 65.9% 74.3% 143 / 185 77.3% 74.3%
On the ground 97 / 127 76.4% 70.8% 22 / 23 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 379 / 1107 34.2% 37.7% 210 / 546 38.5% 37.7%
To the body 135 / 195 69.2% 71.1% 76 / 98 77.6% 71.1%
To the legs 240 / 289 83.0% 80.8% 95 / 114 83.3% 80.8%

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: 41 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 41 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 Kaufman L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 621 / 1505 41.3% 41.3% 133 / 479 27.8% 41.3%
In the clinch 60 / 85 70.6% 75.0% 73 / 111 65.8% 75.0%
On the ground 65 / 71 91.5% 74.2% 4 / 5 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 550 / 1404 39.2% 37.7% 128 / 488 26.2% 37.7%
To the body 115 / 154 74.7% 73.2% 39 / 59 66.1% 73.2%
To the legs 81 / 103 78.6% 80.9% 43 / 48 89.6% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1246.2% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 0.91
627.3% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1270.6% def · norm 62.5%
57:4831.9% of cage time · norm 26.3%
Control time
10:0919.1% of cage time · norm 26.3%
24:362:02 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control lower is better
10:393:00 per 15 · norm 3:19
90.74/15 · norm 0.36
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.36

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