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Alexis Davis vs.
Sarah Kaufman

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
1-2-0 (1 NC) Sarah Kaufman · 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
1-2-0 (1 NC)
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
41.8
AgeΔ 0.9 yrs
40.9
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
54
Layoff (months)Δ 73.6 mo
127.6
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWNC
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.
Sarah Kaufman outworks the Women's Bantamweight division — 7.17 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.56 norm.
Alexis Davis's takedown defense leaks — 27% stopped, vs a 62% 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

Sarah Kaufman

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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
3817.17/min · norm 3.56
7464.12/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
2103.95/min · norm 3.51
47.4%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 46.65%
55.1%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
64.7%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%)

Sarah Kaufman

Distance 72.6% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 24.4% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 3.0% (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%)

Sarah Kaufman

Head 72.0% (norm 75.2%) · Body 12.9% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 15.0% (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 Kaufman L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 566 / 1326 42.7% 38.3% 216 / 550 39.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 91 / 138 65.9% 73.3% 143 / 185 77.3% 73.3%
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% 70.0% 76 / 98 77.6% 70.0%
To the legs 240 / 289 83.0% 80.9% 95 / 114 83.3% 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 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% 74.7% 73 / 111 65.8% 74.7%
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% 38.1% 128 / 488 26.2% 38.1%
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

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
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 26.55%
Control time
10:0919.1% of cage time · norm 26.55%
24:362:02 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
10:393:00 per 15 · norm 3:19
90.74/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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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