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Amanda Nunes vs.
Megan Anderson

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

16-2-0 Amanda Nunes · UFC
3-3-0 Megan Anderson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

16-2-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Featherweight
38.2
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
36.5
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
37.9
Layoff (months)Δ 27.1 mo
65
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

Amanda Nunes carries real power — 0.59 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Amanda Nunes hunts takedowns — 2.79 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Megan Anderson carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.17 Women's Featherweight 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.

Amanda Nunes

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

In the UFC: 13-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Megan Anderson

Full career not yet synced for Megan Anderson — 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 +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9284.54/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
511.76/min · norm 3.85
4992.44/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
973.35/min · norm 2.33
52.0%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
46.4%norm 51.0%
59.3%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
37.0%norm 64.3%
80.59/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.52/15 · norm 0.17

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

Amanda Nunes

Distance 73.4% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 23.8% (norm 7.5%)

Megan Anderson

Distance 73.6% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 13.6% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 11.9%)

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

Amanda Nunes

Head 74.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.1% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 8.8%)

Megan Anderson

Head 79.1% (norm 74.7%) · Body 20.0% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 0.9% (norm 9.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nunes L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Anderson L/AAccWomen's Featherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 639 / 1309 48.8% 38.3% 31 / 81 38.3% 47.3%
In the clinch 33 / 51 64.7% 73.3% 10 / 15 too few to rate 78.3%
On the ground 256 / 424 60.4% 70.8% 10 / 14 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 629 / 1337 47.0% 37.7% 35 / 87 40.2% 42.9%
To the body 124 / 198 62.6% 70.0% 15 / 22 too few to rate 79.1%
To the legs 175 / 249 70.3% 80.9% 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.0%

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 Featherweight: 3 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 Nunes L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Anderson L/AOpp accWomen's Featherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 397 / 1071 37.1% 41.3% 36 / 80 45.0% 32.4%
In the clinch 45 / 66 68.2% 74.7% 20 / 24 too few to rate 72.7%
On the ground 57 / 89 64.0% 74.2% 41 / 50 82.0% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 338 / 1001 33.8% 38.1% 58 / 101 57.4% 26.3%
To the body 73 / 109 67.0% 73.2% 16 / 24 too few to rate 60.3%
To the legs 88 / 116 75.9% 80.9% 23 / 29 79.3% 67.6%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3856.7% acc · 2.79/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 0.52/15 · norm 1.18
2681.3% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
753.8% def · norm 71.9%
69:5834.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
3:3912.6% of cage time · norm 24.0%
13:120:58 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
16:558:46 per 15 · norm 2:26
100.73/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
10.52/15 · norm 0.00

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

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