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Andrea Lee vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith

UFC 5-9-0 vs. 3-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-9-0
UFC record
3-6-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
19.6
Layoff (months)Δ 19.6 mo
39.2
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Last 5 (newest first)
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The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Andrea Lee is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Andrea Lee hunts takedowns — 1.65 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.
Ashlee Evans-Smith is wasteful with head shots — only 23% land, vs a 38% Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Andrea Lee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 59
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Ashlee Evans-Smith

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 36
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.46 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9244.62/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
4464.03/min · norm 3.60
7823.91/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5084.59/min · norm 3.51
45.5%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
34.1%norm 46.5%
61.5%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
53.9%norm 52.8%
10.08/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.07

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

Andrea Lee

Distance 89.4% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 4.5%)

Ashlee Evans-Smith

Distance 85.8% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.0% (norm 7.3%)

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

Andrea Lee

Head 65.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 22.1% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 7.6%)

Ashlee Evans-Smith

Head 75.9% (norm 75.5%) · Body 16.3% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lee L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Evans-Smith L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 758 / 1817 41.7% 40.3% 309 / 1123 27.5% 38.5%
In the clinch 100 / 125 80.0% 73.9% 98 / 134 73.1% 74.3%
On the ground 66 / 90 73.3% 74.4% 39 / 52 75.0% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 414 / 1332 31.1% 36.0% 229 / 993 23.1% 37.7%
To the body 309 / 450 68.7% 69.5% 135 / 213 63.4% 71.1%
To the legs 201 / 250 80.4% 82.3% 82 / 103 79.6% 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 Flyweight: 47 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 Lee L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Evans-Smith L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 704 / 1906 36.9% 39.0% 376 / 904 41.6% 41.3%
In the clinch 54 / 83 65.1% 73.8% 78 / 120 65.0% 75.0%
On the ground 24 / 40 60.0% 73.4% 54 / 77 70.1% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 486 / 1574 30.9% 35.0% 319 / 871 36.6% 37.7%
To the body 156 / 294 53.1% 69.0% 95 / 125 76.0% 73.2%
To the legs 140 / 161 87.0% 78.7% 94 / 105 89.5% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2252.4% acc · 1.65/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
722.6% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 0.91
3553.8% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
1550.0% def · norm 62.5%
30:2715.2% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
13:3012.2% of cage time · norm 26.3%
38:252:52 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
24:463:21 per 15 · norm 3:19
80.60/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.36

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