Angela Hill vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez

UFC 14-16-0 vs. 6-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-16-0
UFC record
6-9-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
41
AgeΔ 1 yrs
40
5'3"
HeightΔ 0"
5'3"
64"
ReachΔ 2"
62"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.3
Layoff (months)Δ 23 mo
25.3
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Michelle Waterson-Gomez is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Angela Hill outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 5.46 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 norm.
Angela Hill rarely shoots — 0.76 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Angela Hill

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1416
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 69
Tier 3 — regional circuit 124

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.47 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

23645.46/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
7803.57/min · norm 3.77
21645.00/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
9914.54/min · norm 3.94
50.7%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
45.8%norm 44.5%
60.5%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
48.0%norm 54.4%
30.10/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Angela Hill

Distance 82.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 5.0%)

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Distance 83.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 5.0%)

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

Angela Hill

Head 72.9% (norm 76.4%) · Body 22.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 9.1%)

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Head 64.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 19.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 16.2% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hill L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Waterson-Gomez L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1742 / 3848 45.3% 38.3% 546 / 1413 38.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 543 / 694 78.2% 72.6% 146 / 179 81.6% 72.6%
On the ground 79 / 121 65.3% 75.0% 88 / 111 79.3% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 1414 / 3397 41.6% 35.4% 366 / 1097 33.4% 35.4%
To the body 763 / 1048 72.8% 69.3% 222 / 330 67.3% 69.3%
To the legs 187 / 218 85.8% 77.9% 192 / 276 69.6% 77.9%

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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Hill L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Waterson-Gomez L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1733 / 4818 36.0% 39.7% 619 / 1447 42.8% 39.7%
In the clinch 312 / 502 62.2% 71.5% 239 / 302 79.1% 71.5%
On the ground 119 / 153 77.8% 74.4% 133 / 156 85.3% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1361 / 4305 31.6% 36.0% 536 / 1292 41.5% 36.0%
To the body 500 / 797 62.7% 68.4% 263 / 362 72.7% 68.4%
To the legs 303 / 371 81.7% 79.1% 192 / 251 76.5% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2230.1% acc · 0.76/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1930.2% acc · 1.31/15 · norm 1.10
10172.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2670.3% def · norm 64.1%
62:1014.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
39:4718.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
80:062:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
50:313:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.17/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
80.55/15 · norm 0.29

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