Angela Hill vs. Yan Xiaonan

UFC 14-16-0 vs. 9-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-16-0
UFC record
9-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
41
AgeΔ 4 yrs
37
5'3"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
64"
ReachΔ 1"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.3
Layoff (months)Δ 13.5 mo
15.8
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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

Yan Xiaonan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

23645.46/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
9164.69/min · norm 3.77
21645.00/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
6313.23/min · norm 3.94
50.7%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 44.5%
60.5%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
60.3%norm 54.4%
30.10/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
20.15/15 · 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%)

Yan Xiaonan

Distance 91.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.2% (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%)

Yan Xiaonan

Head 78.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 8.7% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 12.7% (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 Xiaonan L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1742 / 3848 45.3% 38.3% 793 / 1862 42.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 543 / 694 78.2% 72.6% 69 / 103 67.0% 72.6%
On the ground 79 / 121 65.3% 75.0% 54 / 65 83.1% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 1414 / 3397 41.6% 35.4% 599 / 1596 37.5% 35.4%
To the body 763 / 1048 72.8% 69.3% 121 / 177 68.4% 69.3%
To the legs 187 / 218 85.8% 77.9% 196 / 257 76.3% 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 Xiaonan L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1733 / 4818 36.0% 39.7% 461 / 1367 33.7% 39.7%
In the clinch 312 / 502 62.2% 71.5% 55 / 86 64.0% 71.5%
On the ground 119 / 153 77.8% 74.4% 115 / 135 85.2% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1361 / 4305 31.6% 36.0% 445 / 1307 34.0% 36.0%
To the body 500 / 797 62.7% 68.4% 113 / 173 65.3% 68.4%
To the legs 303 / 371 81.7% 79.1% 73 / 108 67.6% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2230.1% acc · 0.76/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1173.3% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.10
10172.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
3764.9% def · norm 64.1%
62:1014.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
15:518.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
80:062:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
57:274:24 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.17/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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.