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Ashley Yoder vs.
Amanda Cooper

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

3-8-0 Ashley Yoder · UFC
2-4-0 Amanda Cooper · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-8-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
38
AgeΔ 4 yrs
34
5'7"
HeightΔ 4"
5'3"
69"
ReachΔ 5"
64"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
33.7
Layoff (months)Δ 59.1 mo
92.8
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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 Cooper is a submission threat — 1.83 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Ashley Yoder is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Amanda Cooper owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight 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.

Ashley Yoder

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Amanda Cooper

Full career not yet synced for Amanda Cooper — 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 -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5643.42/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1743.55/min · norm 3.77
6814.13/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
1573.20/min · norm 3.94
39.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
44.2%norm 44.5%
47.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
52.0%norm 54.4%
10.09/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Ashley Yoder

Distance 86.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 5.0%)

Amanda Cooper

Distance 80.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 16.8% (norm 5.0%)

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

Ashley Yoder

Head 78.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 9.1%)

Amanda Cooper

Head 87.3% (norm 76.4%) · Body 7.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yoder L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Cooper L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 423 / 1252 33.8% 38.3% 112 / 318 35.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 48 / 69 69.6% 72.6% 7 / 10 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 93 / 119 78.2% 75.0% 55 / 66 83.3% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 364 / 1135 32.1% 35.4% 134 / 344 39.0% 35.4%
To the body 136 / 216 63.0% 69.3% 23 / 31 74.2% 69.3%
To the legs 64 / 89 71.9% 77.9% 17 / 19 too few to rate 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 Yoder L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Cooper L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 503 / 1067 47.1% 39.7% 107 / 265 40.4% 39.7%
In the clinch 131 / 157 83.4% 71.5% 9 / 10 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 47 / 62 75.8% 74.4% 41 / 52 78.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 354 / 862 41.1% 36.0% 106 / 265 40.0% 36.0%
To the body 159 / 231 68.8% 68.4% 33 / 40 82.5% 68.4%
To the legs 168 / 193 87.0% 79.1% 18 / 22 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1227.9% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
538.5% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.10
1666.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
228.6% def · norm 64.1%
43:3326.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
17:0034.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
33:023:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
10:313:12 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.55/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
61.83/15 · norm 0.29

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

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