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Ashley Yoder vs.
Emily Ducote

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
2-3-0 Emily Ducote · 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
2-3-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
38.8
AgeΔ 6.2 yrs
32.6
5'7"
HeightΔ 5"
5'2"
69"
ReachΔ 6"
63"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
33.7
Layoff (months)Δ 7.1 mo
26.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Emily Ducote absorbs 7.84 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.
Emily Ducote outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 7.45 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 norm.
Ashley Yoder is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 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

Emily Ducote

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 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
5597.45/min · norm 3.77
6814.13/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
5887.84/min · norm 3.94
39.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
52.1%norm 44.5%
47.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
57.9%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%)

Emily Ducote

Distance 97.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.3% (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%)

Emily Ducote

Head 71.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 13.8% (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 Ducote L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 423 / 1252 33.8% 38.3% 540 / 1046 51.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 48 / 69 69.6% 72.6% 16 / 23 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 93 / 119 78.2% 75.0% 3 / 3 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 364 / 1135 32.1% 35.4% 316 / 769 41.1% 35.4%
To the body 136 / 216 63.0% 69.3% 114 / 155 73.5% 69.3%
To the legs 64 / 89 71.9% 77.9% 129 / 148 87.2% 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 Ducote L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 503 / 1067 47.1% 39.7% 505 / 1306 38.7% 39.7%
In the clinch 131 / 157 83.4% 71.5% 83 / 91 91.2% 71.5%
On the ground 47 / 62 75.8% 74.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 354 / 862 41.1% 36.0% 373 / 1128 33.1% 36.0%
To the body 159 / 231 68.8% 68.4% 161 / 207 77.8% 68.4%
To the legs 168 / 193 87.0% 79.1% 54 / 62 87.1% 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
114.3% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 1.10
1666.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1694.1% def · norm 64.1%
43:3326.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
1:001.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
33:023:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
0:220:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.55/15 · 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 — Yoder has more cage time on record.

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