Bea Malecki vs. Veronica Hardy

UFC 2-1-0 vs. 5-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-1-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
34
AgeΔ 4 yrs
30
5'9"
HeightΔ 5"
5'4"
74"
ReachΔ 10"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
59.5
Layoff (months)Δ 49.4 mo
10.1
LWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Bea Malecki is a submission threat — 1.12 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Bea Malecki rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Veronica Hardy carries real power — 0.12 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Bea Malecki

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.35 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 5 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Veronica Hardy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1846.84/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
3903.06/min · norm 3.91
1876.96/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
4133.24/min · norm 3.81
46.0%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 44.9%
62.1%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.09

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

Bea Malecki

Distance 91.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 7.5%)

Veronica Hardy

Distance 83.5% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 4.9%)

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

Bea Malecki

Head 76.8% (norm 75.2%) · Body 18.8% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.8%)

Veronica Hardy

Head 78.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Malecki L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Hardy L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 160 / 365 43.8% 38.3% 293 / 708 41.4% 39.9%
In the clinch 11 / 13 too few to rate 73.3% 48 / 73 65.8% 73.3%
On the ground 13 / 22 too few to rate 70.8% 49 / 67 73.1% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 117 / 307 38.1% 37.7% 255 / 662 38.5% 34.9%
To the body 51 / 75 68.0% 70.0% 71 / 111 64.0% 69.5%
To the legs 16 / 18 too few to rate 80.9% 64 / 75 85.3% 82.6%

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 Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 46 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 Malecki L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Hardy L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 175 / 466 37.6% 41.3% 233 / 590 39.5% 38.8%
In the clinch 10 / 25 40.0% 74.7% 105 / 126 83.3% 74.1%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 74.2% 75 / 115 65.2% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 129 / 392 32.9% 38.1% 244 / 597 40.9% 35.3%
To the body 31 / 66 47.0% 73.2% 130 / 172 75.6% 69.0%
To the legs 27 / 35 77.1% 80.9% 39 / 62 62.9% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
741.2% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 1.02
1178.6% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1651.6% def · norm 58.95%
4:3216.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
17:2313.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
2:531:36 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
40:124:44 per 15 · norm 3:03
21.12/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
30.35/15 · norm 0.32

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