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Cat Zingano vs.
Marion Reneau

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

3-4-0 Cat Zingano · UFC
5-7-1 Marion Reneau · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
5-7-1
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
44.1
AgeΔ 5 yrs
49.1
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
91.2
Layoff (months)Δ 30.6 mo
60.6
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL
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.

Cat Zingano hunts takedowns — 2.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Cat Zingano is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Marion Reneau is a submission threat — 0.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight 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.

Cat Zingano

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

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Marion Reneau

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1812.57/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
5463.20/min · norm 3.56
1151.63/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
5993.52/min · norm 3.51
61.4%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 46.65%
47.5%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
59.9%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Cat Zingano

Distance 46.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 18.0% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 35.3% (norm 7.5%)

Marion Reneau

Distance 78.3% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 7.5%)

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

Cat Zingano

Head 67.8% (norm 75.2%) · Body 20.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 8.8%)

Marion Reneau

Head 81.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 12.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Zingano L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Reneau L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 138 47.8% 38.3% 359 / 1026 35.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 44 / 53 83.0% 73.3% 106 / 157 67.5% 73.3%
On the ground 71 / 104 68.3% 70.8% 81 / 128 63.3% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 107 / 200 53.5% 37.7% 366 / 1065 34.4% 37.7%
To the body 46 / 60 76.7% 70.0% 112 / 162 69.1% 70.0%
To the legs 28 / 35 80.0% 80.9% 68 / 84 81.0% 80.9%

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 Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Zingano L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Reneau L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 46 / 124 37.1% 41.3% 421 / 1249 33.7% 41.3%
In the clinch 20 / 29 69.0% 74.7% 125 / 149 83.9% 74.7%
On the ground 49 / 66 74.2% 74.2% 53 / 95 55.8% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 92 / 193 47.7% 38.1% 284 / 1051 27.0% 38.1%
To the body 17 / 20 too few to rate 73.2% 192 / 276 69.6% 73.2%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 80.9% 123 / 166 74.1% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1365.0% acc · 2.77/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
763.6% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 0.91
642.9% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2350.0% def · norm 62.5%
31:0344.0% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
20:0211.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
24:265:11 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
47:164:09 per 15 · norm 3:19
40.85/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
90.79/15 · norm 0.34

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

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