Chelsea Chandler vs.
Joselyne Edwards
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Chelsea Chandler
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.82 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 11 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Joselyne Edwards
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 4 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 0 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Chelsea Chandler
Distance 74.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 7.5%)
Joselyne Edwards
Distance 89.9% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 7.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Chelsea Chandler
Head 81.1% (norm 75.2%) · Body 17.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.8%)
Joselyne Edwards
Head 51.0% (norm 75.2%) · Body 28.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 21.1% (norm 8.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Chandler L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med | Edwards L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 120 / 324 | 37.0% | 38.3% | 637 / 1266 | 50.3% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 41 / 60 | 68.3% | 73.3% | 54 / 75 | 72.0% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 34 / 49 | 69.4% | 70.8% | 57 / 68 | 83.8% | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 137 / 351 | 39.0% | 37.7% | 287 / 718 | 40.0% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 52 / 75 | 69.3% | 70.0% | 240 / 394 | 60.9% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 80.9% | 221 / 297 | 74.4% | 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 Chandler L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med | vs Edwards L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 174 / 322 | 54.0% | 41.3% | 368 / 841 | 43.8% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 51 / 58 | 87.9% | 74.7% | 113 / 152 | 74.3% | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 12 / 18 | too few to rate | 74.2% | 47 / 63 | 74.6% | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 122 / 254 | 48.0% | 38.1% | 252 / 689 | 36.6% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 65 / 91 | 71.4% | 73.2% | 145 / 198 | 73.2% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 50 / 53 | 94.3% | 80.9% | 131 / 169 | 77.5% | 80.9% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Edwards has more cage time on record.