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Cortney Casey vs.
Cristina Stanciu

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

6-9-0 Cortney Casey · UFC
0-2-0 Cristina Stanciu · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-9-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
39.3
AgeΔ 6.9 yrs
32.4
5'7"
HeightΔ 4"
5'3"
67"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
48.9
Layoff (months)Δ 71.9 mo
120.8
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Cristina Stanciu is a submission threat — 1.70 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Cortney Casey rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Cortney Casey is a submission threat — 0.47 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.

Cortney Casey

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

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Cristina Stanciu

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8164.29/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
442.50/min · norm 3.77
7614.00/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
543.07/min · norm 3.94
39.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 44.5%
55.2%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
52.2%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Cortney Casey

Distance 87.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 5.0%)

Cristina Stanciu

Distance 84.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 5.0%)

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

Cortney Casey

Head 82.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 7.2% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 9.1%)

Cristina Stanciu

Head 61.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 23.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.8% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Casey L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Stanciu L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 640 / 1832 34.9% 38.3% 34 / 74 45.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 95 / 142 66.9% 72.6% 2 / 5 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 81 / 111 73.0% 75.0% 8 / 9 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 558 / 1722 32.4% 35.4% 17 / 54 31.5% 35.4%
To the body 87 / 150 58.0% 69.3% 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.3%
To the legs 171 / 213 80.3% 77.9% 12 / 13 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 Casey L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Stanciu L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 607 / 1453 41.8% 39.7% 25 / 81 30.9% 39.7%
In the clinch 78 / 126 61.9% 71.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 76 / 118 64.4% 74.4% 29 / 32 90.6% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 459 / 1290 35.6% 36.0% 36 / 88 40.9% 36.0%
To the body 144 / 218 66.1% 68.4% 16 / 21 too few to rate 68.4%
To the legs 158 / 189 83.6% 79.1% 2 / 4 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.

531.3% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.10
1939.6% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
240.0% def · norm 64.1%
11:015.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
3:1818.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
59:424:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
5:154:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.47/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
21.70/15 · norm 0.29

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

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