Cortney Casey vs. Joanne Wood

UFC 6-9-0 vs. 9-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-9-0
UFC record
9-8-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
39
AgeΔ 1 yrs
40
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
67"
ReachΔ 2"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
48.9
Layoff (months)Δ 20 mo
28.9
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joanne Wood carries real power — 0.24 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Joanne Wood outworks the Women's Flyweight division — 7.10 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.91 norm.
Cortney Casey rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Cortney Casey

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 69
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

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

Joanne Wood

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8164.29/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
13297.10/min · norm 3.91
7614.00/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
9154.89/min · norm 3.81
39.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 44.9%
55.2%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
51.5%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
30.24/15 · norm 0.09

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%)

Joanne Wood

Distance 85.1% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 4.9%)

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%)

Joanne Wood

Head 59.9% (norm 78.1%) · Body 18.4% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 21.6% (norm 7.7%)

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 Wood L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 640 / 1832 34.9% 38.3% 1046 / 2196 47.6% 39.9%
In the clinch 95 / 142 66.9% 72.6% 224 / 292 76.7% 73.3%
On the ground 81 / 111 73.0% 75.0% 59 / 94 62.8% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 558 / 1722 32.4% 35.4% 581 / 1547 37.6% 34.9%
To the body 87 / 150 58.0% 69.3% 323 / 476 67.9% 69.5%
To the legs 171 / 213 80.3% 77.9% 425 / 559 76.0% 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 Strawweight: 63 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 Casey L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Wood L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 607 / 1453 41.8% 39.7% 691 / 1596 43.3% 38.8%
In the clinch 78 / 126 61.9% 71.5% 152 / 197 77.2% 74.1%
On the ground 76 / 118 64.4% 74.4% 72 / 93 77.4% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 459 / 1290 35.6% 36.0% 554 / 1394 39.7% 35.3%
To the body 144 / 218 66.1% 68.4% 255 / 334 76.3% 69.0%
To the legs 158 / 189 83.6% 79.1% 106 / 158 67.1% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
531.3% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1955.9% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.02
1939.6% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2058.8% def · norm 58.95%
11:015.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
35:0018.7% of cage time · norm 19.15%
59:424:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
38:413:06 per 15 · norm 3:03
60.47/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
40.32/15 · norm 0.32

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