Cortney Casey vs.
Mara Romero Borella
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.
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
Mara Romero Borella
Full career not yet synced for Mara Romero Borella — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 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)
Cortney Casey
Distance 87.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 5.0%)
Mara Romero Borella
Distance 91.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.5% (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%)
Mara Romero Borella
Head 80.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 4.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 14.5% (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/A | Acc | Women's Strawweight med | Borella L/A | Acc | Women's Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 640 / 1832 | 34.9% | 38.3% | 137 / 402 | 34.1% | 39.9% |
| In the clinch | 95 / 142 | 66.9% | 72.6% | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 81 / 111 | 73.0% | 75.0% | 17 / 20 | too few to rate | 74.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 558 / 1722 | 32.4% | 35.4% | 100 / 355 | 28.2% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 87 / 150 | 58.0% | 69.3% | 14 / 21 | too few to rate | 69.5% |
| To the legs | 171 / 213 | 80.3% | 77.9% | 53 / 64 | 82.8% | 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/A | Opp acc | Women's Strawweight med | vs Borella L/A | Opp acc | Women's Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 607 / 1453 | 41.8% | 39.7% | 125 / 517 | 24.2% | 38.8% |
| In the clinch | 78 / 126 | 61.9% | 71.5% | 22 / 30 | 73.3% | 74.1% |
| On the ground | 76 / 118 | 64.4% | 74.4% | 16 / 18 | too few to rate | 73.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 459 / 1290 | 35.6% | 36.0% | 94 / 465 | 20.2% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 144 / 218 | 66.1% | 68.4% | 44 / 68 | 64.7% | 69.0% |
| To the legs | 158 / 189 | 83.6% | 79.1% | 25 / 32 | 78.1% | 78.7% |
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 — Casey has more cage time on record.