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Cory McKenna vs.
Miranda Granger

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

3-3-0 Cory McKenna · UFC
1-3-0 Miranda Granger · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
27
AgeΔ 7 yrs
34
5'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'7"
58"
ReachΔ 10"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.8
Layoff (months)Δ 26.2 mo
48
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW
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.

Cory McKenna owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Cory McKenna hunts takedowns — 2.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Miranda Granger rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 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.

Cory McKenna

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Miranda Granger

Full career not yet synced for Miranda Granger — 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

1962.90/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1112.79/min · norm 3.77
2804.14/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
1022.56/min · norm 3.94
36.6%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 44.5%
44.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
57.9%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)

Cory McKenna

Distance 92.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 5.0%)

Miranda Granger

Distance 80.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 1.7% (norm 5.0%)

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

Cory McKenna

Head 92.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 3.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 9.1%)

Miranda Granger

Head 66.1% (norm 76.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 23.7% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone McKenna L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Granger L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 165 / 494 33.4% 38.3% 77 / 189 40.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 18 / 25 72.0% 72.6% 30 / 43 69.8% 72.6%
On the ground 13 / 16 too few to rate 75.0% 4 / 4 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 168 / 496 33.9% 35.4% 56 / 156 35.9% 35.4%
To the body 13 / 21 too few to rate 69.3% 19 / 24 too few to rate 69.3%
To the legs 15 / 18 too few to rate 77.9% 36 / 56 64.3% 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 McKenna L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Granger L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 214 / 427 50.1% 39.7% 70 / 196 35.7% 39.7%
In the clinch 51 / 62 82.3% 71.5% 15 / 24 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 15 / 19 too few to rate 74.4% 17 / 22 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 157 / 362 43.4% 36.0% 51 / 159 32.1% 36.0%
To the body 69 / 81 85.2% 68.4% 26 / 42 61.9% 68.4%
To the legs 54 / 65 83.1% 79.1% 25 / 41 61.0% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1045.5% acc · 2.22/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.10
466.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
333.3% def · norm 64.1%
27:2840.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
3:328.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
9:052:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
16:506:20 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.44/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

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