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Danielle Taylor vs. JJ Aldrich

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 11-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
11-7-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
36
AgeΔ 2 yrs
34
5'0"
HeightΔ 5"
5'5"
60"
ReachΔ 7"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
98.5
Layoff (months)Δ 97.3 mo
1.2
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Danielle Taylor rarely shoots — 0.20 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Danielle Taylor defends head shots well — opponents land just 21%, vs a 36% Women's Strawweight norm.
JJ Aldrich rarely shoots — 0.66 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Danielle Taylor

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 96

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.18 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

JJ Aldrich

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2062.75/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
9853.93/min · norm 3.93
2483.31/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10994.39/min · norm 3.84
29.5%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
46.5%norm 45.5%
71.7%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 56.1%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.10

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

Danielle Taylor

Distance 97.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.1% (norm 5.0%)

JJ Aldrich

Distance 87.4% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 4.5%)

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

Danielle Taylor

Head 83.8% (norm 76.6%) · Body 7.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 9.1%)

JJ Aldrich

Head 87.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 8.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Taylor L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Aldrich L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 195 / 680 28.7% 38.3% 787 / 1850 42.5% 40.3%
In the clinch 10 / 18 too few to rate 72.6% 119 / 159 74.8% 73.9%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 75.0% 79 / 108 73.1% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 130 / 586 22.2% 35.4% 785 / 1859 42.2% 36.0%
To the body 32 / 53 60.4% 69.3% 132 / 175 75.4% 69.5%
To the legs 44 / 60 73.3% 77.9% 68 / 83 81.9% 82.3%

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: 47 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 Taylor L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Aldrich L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 222 / 840 26.4% 39.7% 910 / 2611 34.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 24 / 33 72.7% 71.2% 173 / 242 71.5% 73.8%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 74.4% 16 / 20 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 152 / 711 21.4% 36.0% 573 / 2121 27.0% 35.0%
To the body 58 / 96 60.4% 68.7% 294 / 454 64.8% 69.0%
To the legs 38 / 69 55.1% 79.1% 232 / 298 77.9% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
120.0% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1123.4% acc · 0.66/15 · norm 0.94
770.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2767.5% def · norm 61.1%
0:010.0% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
39:4115.8% of cage time · norm 18.7%
3:160:39 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
16:390:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.20/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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