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Eduarda Moura vs.
Veronica Hardy

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

3-2-0 Eduarda Moura · UFC
5-5-0 Veronica Hardy · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-2-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
32.4
AgeΔ 1.6 yrs
30.8
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'4"
67"
ReachΔ 3"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
5.9
Layoff (months)Δ 4.2 mo
10.1
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW
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.

Eduarda Moura hunts takedowns — 3.57 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Eduarda Moura owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Flyweight norm.
Veronica Hardy carries real power — 0.12 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight 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.

Eduarda Moura

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Veronica Hardy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1772.63/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
3903.06/min · norm 3.91
1782.65/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
4133.24/min · norm 3.81
37.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 44.9%
58.5%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.09

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

Eduarda Moura

Distance 81.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 4.9%)

Veronica Hardy

Distance 83.5% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 4.9%)

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

Eduarda Moura

Head 93.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 3.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 7.7%)

Veronica Hardy

Head 78.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Moura L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Hardy L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 111 / 382 29.1% 39.9% 293 / 708 41.4% 39.9%
In the clinch 9 / 12 too few to rate 73.3% 48 / 73 65.8% 73.3%
On the ground 57 / 75 76.0% 74.7% 49 / 67 73.1% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 440 34.8% 34.9% 255 / 662 38.5% 34.9%
To the body 11 / 15 too few to rate 69.5% 71 / 111 64.0% 69.5%
To the legs 13 / 14 too few to rate 82.6% 64 / 75 85.3% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Moura L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Hardy L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 132 / 365 36.2% 38.8% 233 / 590 39.5% 38.8%
In the clinch 31 / 42 73.8% 74.1% 105 / 126 83.3% 74.1%
On the ground 15 / 22 too few to rate 73.4% 75 / 115 65.2% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 89 / 305 29.2% 35.3% 244 / 597 40.9% 35.3%
To the body 53 / 78 67.9% 69.0% 130 / 172 75.6% 69.0%
To the legs 36 / 46 78.3% 78.7% 39 / 62 62.9% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1633.3% acc · 3.57/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
741.2% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 1.02
880.0% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1651.6% def · norm 58.95%
27:5441.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
17:2313.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
6:361:28 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
40:124:44 per 15 · norm 3:03
10.22/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
30.35/15 · norm 0.32

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

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