Elise Reed vs. Jessica Penne

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 3-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
3-6-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
33
AgeΔ 10 yrs
43
5'3"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
63"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
14.7
Layoff (months)Δ 6.9 mo
21.6
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jessica Penne absorbs 6.30 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.
Elise Reed rarely shoots — 0.46 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Opponents land 54% of their strikes at range on Jessica Penne, vs a 40% Women's Strawweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Elise Reed

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Jessica Penne

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 47
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3333.41/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
3262.99/min · norm 3.77
3183.26/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
6876.30/min · norm 3.94
53.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
34.1%norm 44.5%
51.7%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
43.7%norm 54.4%
10.15/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Elise Reed

Distance 90.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 7.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 5.0%)

Jessica Penne

Distance 89.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 7.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 5.0%)

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

Elise Reed

Head 69.0% (norm 76.4%) · Body 16.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.7% (norm 9.1%)

Jessica Penne

Head 77.9% (norm 76.4%) · Body 19.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Reed L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Penne L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 279 / 565 49.4% 38.3% 253 / 856 29.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 40 / 45 88.9% 72.6% 50 / 69 72.5% 72.6%
On the ground 14 / 16 too few to rate 75.0% 23 / 30 76.7% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 432 43.3% 35.4% 186 / 744 25.0% 35.4%
To the body 77 / 102 75.5% 69.3% 117 / 181 64.6% 69.3%
To the legs 69 / 92 75.0% 77.9% 23 / 30 76.7% 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 Reed L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Penne L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 498 40.8% 39.7% 564 / 1045 54.0% 39.7%
In the clinch 45 / 59 76.3% 71.5% 82 / 124 66.1% 71.5%
On the ground 70 / 102 68.6% 74.4% 41 / 51 80.4% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 197 / 495 39.8% 36.0% 436 / 919 47.4% 36.0%
To the body 63 / 97 64.9% 68.4% 108 / 135 80.0% 68.4%
To the legs 58 / 67 86.6% 79.1% 143 / 166 86.1% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
360.0% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
814.0% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.10
2653.1% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
847.1% def · norm 64.1%
8:178.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
20:4519.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
40:526:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:562:03 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.29

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