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Elise Reed vs. Melissa Martinez

UFC 4-6-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-6-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
33
AgeΔ 4 yrs
29
5'3"
HeightΔ 1"
5'2"
63"
ReachΔ 3"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 13.4 mo
15.3
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Melissa Martinez rarely shoots — 0.35 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Elise Reed rarely shoots — 0.41 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Melissa Martinez absorbs 5.21 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 4.00 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.

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: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Melissa Martinez

Full career not yet synced for Melissa Martinez — 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 -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3823.50/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1613.78/min · norm 3.77
4544.16/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2225.21/min · norm 4.00
52.3%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
47.1%norm 44.5%
48.2%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
53.3%norm 54.4%
10.14/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Elise Reed

Distance 90.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 5.0%)

Melissa Martinez

Distance 96.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 5.0%)

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

Elise Reed

Head 65.9% (norm 76.6%) · Body 18.2% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 15.9% (norm 9.1%)

Melissa Martinez

Head 63.5% (norm 76.6%) · Body 19.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 16.7% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Reed L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Martinez L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 323 / 662 48.8% 38.3% 153 / 330 46.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 45 / 52 86.5% 72.6% 6 / 9 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 14 / 16 too few to rate 75.0% 2 / 3 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 200 / 481 41.6% 35.4% 66 / 217 30.4% 35.4%
To the body 98 / 133 73.7% 69.3% 50 / 68 73.5% 69.3%
To the legs 84 / 116 72.4% 77.9% 45 / 57 78.9% 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 Martinez L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 317 / 689 46.0% 39.7% 186 / 433 43.0% 39.7%
In the clinch 67 / 85 78.8% 71.2% 25 / 29 86.2% 71.2%
On the ground 70 / 102 68.6% 74.4% 11 / 13 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 281 / 653 43.0% 36.0% 131 / 355 36.9% 36.0%
To the body 92 / 129 71.3% 68.7% 58 / 75 77.3% 68.7%
To the legs 81 / 94 86.2% 79.1% 33 / 45 73.3% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
360.0% acc · 0.41/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.35/15 · norm 1.10
2652.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
350.0% def · norm 64.1%
8:357.9% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
3:147.6% of cage time · norm 19.0%
42:165:48 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
4:561:44 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · 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 — Reed has more cage time on record.