Emily Ducote vs. Ashley Yoder

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 3-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
3-8-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
32
AgeΔ 6 yrs
38
5'2"
HeightΔ 5"
5'7"
63"
ReachΔ 6"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
26.6
Layoff (months)Δ 7.2 mo
33.8
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Emily Ducote absorbs 7.84 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.
Emily Ducote outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 7.45 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 norm.
Ashley Yoder is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Emily Ducote

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Ashley Yoder

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 38
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 53

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.25 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5597.45/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
5643.42/min · norm 3.77
5887.84/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
6814.13/min · norm 3.94
52.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
39.2%norm 44.5%
57.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
47.0%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.00

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

Emily Ducote

Distance 97.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 5.0%)

Ashley Yoder

Distance 86.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 5.0%)

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

Emily Ducote

Head 71.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 9.1%)

Ashley Yoder

Head 78.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ducote L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Yoder L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 540 / 1046 51.6% 38.3% 423 / 1252 33.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 16 / 23 too few to rate 72.6% 48 / 69 69.6% 72.6%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 75.0% 93 / 119 78.2% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 316 / 769 41.1% 35.4% 364 / 1135 32.1% 35.4%
To the body 114 / 155 73.5% 69.3% 136 / 216 63.0% 69.3%
To the legs 129 / 148 87.2% 77.9% 64 / 89 71.9% 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 Ducote L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Yoder L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 505 / 1306 38.7% 39.7% 503 / 1067 47.1% 39.7%
In the clinch 83 / 91 91.2% 71.5% 131 / 157 83.4% 71.5%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 74.4% 47 / 62 75.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 373 / 1128 33.1% 36.0% 354 / 862 41.1% 36.0%
To the body 161 / 207 77.8% 68.4% 159 / 231 68.8% 68.4%
To the legs 54 / 62 87.1% 79.1% 168 / 193 87.0% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
114.3% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1227.9% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.10
1694.1% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1666.7% def · norm 64.1%
1:001.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
43:3326.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
0:220:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
33:023:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
60.55/15 · norm 0.29

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