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Erin Blanchfield vs.
Miranda Maverick

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

8-1-0 Erin Blanchfield · UFC
8-4-0 Miranda Maverick · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-1-0
UFC record
8-4-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
27.3
AgeΔ 1.8 yrs
29.1
5'4"
HeightΔ 1"
5'3"
66"
ReachΔ 1"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
8.7
Layoff (months)Δ 5 mo
13.7
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Erin Blanchfield is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Miranda Maverick hunts takedowns — 2.16 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Erin Blanchfield owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 19% 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.

Erin Blanchfield

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.65 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Miranda Maverick

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6435.24/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
5143.22/min · norm 3.91
5214.25/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
3582.25/min · norm 3.81
44.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.5%norm 44.9%
58.8%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Erin Blanchfield

Distance 86.1% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 9.2% (norm 4.9%)

Miranda Maverick

Distance 89.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 4.9%)

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

Erin Blanchfield

Head 84.3% (norm 78.1%) · Body 9.0% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 7.7%)

Miranda Maverick

Head 74.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 14.5% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Blanchfield L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Maverick L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 496 / 1247 39.8% 39.9% 416 / 1033 40.3% 39.9%
In the clinch 43 / 68 63.2% 73.3% 31 / 40 77.5% 73.3%
On the ground 104 / 133 78.2% 74.7% 67 / 82 81.7% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 454 / 1220 37.2% 34.9% 282 / 856 32.9% 34.9%
To the body 102 / 130 78.5% 69.5% 121 / 168 72.0% 69.5%
To the legs 87 / 98 88.8% 82.6% 111 / 131 84.7% 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 Blanchfield L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Maverick L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 496 / 1208 41.1% 38.8% 296 / 851 34.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 25 / 56 44.6% 74.1% 35 / 46 76.1% 74.1%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 73.4% 27 / 37 73.0% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 365 / 1058 34.5% 35.3% 260 / 787 33.0% 35.3%
To the body 76 / 120 63.3% 69.0% 71 / 113 62.8% 69.0%
To the legs 80 / 86 93.0% 78.7% 27 / 34 79.4% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1634.0% acc · 1.96/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
2340.4% acc · 2.16/15 · norm 1.02
1878.3% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1445.2% def · norm 58.95%
47:0338.4% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
48:1430.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
2:350:18 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
36:523:28 per 15 · norm 3:03
70.86/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
40.38/15 · norm 0.32

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

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