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Fatima Kline vs.
Tabatha Ricci

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

4-1-0 Fatima Kline · UFC
7-5-0 Tabatha Ricci · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-1-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
26
AgeΔ 5 yrs
31
5'6"
HeightΔ 5"
5'1"
67"
ReachΔ 6"
61"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.6
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Fatima Kline hunts takedowns — 3.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Tabatha Ricci hunts takedowns — 2.37 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Fatima Kline owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight 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.

Fatima Kline

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 41
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.57 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Tabatha Ricci

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3274.88/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
5973.77/min · norm 3.77
1652.46/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
7584.79/min · norm 3.94
48.0%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
36.5%norm 44.5%
61.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
58.1%norm 54.4%
10.22/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Fatima Kline

Distance 82.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 10.3% (norm 5.0%)

Tabatha Ricci

Distance 91.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 5.0%)

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

Fatima Kline

Head 81.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 9.1%)

Tabatha Ricci

Head 81.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 8.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kline L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Ricci L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 237 / 559 42.4% 38.3% 480 / 1492 32.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 41 / 52 78.8% 72.6% 41 / 57 71.9% 72.6%
On the ground 49 / 70 70.0% 75.0% 76 / 87 87.4% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 232 / 554 41.9% 35.4% 395 / 1332 29.7% 35.4%
To the body 75 / 100 75.0% 69.3% 81 / 136 59.6% 69.3%
To the legs 20 / 27 74.1% 77.9% 121 / 168 72.0% 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 Kline L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Ricci L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 138 / 393 35.1% 39.7% 658 / 1653 39.8% 39.7%
In the clinch 18 / 27 66.7% 71.5% 79 / 128 61.7% 71.5%
On the ground 9 / 13 too few to rate 74.4% 21 / 27 77.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 100 / 330 30.3% 36.0% 489 / 1433 34.1% 36.0%
To the body 44 / 72 61.1% 68.4% 184 / 271 67.9% 68.4%
To the legs 21 / 31 67.7% 79.1% 85 / 104 81.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1466.7% acc · 3.13/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
2534.7% acc · 2.37/15 · norm 1.10
1365.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1954.3% def · norm 64.1%
17:5326.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
39:4225.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
11:562:40 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:511:24 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.22/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.09/15 · norm 0.29

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

Next move

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