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Felice Herrig vs. Alexa Grasso

UFC 5-5-0 vs. 10-5-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-5-0
UFC record
10-5-1
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
42
AgeΔ 9 yrs
33
5'4"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
65"
ReachΔ 1"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
52.5
Layoff (months)Δ 51.3 mo
1.2
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Felice Herrig is a submission threat — 0.81 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Alexa Grasso is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Alexa Grasso carries real power — 0.19 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Felice Herrig

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 65

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.63 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Alexa Grasso

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4253.84/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
10014.19/min · norm 3.93
5755.19/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9033.78/min · norm 3.84
37.6%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
41.1%norm 45.5%
48.1%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
59.7%norm 56.1%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
30.19/15 · norm 0.10

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

Felice Herrig

Distance 85.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 5.0%)

Alexa Grasso

Distance 89.9% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 4.5%)

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

Felice Herrig

Head 77.2% (norm 76.6%) · Body 16.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 9.1%)

Alexa Grasso

Head 77.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 11.2% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Herrig L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Grasso L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 304 / 969 31.4% 38.3% 819 / 2191 37.4% 40.3%
In the clinch 85 / 114 74.6% 72.6% 150 / 202 74.3% 73.9%
On the ground 36 / 48 75.0% 75.0% 32 / 43 74.4% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 259 / 873 29.7% 35.4% 633 / 1886 33.6% 36.0%
To the body 123 / 186 66.1% 69.3% 179 / 272 65.8% 69.5%
To the legs 43 / 72 59.7% 77.9% 189 / 278 68.0% 82.3%

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 Flyweight: 47 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 Herrig L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Grasso L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 363 / 853 42.6% 39.7% 779 / 2061 37.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 125 / 148 84.5% 71.2% 78 / 117 66.7% 73.8%
On the ground 87 / 107 81.3% 74.4% 46 / 61 75.4% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 378 / 868 43.5% 36.0% 649 / 1888 34.4% 35.0%
To the body 120 / 150 80.0% 68.7% 164 / 236 69.5% 69.0%
To the legs 77 / 90 85.6% 79.1% 90 / 115 78.3% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
828.6% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
635.3% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 0.94
1575.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
4054.8% def · norm 61.1%
27:5825.2% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
22:129.3% of cage time · norm 18.7%
24:063:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
54:093:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.81/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
100.63/15 · norm 0.32

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