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Germaine de Randamie vs.
Aspen Ladd

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

7-3-0 Germaine de Randamie · UFC
4-3-0 Aspen Ladd · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-3-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
42.3
AgeΔ 10.9 yrs
31.4
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 5"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
28
Layoff (months)Δ 23.9 mo
51.9
LWLWW
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.

Germaine de Randamie carries real power — 0.24 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Aspen Ladd carries real power — 0.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Germaine de Randamie rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight 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.

Germaine de Randamie

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 73
Tier 3 — regional circuit 32

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Aspen Ladd

Full career not yet synced for Aspen Ladd — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3172.57/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
2903.78/min · norm 3.56
2742.22/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
3574.65/min · norm 3.51
48.0%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 46.65%
64.7%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
47.0%norm 52.45%
20.24/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.20/15 · norm 0.08

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

Germaine de Randamie

Distance 75.9% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 20.9% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 7.5%)

Aspen Ladd

Distance 64.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 11.8% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 23.3% (norm 7.5%)

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

Germaine de Randamie

Head 69.4% (norm 75.2%) · Body 19.5% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 8.8%)

Aspen Ladd

Head 85.7% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 2.8% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Randamie L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Ladd L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 188 / 501 37.5% 38.3% 136 / 400 34.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 118 / 138 85.5% 73.3% 52 / 73 71.2% 73.3%
On the ground 11 / 21 too few to rate 70.8% 102 / 144 70.8% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 150 / 458 32.8% 37.7% 224 / 529 42.3% 37.7%
To the body 108 / 129 83.7% 70.0% 51 / 71 71.8% 70.0%
To the legs 59 / 73 80.8% 80.9% 15 / 17 too few to rate 80.9%

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 Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Randamie L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Ladd L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 141 / 513 27.5% 41.3% 235 / 524 44.8% 41.3%
In the clinch 48 / 60 80.0% 74.7% 117 / 143 81.8% 74.7%
On the ground 85 / 204 41.7% 74.2% 5 / 7 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 136 / 578 23.5% 38.1% 187 / 482 38.8% 38.1%
To the body 62 / 97 63.9% 73.2% 138 / 155 89.0% 73.2%
To the legs 76 / 102 74.5% 80.9% 32 / 37 86.5% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
847.1% acc · 1.56/15 · norm 0.91
3966.1% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
562.5% def · norm 62.5%
11:049.0% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
26:4934.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
58:367:07 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
13:332:38 per 15 · norm 3:19
30.36/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
30.59/15 · norm 0.34

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

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