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Gillian Robertson vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez

UFC 14-7-0 vs. 6-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-7-0
UFC record
6-9-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
31
AgeΔ 9 yrs
40
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'3"
63"
ReachΔ 1"
62"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 25.5 mo
27.7
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Gillian Robertson hunts takedowns — 2.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.
Gillian Robertson owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Flyweight norm.
Michelle Waterson-Gomez 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

Gillian Robertson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 146
Tier 3 — regional circuit 32

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 69
Tier 3 — regional circuit 124

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.47 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6092.63/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
7803.57/min · norm 3.77
6552.83/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9914.54/min · norm 4.00
47.4%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
45.8%norm 44.5%
56.6%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
48.0%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Gillian Robertson

Distance 68.8% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 28.4% (norm 4.5%)

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Distance 83.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 5.0%)

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

Gillian Robertson

Head 75.5% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.9% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 7.6%)

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Head 64.4% (norm 76.6%) · Body 19.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 16.2% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Robertson L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Waterson-Gomez L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 305 / 885 34.5% 40.3% 546 / 1413 38.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 28 / 36 77.8% 73.9% 146 / 179 81.6% 72.6%
On the ground 276 / 365 75.6% 74.4% 88 / 111 79.3% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 414 / 971 42.6% 36.0% 366 / 1097 33.4% 35.4%
To the body 99 / 179 55.3% 69.5% 222 / 330 67.3% 69.3%
To the legs 96 / 136 70.6% 82.3% 192 / 276 69.6% 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 Flyweight: 47 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 Robertson L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Waterson-Gomez L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 462 / 1280 36.1% 39.0% 619 / 1447 42.8% 39.7%
In the clinch 57 / 72 79.2% 73.8% 239 / 302 79.1% 71.2%
On the ground 136 / 158 86.1% 73.4% 133 / 156 85.3% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 492 / 1301 37.8% 35.0% 536 / 1292 41.5% 36.0%
To the body 104 / 136 76.5% 69.0% 263 / 362 72.7% 68.7%
To the legs 59 / 73 80.8% 78.7% 192 / 251 76.5% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3940.6% acc · 2.53/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
1930.2% acc · 1.31/15 · norm 1.10
937.5% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
2670.3% def · norm 64.1%
109:2347.2% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
39:4718.2% of cage time · norm 19.0%
40:532:38 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
50:313:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
120.78/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
80.55/15 · norm 0.29

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