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Heather Clark vs.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz

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

1-2-0 Heather Clark · UFC
9-10-0 Karolina Kowalkiewicz · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
9-10-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
45
AgeΔ 5 yrs
40
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'3"
64"
ReachΔ 0"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
117
Layoff (months)Δ 107.2 mo
9.8
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Heather Clark owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Heather Clark rarely shoots — 0.33 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 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.

Heather Clark

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 910
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1663.69/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
13945.54/min · norm 3.77
2535.62/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
14515.77/min · norm 3.94
49.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
43.0%norm 44.5%
50.7%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
56.9%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Heather Clark

Distance 80.8% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 16.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 5.0%)

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Distance 88.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 5.0%)

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

Heather Clark

Head 71.0% (norm 76.4%) · Body 21.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 9.1%)

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Head 76.9% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Clark L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Kowalkiewicz L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 116 / 273 42.5% 38.3% 1101 / 2859 38.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 44 / 57 77.2% 72.6% 253 / 334 75.7% 72.6%
On the ground 6 / 8 too few to rate 75.0% 40 / 50 80.0% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 96 / 240 40.0% 35.4% 852 / 2494 34.2% 35.4%
To the body 48 / 72 66.7% 69.3% 370 / 517 71.6% 69.3%
To the legs 22 / 26 84.6% 77.9% 172 / 232 74.1% 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 Clark L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Kowalkiewicz L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 163 / 375 43.5% 39.7% 1172 / 2983 39.3% 39.7%
In the clinch 85 / 132 64.4% 71.5% 230 / 324 71.0% 71.5%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 74.4% 49 / 57 86.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 160 / 391 40.9% 36.0% 858 / 2517 34.1% 36.0%
To the body 50 / 73 68.5% 68.4% 376 / 560 67.1% 68.4%
To the legs 43 / 49 87.8% 79.1% 217 / 287 75.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

14.2% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
623.1% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.10
480.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
5074.6% def · norm 64.1%
15:1233.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
26:0010.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
5:081:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
45:322:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.33/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
30.18/15 · norm 0.29

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

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