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Irina Alekseeva vs.
Stephanie Egger

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

1-3-0 Irina Alekseeva · UFC
3-4-0 Stephanie Egger · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
36.1
AgeΔ 1.9 yrs
38
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
67"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
9.8
Layoff (months)Δ 22.1 mo
31.9
LLLW
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.

Irina Alekseeva carries real power — 0.38 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Stephanie Egger hunts takedowns — 2.48 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Stephanie Egger is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 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.

Irina Alekseeva

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Stephanie Egger

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1353.42/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
1202.20/min · norm 3.56
1985.02/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
1352.48/min · norm 3.51
38.2%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
46.5%norm 46.65%
45.5%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
52.1%norm 52.45%
10.38/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Irina Alekseeva

Distance 94.9% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 7.5%)

Stephanie Egger

Distance 76.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 13.2% (norm 7.5%)

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

Irina Alekseeva

Head 66.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 13.9% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 19.3% (norm 8.8%)

Stephanie Egger

Head 80.6% (norm 75.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alekseeva L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Egger L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 125 / 335 37.3% 38.3% 67 / 196 34.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 8 / 13 too few to rate 73.3% 23 / 28 82.1% 73.3%
On the ground 2 / 5 too few to rate 70.8% 30 / 34 88.2% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 236 28.8% 37.7% 80 / 208 38.5% 37.7%
To the body 25 / 49 51.0% 70.0% 19 / 25 76.0% 70.0%
To the legs 42 / 68 61.8% 80.9% 21 / 25 84.0% 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 Alekseeva L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Egger L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 282 51.8% 41.3% 112 / 245 45.7% 41.3%
In the clinch 6 / 7 too few to rate 74.7% 10 / 18 too few to rate 74.7%
On the ground 46 / 74 62.2% 74.2% 13 / 19 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 148 / 301 49.2% 38.1% 55 / 174 31.6% 38.1%
To the body 26 / 36 72.2% 73.2% 52 / 71 73.2% 73.2%
To the legs 24 / 26 92.3% 80.9% 28 / 37 75.7% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

120.0% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
942.9% acc · 2.48/15 · norm 0.91
350.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
750.0% def · norm 62.5%
2:336.5% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
15:4528.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
15:235:51 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
21:395:57 per 15 · norm 3:19
10.38/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
20.55/15 · norm 0.34

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

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