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Izabela Badurek vs.
Aleksandra Albu

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

0-1-0 Izabela Badurek · UFC
2-2-0 Aleksandra Albu · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
35.1
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36.1
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'2"
Reach
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
135.8
Layoff (months)Δ 54.5 mo
81.3
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW
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.

Aleksandra Albu hunts takedowns — 2.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Izabela Badurek owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Opponents land 65% of their head shots on Izabela Badurek, vs a 36% Women's Strawweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Izabela Badurek

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

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

Aleksandra Albu

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

323.74/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1914.83/min · norm 3.77
424.90/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
2205.56/min · norm 3.94
71.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
47.2%norm 44.5%
32.3%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
38.5%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)

Izabela Badurek

Distance 40.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 60.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 5.0%)

Aleksandra Albu

Distance 75.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 5.0%)

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

Izabela Badurek

Head 37.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 20.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 42.2% (norm 9.1%)

Aleksandra Albu

Head 82.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 2.5% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Badurek L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Albu L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 6 / 18 too few to rate 38.3% 112 / 305 36.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 26 / 27 96.3% 72.6% 62 / 78 79.5% 72.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 75.0% 17 / 22 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 17 too few to rate 35.4% 138 / 335 41.2% 35.4%
To the body 9 / 9 too few to rate 69.3% 45 / 60 75.0% 69.3%
To the legs 19 / 19 too few to rate 77.9% 8 / 10 too few to rate 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 Badurek L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Albu L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 29 / 48 60.4% 39.7% 107 / 215 49.8% 39.7%
In the clinch 13 / 14 too few to rate 71.5% 100 / 123 81.3% 71.5%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 74.4% 13 / 20 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 34 / 52 65.4% 36.0% 99 / 214 46.3% 36.0%
To the body 4 / 6 too few to rate 68.4% 80 / 102 78.4% 68.4%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 79.1% 41 / 42 97.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

112.5% acc · 1.75/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
650.0% acc · 2.27/15 · norm 1.10
1100.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1477.8% def · norm 64.1%
3:1037.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
6:2016.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
1:483:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
10:013:47 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.38/15 · norm 0.29

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

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