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Jennifer Maia vs. Katlyn Cerminara

UFC 6-6-0 vs. 12-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-6-0
UFC record
12-6-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
38
AgeΔ 1 yrs
37
5'4"
HeightΔ 5"
5'9"
64"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
36.2
Layoff (months)Δ 36.1 mo
0.1
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Katlyn Cerminara rarely shoots — 0.31 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.
Jennifer Maia rarely shoots — 0.42 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.
Opponents land 94% of their ground strikes on Jennifer Maia, vs a 73% Women's Flyweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jennifer Maia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 173

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Katlyn Cerminara

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-4 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

7814.35/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
11364.62/min · norm 3.93
8114.52/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10994.47/min · norm 3.84
38.6%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
35.2%norm 45.5%
55.7%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
62.4%norm 56.1%
00.00/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
20.12/15 · norm 0.10

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

Jennifer Maia

Distance 92.2% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 4.5%)

Katlyn Cerminara

Distance 93.7% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 4.5%)

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

Jennifer Maia

Head 86.5% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.8% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.6%)

Katlyn Cerminara

Head 80.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.6% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Maia L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Cerminara L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 664 / 1864 35.6% 40.3% 985 / 3027 32.5% 40.3%
In the clinch 111 / 147 75.5% 73.9% 88 / 126 69.8% 73.9%
On the ground 6 / 11 too few to rate 74.4% 63 / 77 81.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 565 / 1749 32.3% 36.0% 706 / 2587 27.3% 36.0%
To the body 110 / 157 70.1% 69.5% 271 / 440 61.6% 69.5%
To the legs 106 / 116 91.4% 82.3% 159 / 203 78.3% 82.3%

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 Flyweight: 47 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 Maia L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Cerminara L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 727 / 1727 42.1% 39.0% 961 / 2745 35.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 52 / 70 74.3% 73.8% 98 / 129 76.0% 73.8%
On the ground 32 / 34 94.1% 73.4% 40 / 47 85.1% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 488 / 1428 34.2% 35.0% 572 / 2178 26.3% 35.0%
To the body 189 / 249 75.9% 69.0% 193 / 333 58.0% 69.0%
To the legs 134 / 154 87.0% 78.7% 334 / 410 81.5% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
527.8% acc · 0.42/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
515.6% acc · 0.31/15 · norm 0.94
2458.5% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
2750.9% def · norm 61.1%
23:5913.4% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
19:157.8% of cage time · norm 18.7%
40:043:20 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
38:452:21 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.08/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
50.31/15 · norm 0.32

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