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Jessica-Rose Clark vs.
Paige VanZant

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

4-5-0 Jessica-Rose Clark · UFC
5-4-0 Paige VanZant · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-5-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
38.7
AgeΔ 6.3 yrs
32.4
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
64"
ReachΔ 1"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
38.8
Layoff (months)Δ 34 mo
72.8
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Paige VanZant is a submission threat — 0.96 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Paige VanZant owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Jessica-Rose Clark hunts takedowns — 1.66 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 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.

Jessica-Rose Clark

Full career not yet synced for Jessica-Rose Clark — 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 -0.9 wins over .500

Paige VanZant

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

In the UFC: 2-3 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

4033.73/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
3153.35/min · norm 3.77
3793.51/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
2472.62/min · norm 3.94
51.6%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
52.1%norm 44.5%
58.2%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
42.6%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.16/15 · norm 0.00

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

Jessica-Rose Clark

Distance 81.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 7.5%)

Paige VanZant

Distance 50.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 26.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 23.0% (norm 5.0%)

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

Jessica-Rose Clark

Head 77.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 8.8%)

Paige VanZant

Head 68.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 22.1% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.4% (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 Bantamweight med VanZant L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 286 / 633 45.2% 38.3% 109 / 303 36.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 52 / 65 80.0% 73.3% 104 / 163 63.8% 72.6%
On the ground 65 / 83 78.3% 70.8% 102 / 139 73.4% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 266 / 603 44.1% 37.7% 197 / 414 47.6% 35.4%
To the body 63 / 93 67.7% 70.0% 79 / 134 59.0% 69.3%
To the legs 74 / 85 87.1% 80.9% 39 / 57 68.4% 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 Bantamweight: 40 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 Bantamweight med vs VanZant L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 322 / 833 38.7% 41.3% 119 / 243 49.0% 39.7%
In the clinch 24 / 34 70.6% 74.7% 79 / 118 66.9% 71.5%
On the ground 33 / 39 84.6% 74.2% 49 / 69 71.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 259 / 715 36.2% 38.1% 157 / 310 50.6% 36.0%
To the body 83 / 140 59.3% 73.2% 70 / 97 72.2% 68.4%
To the legs 37 / 51 72.5% 80.9% 20 / 23 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1242.9% acc · 1.66/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
833.3% acc · 1.27/15 · norm 1.10
1562.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1134.4% def · norm 64.1%
40:5337.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
33:3835.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
16:412:18 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
32:575:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.28/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
60.96/15 · norm 0.29

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

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