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Ji Yeon Kim vs.
Lucie Pudilova

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

3-7-0 Ji Yeon Kim · UFC
3-8-0 Lucie Pudilova · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-7-0
UFC record
3-8-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
36.8
AgeΔ 4.7 yrs
32.1
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 5"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
38.8
Layoff (months)Δ 14.3 mo
24.5
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Lucie Pudilova carries real power — 0.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Ji Yeon Kim rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Lucie Pudilova is a submission threat — 0.60 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.

Ji Yeon Kim

Full career not yet synced for Ji Yeon Kim — 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 -0.4 wins over .500

Lucie Pudilova

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 38
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.44 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7625.37/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
5413.60/min · norm 3.56
7675.41/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
6124.07/min · norm 3.51
36.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
37.7%norm 46.65%
56.1%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 52.45%
10.11/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
20.20/15 · norm 0.08

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

Ji Yeon Kim

Distance 94.6% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 4.9%)

Lucie Pudilova

Distance 83.5% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 7.5%)

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

Ji Yeon Kim

Head 87.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 8.0% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 7.7%)

Lucie Pudilova

Head 85.3% (norm 75.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kim L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Pudilova L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 694 / 1966 35.3% 39.9% 366 / 1198 30.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 64 / 100 64.0% 73.3% 97 / 125 77.6% 73.3%
On the ground 4 / 12 too few to rate 74.7% 78 / 112 69.6% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 567 / 1816 31.2% 34.9% 402 / 1224 32.8% 37.7%
To the body 115 / 167 68.9% 69.5% 89 / 132 67.4% 70.0%
To the legs 80 / 95 84.2% 82.6% 50 / 79 63.3% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Kim L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Pudilova L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 688 / 1624 42.4% 38.8% 434 / 965 45.0% 41.3%
In the clinch 64 / 100 64.0% 74.1% 108 / 150 72.0% 74.7%
On the ground 15 / 23 too few to rate 73.4% 70 / 116 60.3% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 453 / 1266 35.8% 35.3% 322 / 836 38.5% 38.1%
To the body 198 / 322 61.5% 69.0% 126 / 195 64.6% 73.2%
To the legs 116 / 159 73.0% 78.7% 164 / 200 82.0% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
731.8% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 0.91
1050.0% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1967.9% def · norm 62.5%
14:5710.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
33:4822.5% of cage time · norm 26.55%
20:372:10 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
30:153:01 per 15 · norm 3:19
10.11/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
60.60/15 · norm 0.34

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

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