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JJ Aldrich vs.
Liang Na

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

11-6-0 JJ Aldrich · UFC
0-4-0 Liang Na · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-6-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
33.9
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
30
5'5"
HeightΔ 0"
5'5"
67"
ReachΔ 0"
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.6
Layoff (months)Δ 23.7 mo
27.3
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL
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.

Liang Na hunts takedowns — 3.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Opponents land 62% of their head shots on Liang Na, vs a 35% Women's Flyweight norm — a hole in the guard.
JJ Aldrich rarely shoots — 0.70 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight 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.

JJ Aldrich

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Liang Na

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9223.92/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
581.99/min · norm 3.91
10224.34/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
1153.95/min · norm 3.81
46.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
42.3%norm 44.9%
61.9%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
36.8%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

JJ Aldrich

Distance 87.6% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 4.9%)

Liang Na

Distance 86.1% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 4.9%)

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

JJ Aldrich

Head 88.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.9% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 3.7% (norm 7.7%)

Liang Na

Head 74.5% (norm 78.1%) · Body 18.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aldrich L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Na L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 741 / 1752 42.3% 39.9% 46 / 118 39.0% 39.9%
In the clinch 102 / 139 73.4% 73.3% 10 / 16 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 79 / 108 73.1% 74.7% 2 / 3 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 746 / 1768 42.2% 34.9% 32 / 102 31.4% 34.9%
To the body 118 / 158 74.7% 69.5% 19 / 25 76.0% 69.5%
To the legs 58 / 73 79.5% 82.6% 7 / 10 too few to rate 82.6%

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 Flyweight: 46 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 Aldrich L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Na L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 853 / 2447 34.9% 38.8% 29 / 71 40.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 153 / 216 70.8% 74.1% 10 / 14 too few to rate 74.1%
On the ground 16 / 20 too few to rate 73.4% 76 / 97 78.4% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 528 / 1975 26.7% 35.3% 105 / 169 62.1% 35.3%
To the body 274 / 425 64.5% 69.0% 9 / 12 too few to rate 69.0%
To the legs 220 / 283 77.7% 78.7% 1 / 1 too few to rate 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1125.6% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
758.3% acc · 3.60/15 · norm 1.02
2767.5% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
125.0% def · norm 58.95%
39:0016.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
7:2625.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
16:301:03 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
13:246:53 per 15 · norm 3:03
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.51/15 · norm 0.32

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

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