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JJ Aldrich vs. Polyana Viana

UFC 11-7-0 vs. 4-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-7-0
UFC record
4-8-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
34
AgeΔ 0 yrs
34
5'5"
HeightΔ 0"
5'5"
67"
ReachΔ 0"
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 4 mo
5.2
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Polyana Viana is a submission threat — 1.51 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Polyana Viana's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 64% Women's Strawweight norm.
JJ Aldrich rarely shoots — 0.66 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Polyana Viana

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9853.93/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
2522.82/min · norm 3.77
10994.39/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2452.74/min · norm 4.00
46.5%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
40.8%norm 44.5%
61.7%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
52.9%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.00

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

JJ Aldrich

Distance 87.4% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 4.5%)

Polyana Viana

Distance 89.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 5.0%)

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

JJ Aldrich

Head 87.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 8.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 7.6%)

Polyana Viana

Head 71.8% (norm 76.6%) · Body 18.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 9.1%)

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 Viana L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 787 / 1850 42.5% 40.3% 203 / 553 36.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 119 / 159 74.8% 73.9% 23 / 34 67.6% 72.6%
On the ground 79 / 108 73.1% 74.4% 26 / 30 86.7% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 785 / 1859 42.2% 36.0% 119 / 443 26.9% 35.4%
To the body 132 / 175 75.4% 69.5% 79 / 115 68.7% 69.3%
To the legs 68 / 83 81.9% 82.3% 54 / 59 91.5% 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 Flyweight: 47 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 Aldrich L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Viana L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 910 / 2611 34.9% 39.0% 184 / 440 41.8% 39.7%
In the clinch 173 / 242 71.5% 73.8% 18 / 20 too few to rate 71.2%
On the ground 16 / 20 too few to rate 73.4% 43 / 60 71.7% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 573 / 2121 27.0% 35.0% 123 / 345 35.7% 36.0%
To the body 294 / 454 64.8% 69.0% 62 / 99 62.6% 68.7%
To the legs 232 / 298 77.9% 78.7% 60 / 76 78.9% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1123.4% acc · 0.66/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.10
2767.5% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
733.3% def · norm 64.1%
39:4115.8% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
6:397.4% of cage time · norm 19.0%
16:390:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
45:017:33 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
91.51/15 · norm 0.29

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