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Joanne Wood vs. Alexa Grasso

UFC 9-8-0 vs. 10-5-1
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Tale of the tape

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Joanne Wood

VS

Alexa Grasso

9-8-0
UFC record
10-5-1
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
40
AgeΔ 7 yrs
33
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
65"
ReachΔ 1"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
31.4
Layoff (months)Δ 30.2 mo
1.2
WWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joanne Wood carries real power — 0.24 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.
Alexa Grasso is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Alexa Grasso carries real power — 0.19 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joanne Wood

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Alexa Grasso

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13297.10/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
10014.19/min · norm 3.93
9154.89/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9033.78/min · norm 3.84
51.5%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
41.1%norm 45.5%
51.5%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
59.7%norm 56.1%
30.24/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
30.19/15 · norm 0.10

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

Joanne Wood

Distance 85.1% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 4.5%)

Alexa Grasso

Distance 89.9% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 4.5%)

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

Joanne Wood

Head 59.9% (norm 78.1%) · Body 18.4% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 21.6% (norm 7.6%)

Alexa Grasso

Head 77.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 11.2% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Wood L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Grasso L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1046 / 2196 47.6% 40.3% 819 / 2191 37.4% 40.3%
In the clinch 224 / 292 76.7% 73.9% 150 / 202 74.3% 73.9%
On the ground 59 / 94 62.8% 74.4% 32 / 43 74.4% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 581 / 1547 37.6% 36.0% 633 / 1886 33.6% 36.0%
To the body 323 / 476 67.9% 69.5% 179 / 272 65.8% 69.5%
To the legs 425 / 559 76.0% 82.3% 189 / 278 68.0% 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 Wood L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Grasso L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 691 / 1596 43.3% 39.0% 779 / 2061 37.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 152 / 197 77.2% 73.8% 78 / 117 66.7% 73.8%
On the ground 72 / 93 77.4% 73.4% 46 / 61 75.4% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 554 / 1394 39.7% 35.0% 649 / 1888 34.4% 35.0%
To the body 255 / 334 76.3% 69.0% 164 / 236 69.5% 69.0%
To the legs 106 / 158 67.1% 78.7% 90 / 115 78.3% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1955.9% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
635.3% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 0.94
2058.8% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
4054.8% def · norm 61.1%
35:0018.7% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
22:129.3% of cage time · norm 18.7%
38:413:06 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
54:093:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.32/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
100.63/15 · norm 0.32

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

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