Joanne Wood vs. Lauren Murphy
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Joanne Wood
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 8 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 0 |
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
Lauren Murphy
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 7 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.11 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 23 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Lauren Murphy
Distance 87.3% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.4% (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%)
Lauren Murphy
Head 87.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 5.3% (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/A | Acc | Women's Flyweight med | Murphy L/A | Acc | Women's Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1046 / 2196 | 47.6% | 40.3% | 628 / 1960 | 32.0% | 40.3% |
| In the clinch | 224 / 292 | 76.7% | 73.9% | 129 / 163 | 79.1% | 73.9% |
| On the ground | 59 / 94 | 62.8% | 74.4% | 107 / 122 | 87.7% | 74.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 581 / 1547 | 37.6% | 36.0% | 644 / 1963 | 32.8% | 36.0% |
| To the body | 323 / 476 | 67.9% | 69.5% | 116 / 164 | 70.7% | 69.5% |
| To the legs | 425 / 559 | 76.0% | 82.3% | 104 / 118 | 88.1% | 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/A | Opp acc | Women's Flyweight med | vs Murphy L/A | Opp acc | Women's Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 691 / 1596 | 43.3% | 39.0% | 979 / 2418 | 40.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 152 / 197 | 77.2% | 73.8% | 110 / 149 | 73.8% | 73.8% |
| On the ground | 72 / 93 | 77.4% | 73.4% | 48 / 66 | 72.7% | 73.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 554 / 1394 | 39.7% | 35.0% | 731 / 2073 | 35.3% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 255 / 334 | 76.3% | 69.0% | 196 / 304 | 64.5% | 69.0% |
| To the legs | 106 / 158 | 67.1% | 78.7% | 210 / 256 | 82.0% | 78.7% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Wood has more cage time on record.