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Jodie Esquibel vs.
Jessica Aguilar

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

0-4-0 Jodie Esquibel · UFC
1-4-0 Jessica Aguilar · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-4-0
UFC record
1-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
40.2
AgeΔ 4 yrs
44.2
5'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'3"
64"
ReachΔ 1"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
83.6
Layoff (months)Δ 4.6 mo
88.2
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Jodie Esquibel absorbs 7.37 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.
Jessica Aguilar absorbs 7.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.
Jodie Esquibel rarely shoots — 0.75 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight 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.

Jodie Esquibel

Full career not yet synced for Jodie Esquibel — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Jessica Aguilar

Full career not yet synced for Jessica Aguilar — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2464.10/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
3144.93/min · norm 3.77
4427.37/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
4587.19/min · norm 3.94
31.4%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
50.6%norm 44.5%
52.6%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
53.8%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Jodie Esquibel

Distance 93.8% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 5.0%)

Jessica Aguilar

Distance 74.4% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 19.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 5.0%)

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

Jodie Esquibel

Head 79.2% (norm 76.4%) · Body 18.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 1.9% (norm 9.1%)

Jessica Aguilar

Head 72.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 17.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Esquibel L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Aguilar L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 216 / 735 29.4% 38.3% 194 / 461 42.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 24 / 42 57.1% 72.6% 96 / 123 78.0% 72.6%
On the ground 6 / 7 too few to rate 75.0% 24 / 36 66.7% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 160 / 621 25.8% 35.4% 168 / 450 37.3% 35.4%
To the body 73 / 148 49.3% 69.3% 88 / 111 79.3% 69.3%
To the legs 13 / 15 too few to rate 77.9% 58 / 59 98.3% 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 Strawweight: 63 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 Esquibel L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Aguilar L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 344 / 811 42.4% 39.7% 294 / 772 38.1% 39.7%
In the clinch 90 / 112 80.4% 71.5% 80 / 112 71.4% 71.5%
On the ground 8 / 9 too few to rate 74.4% 84 / 108 77.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 300 / 752 39.9% 36.0% 313 / 804 38.9% 36.0%
To the body 102 / 133 76.7% 68.4% 97 / 132 73.5% 68.4%
To the legs 40 / 47 85.1% 79.1% 48 / 56 85.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

321.4% acc · 0.75/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
425.0% acc · 0.94/15 · norm 1.10
1083.3% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
550.0% def · norm 64.1%
6:1710.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
11:1717.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
2:000:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
10:572:34 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.24/15 · norm 0.29

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

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