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Julia Avila vs. Pannie Kianzad

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 5-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
5-6-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
38
AgeΔ 4 yrs
34
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
20.1
Layoff (months)Δ 6.2 mo
26.3
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Julia Avila carries real power — 0.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.07 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Pannie Kianzad rarely shoots — 0.41 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Pannie Kianzad outworks the Women's Bantamweight division — 4.88 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.60 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Julia Avila

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Pannie Kianzad

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1992.81/min · norm 3.60
Sig. strikes landed
7134.88/min · norm 3.60
2333.28/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5984.09/min · norm 3.51
42.4%norm 46.5%
Striking accuracy
49.2%norm 46.5%
55.5%norm 52.8%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 52.8%
10.21/15 · norm 0.07
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.07

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

Julia Avila

Distance 87.6% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 7.3%)

Pannie Kianzad

Distance 86.7% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 11.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.7% (norm 7.3%)

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

Julia Avila

Head 76.8% (norm 75.5%) · Body 11.7% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 11.5% (norm 8.7%)

Pannie Kianzad

Head 81.0% (norm 75.5%) · Body 13.7% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Avila L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Kianzad L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 157 / 411 38.2% 38.5% 576 / 1256 45.9% 38.5%
In the clinch 33 / 47 70.2% 74.3% 123 / 168 73.2% 74.3%
On the ground 9 / 11 too few to rate 70.8% 14 / 24 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 117 / 360 32.5% 37.7% 498 / 1173 42.5% 37.7%
To the body 36 / 55 65.5% 71.1% 141 / 198 71.2% 71.1%
To the legs 46 / 54 85.2% 80.8% 74 / 77 96.1% 80.8%

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 Bantamweight: 41 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 41 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 Avila L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Kianzad L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 166 / 431 38.5% 41.3% 479 / 1064 45.0% 41.3%
In the clinch 11 / 21 too few to rate 75.0% 96 / 136 70.6% 75.0%
On the ground 56 / 72 77.8% 74.2% 23 / 31 74.2% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 186 / 459 40.5% 37.7% 398 / 968 41.1% 37.7%
To the body 27 / 38 71.1% 73.2% 95 / 135 70.4% 73.2%
To the legs 20 / 27 74.1% 80.9% 105 / 128 82.0% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
337.5% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 0.41/15 · norm 0.91
1052.6% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2165.6% def · norm 62.5%
12:5518.2% of cage time · norm 26.3%
Control time
19:1713.2% of cage time · norm 26.3%
27:225:47 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control lower is better
46:354:46 per 15 · norm 3:19
10.21/15 · norm 0.36
Submission attempts
10.10/15 · norm 0.36

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