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Julia Polastri vs. Cory McKenna

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
28
AgeΔ 1 yrs
27
5'2"
HeightΔ 1"
5'3"
63"
ReachΔ 5"
58"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 22.5 mo
24.2
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Cory McKenna owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Cory McKenna hunts takedowns — 2.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Julia Polastri outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 6.18 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Julia Polastri

Full career not yet synced for Julia Polastri — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Cory McKenna

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4706.18/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1962.90/min · norm 3.77
3965.21/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2804.14/min · norm 4.00
58.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
36.6%norm 44.5%
58.2%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
44.9%norm 54.4%
10.20/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Julia Polastri

Distance 84.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 5.0%)

Cory McKenna

Distance 92.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 5.0%)

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

Julia Polastri

Head 71.3% (norm 76.6%) · Body 19.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 9.1%)

Cory McKenna

Head 92.7% (norm 76.6%) · Body 3.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Polastri L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med McKenna L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 383 / 685 55.9% 38.3% 165 / 494 33.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 62 / 81 76.5% 72.6% 18 / 25 72.0% 72.6%
On the ground 25 / 41 61.0% 75.0% 13 / 16 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 575 48.3% 35.4% 168 / 496 33.9% 35.4%
To the body 128 / 160 80.0% 69.3% 13 / 21 too few to rate 69.3%
To the legs 64 / 72 88.9% 77.9% 15 / 18 too few to rate 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 Polastri L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs McKenna L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 356 / 889 40.0% 39.7% 214 / 427 50.1% 39.7%
In the clinch 30 / 43 69.8% 71.2% 51 / 62 82.3% 71.2%
On the ground 10 / 15 too few to rate 74.4% 15 / 19 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 234 / 720 32.5% 36.0% 157 / 362 43.4% 36.0%
To the body 106 / 164 64.6% 68.7% 69 / 81 85.2% 68.7%
To the legs 56 / 63 88.9% 79.1% 54 / 65 83.1% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
375.0% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1045.5% acc · 2.22/15 · norm 1.10
1661.5% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
466.7% def · norm 64.1%
8:5611.7% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
27:2840.6% of cage time · norm 19.0%
16:313:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
9:052:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.20/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
20.44/15 · norm 0.29

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