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Julia Polastri vs. Josefine Knutsson

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 2-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
28
AgeΔ 2 yrs
30
5'2"
HeightΔ 1"
5'3"
63"
ReachΔ 3"
60"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 20.5 mo
22.2
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Julia Polastri outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 6.18 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 norm.
Josefine Knutsson's takedown defense leaks — 27% stopped, vs a 64% Women's Strawweight norm.
Josefine Knutsson owns the mat — in control 28% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight 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

Josefine Knutsson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 1 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4706.18/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2315.13/min · norm 3.77
3965.21/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1082.40/min · norm 4.00
58.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
54.1%norm 44.5%
58.2%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
49.8%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%)

Josefine Knutsson

Distance 74.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 12.4% (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%)

Josefine Knutsson

Head 73.3% (norm 76.6%) · Body 17.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.1% (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 Knutsson L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 383 / 685 55.9% 38.3% 159 / 319 49.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 62 / 81 76.5% 72.6% 34 / 55 61.8% 72.6%
On the ground 25 / 41 61.0% 75.0% 38 / 53 71.7% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 575 48.3% 35.4% 137 / 313 43.8% 35.4%
To the body 128 / 160 80.0% 69.3% 59 / 75 78.7% 69.3%
To the legs 64 / 72 88.9% 77.9% 35 / 39 89.7% 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 Knutsson L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 356 / 889 40.0% 39.7% 63 / 146 43.2% 39.7%
In the clinch 30 / 43 69.8% 71.2% 14 / 22 too few to rate 71.2%
On the ground 10 / 15 too few to rate 74.4% 31 / 47 66.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 234 / 720 32.5% 36.0% 70 / 154 45.5% 36.0%
To the body 106 / 164 64.6% 68.7% 27 / 45 60.0% 68.7%
To the legs 56 / 63 88.9% 79.1% 11 / 16 too few to rate 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
375.0% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.10
1661.5% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
426.7% def · norm 64.1%
8:5611.7% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
12:4928.5% of cage time · norm 19.0%
16:313:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
15:315:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.20/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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.