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Justine Kish vs.
Ji Yeon Kim

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

3-4-0 Justine Kish · UFC
3-7-0 Ji Yeon Kim · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
3-7-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
38.3
AgeΔ 1.5 yrs
36.8
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
64"
ReachΔ 8"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
63.6
Layoff (months)Δ 24.8 mo
38.8
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Ji Yeon Kim rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Justine Kish carries real power — 0.14 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Ji Yeon Kim absorbs 5.41 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.81 Women's Flyweight norm — hittable.
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.

Justine Kish

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Ji Yeon Kim

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4694.51/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
7625.37/min · norm 3.91
4774.59/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
7675.41/min · norm 3.81
48.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
36.7%norm 44.9%
57.7%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
56.1%norm 55.95%
10.14/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
10.11/15 · norm 0.09

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

Justine Kish

Distance 89.3% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 4.9%)

Ji Yeon Kim

Distance 94.6% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 4.9%)

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

Justine Kish

Head 62.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 17.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 20.1% (norm 7.7%)

Ji Yeon Kim

Head 87.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 8.0% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kish L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Kim L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 399 / 871 45.8% 39.9% 694 / 1966 35.3% 39.9%
In the clinch 53 / 76 69.7% 73.3% 64 / 100 64.0% 73.3%
On the ground 17 / 28 60.7% 74.7% 4 / 12 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 205 / 611 33.6% 34.9% 567 / 1816 31.2% 34.9%
To the body 108 / 168 64.3% 69.5% 115 / 167 68.9% 69.5%
To the legs 156 / 196 79.6% 82.6% 80 / 95 84.2% 82.6%

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: 46 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 46 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 Kish L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Kim L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 388 / 995 39.0% 38.8% 688 / 1624 42.4% 38.8%
In the clinch 41 / 62 66.1% 74.1% 64 / 100 64.0% 74.1%
On the ground 48 / 71 67.6% 73.4% 15 / 23 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 288 / 855 33.7% 35.3% 453 / 1266 35.8% 35.3%
To the body 96 / 155 61.9% 69.0% 198 / 322 61.5% 69.0%
To the legs 93 / 118 78.8% 78.7% 116 / 159 73.0% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

633.3% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.02
750.0% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1050.0% def · norm 58.95%
11:4511.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
14:5710.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
20:553:01 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
20:372:10 per 15 · norm 3:03
10.14/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.11/15 · norm 0.32

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

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