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Katlyn Cerminara vs.
Alexis Davis

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

11-6-0 Katlyn Cerminara · UFC
8-6-0 Alexis Davis · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-6-0
UFC record
8-6-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
37.6
AgeΔ 4.2 yrs
41.8
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
28.9
Layoff (months)Δ 25.1 mo
54
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL
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.

Alexis Davis is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Katlyn Cerminara rarely shoots — 0.31 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Alexis Davis's takedown defense leaks — 27% stopped, vs a 62% Women's Bantamweight 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.

Katlyn Cerminara

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Alexis Davis

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

In the UFC: 2-4 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

11044.58/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
7544.16/min · norm 3.56
10804.48/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
7464.12/min · norm 3.51
34.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.4%norm 46.65%
62.3%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
55.1%norm 52.45%
10.06/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Katlyn Cerminara

Distance 93.9% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 4.9%)

Alexis Davis

Distance 83.3% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 7.5%)

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

Katlyn Cerminara

Head 79.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 7.7%)

Alexis Davis

Head 69.6% (norm 75.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 18.2% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cerminara L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Davis L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 960 / 2967 32.4% 39.9% 566 / 1326 42.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 86 / 123 69.9% 73.3% 91 / 138 65.9% 73.3%
On the ground 58 / 69 84.1% 74.7% 97 / 127 76.4% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 677 / 2520 26.9% 34.9% 379 / 1107 34.2% 37.7%
To the body 269 / 437 61.6% 69.5% 135 / 195 69.2% 70.0%
To the legs 158 / 202 78.2% 82.6% 240 / 289 83.0% 80.9%

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 Flyweight: 46 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Cerminara L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Davis L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 942 / 2687 35.1% 38.8% 621 / 1505 41.3% 41.3%
In the clinch 98 / 129 76.0% 74.1% 60 / 85 70.6% 74.7%
On the ground 40 / 47 85.1% 73.4% 65 / 71 91.5% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 563 / 2131 26.4% 35.3% 550 / 1404 39.2% 38.1%
To the body 186 / 325 57.2% 69.0% 115 / 154 74.7% 73.2%
To the legs 331 / 407 81.3% 78.7% 81 / 103 78.6% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

515.6% acc · 0.31/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
1246.2% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 0.91
2650.0% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
627.3% def · norm 62.5%
19:007.9% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
57:4831.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
38:452:24 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
24:362:02 per 15 · norm 3:19
50.31/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
90.74/15 · norm 0.34

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

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