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Katlyn Cerminara vs. Joanne Wood

UFC 12-6-0 vs. 9-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-6-0
UFC record
9-8-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
37
AgeΔ 3 yrs
40
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 3"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 31.3 mo
31.4
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joanne Wood carries real power — 0.24 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.
Joanne Wood outworks the Women's Flyweight division — 7.10 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.93 norm.
Katlyn Cerminara rarely shoots — 0.31 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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 +2.1 wins over .500

Joanne Wood

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11364.62/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
13297.10/min · norm 3.93
10994.47/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9154.89/min · norm 3.84
35.2%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 45.5%
62.4%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
51.5%norm 56.1%
20.12/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
30.24/15 · norm 0.10

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

Katlyn Cerminara

Distance 93.7% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 4.5%)

Joanne Wood

Distance 85.1% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 4.5%)

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

Katlyn Cerminara

Head 80.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.6% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.6%)

Joanne Wood

Head 59.9% (norm 78.1%) · Body 18.4% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 21.6% (norm 7.6%)

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 Wood L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 985 / 3027 32.5% 40.3% 1046 / 2196 47.6% 40.3%
In the clinch 88 / 126 69.8% 73.9% 224 / 292 76.7% 73.9%
On the ground 63 / 77 81.8% 74.4% 59 / 94 62.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 706 / 2587 27.3% 36.0% 581 / 1547 37.6% 36.0%
To the body 271 / 440 61.6% 69.5% 323 / 476 67.9% 69.5%
To the legs 159 / 203 78.3% 82.3% 425 / 559 76.0% 82.3%

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: 47 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 47 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 Wood L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 961 / 2745 35.0% 39.0% 691 / 1596 43.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 98 / 129 76.0% 73.8% 152 / 197 77.2% 73.8%
On the ground 40 / 47 85.1% 73.4% 72 / 93 77.4% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 572 / 2178 26.3% 35.0% 554 / 1394 39.7% 35.0%
To the body 193 / 333 58.0% 69.0% 255 / 334 76.3% 69.0%
To the legs 334 / 410 81.5% 78.7% 106 / 158 67.1% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
515.6% acc · 0.31/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
1955.9% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 0.94
2750.9% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
2058.8% def · norm 61.1%
19:157.8% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
35:0018.7% of cage time · norm 18.7%
38:452:21 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
38:413:06 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.31/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
40.32/15 · norm 0.32

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