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Katlyn Cerminara vs. Liz Carmouche

UFC 12-6-0 vs. 5-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-6-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
37
AgeΔ 5 yrs
42
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 86.2 mo
86.3
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Liz Carmouche hunts takedowns — 2.61 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Katlyn Cerminara rarely shoots — 0.31 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.
Liz Carmouche defends head shots well — opponents land just 21%, vs a 38% Women's Bantamweight 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

Liz Carmouche

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 186
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.49 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11364.62/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
3142.18/min · norm 3.60
10994.47/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3022.10/min · norm 3.51
35.2%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
53.0%norm 46.5%
62.4%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
64.9%norm 52.8%
20.12/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.07

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%)

Liz Carmouche

Distance 70.4% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.8% (norm 7.3%)

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%)

Liz Carmouche

Head 65.9% (norm 75.5%) · Body 13.0% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 21.1% (norm 8.7%)

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 Carmouche L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 985 / 3027 32.5% 40.3% 177 / 417 42.4% 38.5%
In the clinch 88 / 126 69.8% 73.9% 46 / 52 88.5% 74.3%
On the ground 63 / 77 81.8% 74.4% 91 / 123 74.0% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 706 / 2587 27.3% 36.0% 164 / 390 42.1% 37.7%
To the body 271 / 440 61.6% 69.5% 57 / 77 74.0% 71.1%
To the legs 159 / 203 78.3% 82.3% 93 / 125 74.4% 80.8%

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 Bantamweight: 41 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 Carmouche L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 961 / 2745 35.0% 39.0% 171 / 678 25.2% 41.3%
In the clinch 98 / 129 76.0% 73.8% 75 / 111 67.6% 75.0%
On the ground 40 / 47 85.1% 73.4% 56 / 72 77.8% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 572 / 2178 26.3% 35.0% 126 / 606 20.8% 37.7%
To the body 193 / 333 58.0% 69.0% 48 / 90 53.3% 73.2%
To the legs 334 / 410 81.5% 78.7% 128 / 165 77.6% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
515.6% acc · 0.31/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
2561.0% acc · 2.61/15 · norm 0.91
2750.9% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
1666.7% def · norm 62.5%
19:157.8% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
42:4129.7% of cage time · norm 26.3%
38:452:21 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
38:133:59 per 15 · norm 3:19
50.31/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
40.42/15 · norm 0.36

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