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Kelly Faszholz vs. Lauren Murphy

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 8-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
8-7-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
41
AgeΔ 2 yrs
43
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'5"
—
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
120.6
Layoff (months)Δ 105.3 mo
15.3
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kelly Faszholz rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Lauren Murphy absorbs 5.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.84 Women's Flyweight norm — hittable.
Kelly Faszholz's takedown defense leaks — 44% stopped, vs a 62% Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kelly Faszholz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.56 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 6 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Lauren Murphy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.11 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1204.01/min · norm 3.60
Sig. strikes landed
8643.94/min · norm 3.93
1083.61/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
11375.19/min · norm 3.84
48.2%norm 46.5%
Striking accuracy
38.5%norm 45.5%
52.6%norm 52.8%
Striking defense
56.8%norm 56.1%
00.00/15 · norm 0.07
Knockdowns
10.07/15 · norm 0.10

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

Kelly Faszholz

Distance 83.9% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 13.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 7.3%)

Lauren Murphy

Distance 87.3% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 4.5%)

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

Kelly Faszholz

Head 76.3% (norm 75.5%) · Body 19.7% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 8.7%)

Lauren Murphy

Head 87.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Faszholz L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Murphy L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 97 / 209 46.4% 38.5% 628 / 1960 32.0% 40.3%
In the clinch 20 / 33 60.6% 74.3% 129 / 163 79.1% 73.9%
On the ground 3 / 7 too few to rate 70.8% 107 / 122 87.7% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 76 / 190 40.0% 37.7% 644 / 1963 32.8% 36.0%
To the body 35 / 49 71.4% 71.1% 116 / 164 70.7% 69.5%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 80.8% 104 / 118 88.1% 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 Bantamweight: 41 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 Faszholz L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Murphy L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 59 / 162 36.4% 41.3% 979 / 2418 40.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 12 / 20 too few to rate 75.0% 110 / 149 73.8% 73.8%
On the ground 37 / 46 80.4% 74.2% 48 / 66 72.7% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 78 / 196 39.8% 37.7% 731 / 2073 35.3% 35.0%
To the body 16 / 18 too few to rate 73.2% 196 / 304 64.5% 69.0%
To the legs 14 / 14 too few to rate 80.9% 210 / 256 82.0% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
1624.6% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 0.94
444.4% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3367.3% def · norm 61.1%
1:465.9% of cage time · norm 26.3%
Control time
38:1717.5% of cage time · norm 18.7%
14:397:20 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control lower is better
34:592:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.36
Submission attempts
30.21/15 · norm 0.32

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