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Lara Procopio vs.
Molly McCann

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

1-2-0 Lara Procopio · UFC
7-7-0 Molly McCann · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
7-7-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
30
AgeΔ 6 yrs
36
5'4"
HeightΔ 0"
5'4"
67"
ReachΔ 5"
62"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
61.6
Layoff (months)Δ 45.1 mo
16.5
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Lara Procopio hunts takedowns — 3.15 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Molly McCann carries real power — 0.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Lara Procopio owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Flyweight 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.

Lara Procopio

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Molly McCann

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 77
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 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

2425.64/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
7555.28/min · norm 3.91
2796.50/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
6644.65/min · norm 3.81
58.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.9%norm 44.9%
47.1%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
62.5%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
20.21/15 · norm 0.09

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

Lara Procopio

Distance 89.3% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 4.9%)

Molly McCann

Distance 87.1% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 4.9%)

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

Lara Procopio

Head 78.2% (norm 78.1%) · Body 10.4% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 7.7%)

Molly McCann

Head 80.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 12.6% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Procopio L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med McCann L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 369 55.0% 39.9% 626 / 1319 47.5% 39.9%
In the clinch 30 / 35 85.7% 73.3% 61 / 89 68.5% 73.3%
On the ground 9 / 9 too few to rate 74.7% 68 / 106 64.2% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 159 / 323 49.2% 34.9% 522 / 1221 42.8% 34.9%
To the body 39 / 43 90.7% 69.5% 146 / 191 76.4% 69.5%
To the legs 44 / 47 93.6% 82.6% 87 / 102 85.3% 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 Procopio L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs McCann L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 223 / 455 49.0% 38.8% 512 / 1570 32.6% 38.8%
In the clinch 27 / 35 77.1% 74.1% 87 / 117 74.4% 74.1%
On the ground 29 / 37 78.4% 73.4% 65 / 86 75.6% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 166 / 388 42.8% 35.3% 385 / 1391 27.7% 35.3%
To the body 47 / 55 85.5% 69.0% 189 / 264 71.6% 69.0%
To the legs 66 / 84 78.6% 78.7% 90 / 118 76.3% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

947.4% acc · 3.15/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
1737.0% acc · 1.78/15 · norm 1.02
150.0% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1338.2% def · norm 58.95%
14:5534.8% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
17:3712.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
7:362:39 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
43:014:30 per 15 · norm 3:03
10.35/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
50.52/15 · norm 0.32

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

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