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Lauren Murphy vs.
Andrea Lee

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

8-7-0 Lauren Murphy · UFC
5-9-0 Andrea Lee · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-7-0
UFC record
5-9-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
43
AgeΔ 5.5 yrs
37.5
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
67"
ReachΔ 2"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.8
Layoff (months)Δ 4.4 mo
17.2
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL
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.

Andrea Lee is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Andrea Lee hunts takedowns — 1.65 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Lauren Murphy absorbs 5.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.81 Women's Flyweight norm — hittable.
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.

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

Andrea Lee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 59
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8643.94/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
9244.62/min · norm 3.91
11375.19/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
7823.91/min · norm 3.81
38.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 44.9%
56.8%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
61.5%norm 55.95%
10.07/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
10.08/15 · norm 0.09

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

Lauren Murphy

Distance 87.3% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 4.9%)

Andrea Lee

Distance 89.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 4.9%)

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

Lauren Murphy

Head 87.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.3% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.7%)

Andrea Lee

Head 65.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 22.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Murphy L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Lee L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 628 / 1960 32.0% 39.9% 758 / 1817 41.7% 39.9%
In the clinch 129 / 163 79.1% 73.3% 100 / 125 80.0% 73.3%
On the ground 107 / 122 87.7% 74.7% 66 / 90 73.3% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 644 / 1963 32.8% 34.9% 414 / 1332 31.1% 34.9%
To the body 116 / 164 70.7% 69.5% 309 / 450 68.7% 69.5%
To the legs 104 / 118 88.1% 82.6% 201 / 250 80.4% 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 Murphy L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Lee L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 979 / 2418 40.5% 38.8% 704 / 1906 36.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 110 / 149 73.8% 74.1% 54 / 83 65.1% 74.1%
On the ground 48 / 66 72.7% 73.4% 24 / 40 60.0% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 731 / 2073 35.3% 35.3% 486 / 1574 30.9% 35.3%
To the body 196 / 304 64.5% 69.0% 156 / 294 53.1% 69.0%
To the legs 210 / 256 82.0% 78.7% 140 / 161 87.0% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1624.6% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
2252.4% acc · 1.65/15 · norm 1.02
3367.3% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
3553.8% def · norm 58.95%
38:1717.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
30:2715.2% of cage time · norm 19.15%
34:592:23 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
38:252:52 per 15 · norm 3:03
30.21/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
80.60/15 · 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.

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