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Lauren Murphy vs.
Barb Honchak

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
0-2-0 Barb Honchak · 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
0-2-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
43
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
46.9
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
67"
ReachΔ 2"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.8
Layoff (months)Δ 84.2 mo
97
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Barb Honchak is a submission threat — 1.27 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Barb Honchak's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 59% 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

Barb Honchak

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -2.0 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
954.04/min · norm 3.91
11375.19/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
1104.67/min · norm 3.81
38.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
30.1%norm 44.9%
56.8%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
66.3%norm 55.95%
10.07/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · 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%)

Barb Honchak

Distance 100.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (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%)

Barb Honchak

Head 92.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 2.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Murphy L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Honchak L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 628 / 1960 32.0% 39.9% 95 / 316 30.1% 39.9%
In the clinch 129 / 163 79.1% 73.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 107 / 122 87.7% 74.7% 0 / 0 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 644 / 1963 32.8% 34.9% 78 / 292 26.7% 34.9%
To the body 116 / 164 70.7% 69.5% 4 / 9 too few to rate 69.5%
To the legs 104 / 118 88.1% 82.6% 13 / 15 too few to rate 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 Honchak L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 979 / 2418 40.5% 38.8% 79 / 276 28.6% 38.8%
In the clinch 110 / 149 73.8% 74.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 74.1%
On the ground 48 / 66 72.7% 73.4% 31 / 50 62.0% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 731 / 2073 35.3% 35.3% 99 / 312 31.7% 35.3%
To the body 196 / 304 64.5% 69.0% 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.0%
To the legs 210 / 256 82.0% 78.7% 8 / 9 too few to rate 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
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.02
3367.3% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 58.95%
38:1717.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
0:211.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
34:592:23 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
8:515:38 per 15 · norm 3:03
30.21/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
21.27/15 · 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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