Lauren Murphy vs. Mara Romero Borella
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Lauren Murphy
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 7 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 0 |
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
Mara Romero Borella
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.18 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 23 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Lauren Murphy
Distance 87.3% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 4.5%)
Mara Romero Borella
Distance 91.4% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 4.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Lauren Murphy
Head 87.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.6%)
Mara Romero Borella
Head 80.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 4.8% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Murphy L/A | Acc | Women's Flyweight med | Borella L/A | Acc | Women's Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 628 / 1960 | 32.0% | 40.3% | 137 / 402 | 34.1% | 40.3% |
| In the clinch | 129 / 163 | 79.1% | 73.9% | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 73.9% |
| On the ground | 107 / 122 | 87.7% | 74.4% | 17 / 20 | too few to rate | 74.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 644 / 1963 | 32.8% | 36.0% | 100 / 355 | 28.2% | 36.0% |
| To the body | 116 / 164 | 70.7% | 69.5% | 14 / 21 | too few to rate | 69.5% |
| To the legs | 104 / 118 | 88.1% | 82.3% | 53 / 64 | 82.8% | 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 Flyweight: 47 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 Murphy L/A | Opp acc | Women's Flyweight med | vs Borella L/A | Opp acc | Women's Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 979 / 2418 | 40.5% | 39.0% | 125 / 517 | 24.2% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 110 / 149 | 73.8% | 73.8% | 22 / 30 | 73.3% | 73.8% |
| On the ground | 48 / 66 | 72.7% | 73.4% | 16 / 18 | too few to rate | 73.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 731 / 2073 | 35.3% | 35.0% | 94 / 465 | 20.2% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 196 / 304 | 64.5% | 69.0% | 44 / 68 | 64.7% | 69.0% |
| To the legs | 210 / 256 | 82.0% | 78.7% | 25 / 32 | 78.1% | 78.7% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Murphy has more cage time on record.