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Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Cooper

UFC 12-5-0 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-5-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
34
5'4"
HeightΔ 1"
5'3"
63"
ReachΔ 1"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 93.1 mo
95.3
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Amanda Cooper is a submission threat — 1.83 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Mackenzie Dern is a submission threat — 1.01 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Amanda Cooper owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mackenzie Dern

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 115
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Amanda Cooper

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8513.38/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1743.55/min · norm 3.77
9413.74/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1573.20/min · norm 4.00
41.4%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
44.2%norm 44.5%
52.7%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
52.0%norm 54.4%
20.12/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Mackenzie Dern

Distance 86.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 5.0%)

Amanda Cooper

Distance 80.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 16.8% (norm 5.0%)

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

Mackenzie Dern

Head 87.0% (norm 76.6%) · Body 8.1% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 9.1%)

Amanda Cooper

Head 87.3% (norm 76.6%) · Body 7.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Dern L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Cooper L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 628 / 1780 35.3% 38.3% 112 / 318 35.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 81 / 107 75.7% 72.6% 7 / 10 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 142 / 170 83.5% 75.0% 55 / 66 83.3% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 633 / 1789 35.4% 35.4% 134 / 344 39.0% 35.4%
To the body 124 / 166 74.7% 69.3% 23 / 31 74.2% 69.3%
To the legs 94 / 102 92.2% 77.9% 17 / 19 too few to rate 77.9%

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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Dern L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Cooper L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 748 / 1749 42.8% 39.7% 107 / 265 40.4% 39.7%
In the clinch 137 / 162 84.6% 71.2% 9 / 10 too few to rate 71.2%
On the ground 56 / 77 72.7% 74.4% 41 / 52 78.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 514 / 1458 35.3% 36.0% 106 / 265 40.0% 36.0%
To the body 235 / 318 73.9% 68.7% 33 / 40 82.5% 68.7%
To the legs 192 / 212 90.6% 79.1% 18 / 22 too few to rate 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1822.0% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
538.5% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.10
1340.6% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
228.6% def · norm 64.1%
74:2929.6% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
17:0034.7% of cage time · norm 19.0%
49:172:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
10:313:12 per 15 · norm 3:00
171.01/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
61.83/15 · norm 0.29

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