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Mackenzie Dern vs.
Angela Hill

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

11-5-0 Mackenzie Dern · UFC
14-16-0 Angela Hill · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-5-0
UFC record
14-16-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
33
AgeΔ 8 yrs
41
5'4"
HeightΔ 1"
5'3"
63"
ReachΔ 1"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
9.4
Layoff (months)Δ 7.2 mo
2.2
WWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL
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.

Mackenzie Dern is a submission threat — 1.06 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Mackenzie Dern owns the mat — in control 28% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Angela Hill outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 5.46 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 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.

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: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Angela Hill

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1416
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7863.47/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
23645.46/min · norm 3.77
8923.93/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
21645.00/min · norm 3.94
41.6%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
50.7%norm 44.5%
52.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
60.5%norm 54.4%
20.13/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
30.10/15 · norm 0.00

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

Mackenzie Dern

Distance 86.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 5.0%)

Angela Hill

Distance 82.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 5.0%)

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

Mackenzie Dern

Head 87.3% (norm 76.4%) · Body 7.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 9.1%)

Angela Hill

Head 72.9% (norm 76.4%) · Body 22.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.7% (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 Hill L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 573 / 1627 35.2% 38.3% 1742 / 3848 45.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 79 / 105 75.2% 72.6% 543 / 694 78.2% 72.6%
On the ground 134 / 157 85.4% 75.0% 79 / 121 65.3% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 593 / 1649 36.0% 35.4% 1414 / 3397 41.6% 35.4%
To the body 110 / 149 73.8% 69.3% 763 / 1048 72.8% 69.3%
To the legs 83 / 91 91.2% 77.9% 187 / 218 85.8% 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 Hill L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 724 / 1649 43.9% 39.7% 1733 / 4818 36.0% 39.7%
In the clinch 129 / 152 84.9% 71.5% 312 / 502 62.2% 71.5%
On the ground 39 / 56 69.6% 74.4% 119 / 153 77.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 477 / 1351 35.3% 36.0% 1361 / 4305 31.6% 36.0%
To the body 226 / 299 75.6% 68.4% 500 / 797 62.7% 68.4%
To the legs 189 / 207 91.3% 79.1% 303 / 371 81.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1418.4% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
2230.1% acc · 0.76/15 · norm 1.10
1137.9% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
10172.7% def · norm 64.1%
63:4128.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
62:1014.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
42:302:48 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
80:062:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
161.06/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
50.17/15 · norm 0.29

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

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