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Manon Fiorot vs.
Alexa Grasso

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

8-1-0 Manon Fiorot · UFC
9-5-1 Alexa Grasso · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-1-0
UFC record
9-5-1
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
36.5
AgeΔ 3.5 yrs
33
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
65"
ReachΔ 1"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
9.6
Layoff (months)Δ 5.3 mo
4.3
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLDW
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.

Alexa Grasso is a submission threat — 0.67 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Alexa Grasso rarely shoots — 0.40 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Manon Fiorot outworks the Women's Flyweight division — 5.66 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.91 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.

Manon Fiorot

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.67 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.9 wins over .500

Alexa Grasso

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7265.66/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
9214.11/min · norm 3.91
4593.58/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
8313.71/min · norm 3.81
42.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.1%norm 44.9%
66.9%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
58.7%norm 55.95%
10.12/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
20.13/15 · norm 0.09

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

Manon Fiorot

Distance 91.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 4.9%)

Alexa Grasso

Distance 89.7% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 1.7% (norm 4.9%)

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

Manon Fiorot

Head 82.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 12.3% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.7%)

Alexa Grasso

Head 76.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 11.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fiorot L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Grasso L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 622 / 1571 39.6% 39.9% 750 / 2010 37.3% 39.9%
In the clinch 73 / 112 65.2% 73.3% 142 / 191 74.3% 73.3%
On the ground 31 / 44 70.5% 74.7% 29 / 39 74.4% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 471 / 1417 33.2% 34.9% 570 / 1716 33.2% 34.9%
To the body 167 / 212 78.8% 69.5% 174 / 264 65.9% 69.5%
To the legs 88 / 98 89.8% 82.6% 177 / 260 68.1% 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 Fiorot L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Grasso L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 419 / 1313 31.9% 38.8% 709 / 1838 38.6% 38.8%
In the clinch 34 / 67 50.7% 74.1% 76 / 114 66.7% 74.1%
On the ground 6 / 8 too few to rate 73.4% 46 / 61 75.4% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 246 / 1066 23.1% 35.3% 598 / 1692 35.3% 35.3%
To the body 106 / 186 57.0% 69.0% 145 / 210 69.0% 69.0%
To the legs 107 / 136 78.7% 78.7% 88 / 111 79.3% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

929.0% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
635.3% acc · 0.40/15 · norm 1.02
2187.5% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
4054.8% def · norm 58.95%
17:3113.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
21:159.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
4:270:31 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
54:073:37 per 15 · norm 3:03
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
100.67/15 · norm 0.32

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

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