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Manon Fiorot vs. Rose Namajunas

UFC 8-2-0 vs. 12-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-2-0
UFC record
12-7-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
36
AgeΔ 2 yrs
34
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
65"
ReachΔ 0"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
8.8
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Manon Fiorot outworks the Women's Flyweight division — 5.57 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.93 norm.
Rose Namajunas hunts takedowns — 1.47 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Rose Namajunas defends head shots well — opponents land just 25%, vs a 36% Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.9 wins over .500

Rose Namajunas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 127
Tier 3 — regional circuit 21

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7985.57/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
10403.50/min · norm 3.77
5393.76/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10043.38/min · norm 4.00
40.9%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
41.1%norm 44.5%
66.0%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
63.7%norm 54.4%
10.10/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
60.30/15 · norm 0.00

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

Manon Fiorot

Distance 91.9% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 4.5%)

Rose Namajunas

Distance 90.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 5.0%)

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

Manon Fiorot

Head 82.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 12.2% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.6%)

Rose Namajunas

Head 83.2% (norm 76.6%) · Body 11.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 9.1%)

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 Namajunas L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 692 / 1794 38.6% 40.3% 871 / 2290 38.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 75 / 115 65.2% 73.9% 71 / 107 66.4% 72.6%
On the ground 31 / 44 70.5% 74.4% 98 / 133 73.7% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 522 / 1613 32.4% 36.0% 744 / 2105 35.3% 35.4%
To the body 186 / 238 78.2% 69.5% 195 / 300 65.0% 69.3%
To the legs 90 / 102 88.2% 82.3% 101 / 125 80.8% 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 Flyweight: 47 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 Fiorot L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Namajunas L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 488 / 1494 32.7% 39.0% 836 / 2511 33.3% 39.7%
In the clinch 42 / 78 53.8% 73.8% 115 / 175 65.7% 71.2%
On the ground 9 / 12 too few to rate 73.4% 53 / 78 67.9% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 309 / 1236 25.0% 35.0% 510 / 2078 24.5% 36.0%
To the body 111 / 194 57.2% 69.0% 216 / 344 62.8% 68.7%
To the legs 119 / 154 77.3% 78.7% 278 / 342 81.3% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
929.0% acc · 0.94/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
2948.3% acc · 1.47/15 · norm 1.10
2187.5% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
4162.1% def · norm 64.1%
17:3312.2% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
58:3619.7% of cage time · norm 19.0%
5:240:33 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
29:461:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
70.35/15 · norm 0.29

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