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Manon Fiorot vs. Tabatha Ricci

UFC 8-2-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-2-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
36
AgeΔ 5 yrs
31
5'7"
HeightΔ 6"
5'1"
65"
ReachΔ 4"
61"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 1.9 mo
3.1
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tabatha Ricci hunts takedowns — 2.37 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Manon Fiorot outworks the Women's Flyweight division — 5.57 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.93 norm.
Tabatha Ricci owns the mat — in control 25% of cage time, vs a 19% 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

Tabatha Ricci

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7985.57/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
5973.77/min · norm 3.77
5393.76/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7584.79/min · norm 4.00
40.9%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
36.5%norm 44.5%
66.0%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
58.1%norm 54.4%
10.10/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · 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%)

Tabatha Ricci

Distance 91.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 3.5% (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%)

Tabatha Ricci

Head 81.4% (norm 76.6%) · Body 8.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 10.3% (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 Ricci L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 692 / 1794 38.6% 40.3% 480 / 1492 32.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 75 / 115 65.2% 73.9% 41 / 57 71.9% 72.6%
On the ground 31 / 44 70.5% 74.4% 76 / 87 87.4% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 522 / 1613 32.4% 36.0% 395 / 1332 29.7% 35.4%
To the body 186 / 238 78.2% 69.5% 81 / 136 59.6% 69.3%
To the legs 90 / 102 88.2% 82.3% 121 / 168 72.0% 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 Ricci L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 488 / 1494 32.7% 39.0% 658 / 1653 39.8% 39.7%
In the clinch 42 / 78 53.8% 73.8% 79 / 128 61.7% 71.2%
On the ground 9 / 12 too few to rate 73.4% 21 / 27 77.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 309 / 1236 25.0% 35.0% 489 / 1433 34.1% 36.0%
To the body 111 / 194 57.2% 69.0% 184 / 271 67.9% 68.7%
To the legs 119 / 154 77.3% 78.7% 85 / 104 81.7% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
929.0% acc · 0.94/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
2534.7% acc · 2.37/15 · norm 1.10
2187.5% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
1954.3% def · norm 64.1%
17:3312.2% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
39:4225.1% of cage time · norm 19.0%
5:240:33 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
14:511:24 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.09/15 · norm 0.29

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