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Mara Romero Borella vs. Lauren Murphy

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-5-0
UFC record
8-7-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
73
Layoff (months)Δ 57.7 mo
15.3
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mara Romero Borella hunts takedowns — 1.83 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.
Mara Romero Borella defends head shots well — opponents land just 20%, vs a 35% Women's Flyweight norm.
Lauren Murphy absorbs 5.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.84 Women's Flyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mara Romero Borella

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 94

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.18 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Lauren Murphy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.11 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1672.54/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
8643.94/min · norm 3.93
1632.48/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
11375.19/min · norm 3.84
38.0%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
38.5%norm 45.5%
71.2%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
56.8%norm 56.1%
00.00/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
10.07/15 · norm 0.10

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

Mara Romero Borella

Distance 91.4% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 4.5%)

Lauren Murphy

Distance 87.3% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 4.5%)

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

Mara Romero Borella

Head 80.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 4.8% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 7.6%)

Lauren Murphy

Head 87.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Borella L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Murphy L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 137 / 402 34.1% 40.3% 628 / 1960 32.0% 40.3%
In the clinch 13 / 18 too few to rate 73.9% 129 / 163 79.1% 73.9%
On the ground 17 / 20 too few to rate 74.4% 107 / 122 87.7% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 100 / 355 28.2% 36.0% 644 / 1963 32.8% 36.0%
To the body 14 / 21 too few to rate 69.5% 116 / 164 70.7% 69.5%
To the legs 53 / 64 82.8% 82.3% 104 / 118 88.1% 82.3%

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 Flyweight: 47 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 Borella L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Murphy L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 125 / 517 24.2% 39.0% 979 / 2418 40.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 22 / 30 73.3% 73.8% 110 / 149 73.8% 73.8%
On the ground 16 / 18 too few to rate 73.4% 48 / 66 72.7% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 465 20.2% 35.0% 731 / 2073 35.3% 35.0%
To the body 44 / 68 64.7% 69.0% 196 / 304 64.5% 69.0%
To the legs 25 / 32 78.1% 78.7% 210 / 256 82.0% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
844.4% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
1624.6% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 0.94
466.7% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
3367.3% def · norm 61.1%
16:4025.3% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
38:1717.5% of cage time · norm 18.7%
13:323:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
34:592:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.23/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
30.21/15 · norm 0.32

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