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Matchup deep-dive

Mariya Agapova vs.
Hannah Cifers

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

2-4-0 Mariya Agapova · UFC
2-5-0 Hannah Cifers · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
29.3
AgeΔ 4.8 yrs
34.1
5'6"
HeightΔ 5"
5'1"
68"
ReachΔ 6"
62"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
24.8
Layoff (months)Δ 46.4 mo
71.2
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Mariya Agapova carries real power — 0.76 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Mariya Agapova is a submission threat — 1.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Hannah Cifers rarely shoots — 0.26 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight 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.

Mariya Agapova

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Hannah Cifers

Full career not yet synced for Hannah Cifers — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2025.12/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
2914.99/min · norm 3.77
1313.32/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
3145.39/min · norm 3.94
56.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.5%norm 44.5%
54.4%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
52.9%norm 54.4%
20.76/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
20.51/15 · norm 0.00

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

Mariya Agapova

Distance 77.8% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 10.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.4% (norm 4.9%)

Hannah Cifers

Distance 82.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 5.0%)

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

Mariya Agapova

Head 72.3% (norm 78.1%) · Body 20.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 7.7%)

Hannah Cifers

Head 64.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 20.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Agapova L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Cifers L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 136 / 281 48.4% 39.9% 215 / 541 39.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 31 / 39 79.5% 73.3% 65 / 93 69.9% 72.6%
On the ground 35 / 41 85.4% 74.7% 11 / 20 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 130 / 261 49.8% 34.9% 128 / 423 30.3% 35.4%
To the body 56 / 75 74.7% 69.5% 90 / 136 66.2% 69.3%
To the legs 16 / 25 64.0% 82.6% 73 / 95 76.8% 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: 46 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 Agapova L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Cifers L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 221 37.1% 38.8% 200 / 508 39.4% 39.7%
In the clinch 15 / 20 too few to rate 74.1% 51 / 71 71.8% 71.5%
On the ground 34 / 46 73.9% 73.4% 63 / 88 71.6% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 80 / 206 38.8% 35.3% 204 / 529 38.6% 36.0%
To the body 29 / 42 69.0% 69.0% 80 / 107 74.8% 68.4%
To the legs 22 / 39 56.4% 78.7% 30 / 31 96.8% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2100.0% acc · 0.76/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 1.10
746.7% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1164.7% def · norm 64.1%
4:4912.2% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
7:3713.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
17:286:38 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
11:322:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
31.14/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.26/15 · norm 0.29

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

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