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Marnic Mann vs.
Josefine Knutsson

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

0-2-0 Marnic Mann · UFC
2-1-0 Josefine Knutsson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
33.4
AgeΔ 2.8 yrs
30.6
5'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'3"
64"
ReachΔ 4"
60"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
27.3
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
19.7
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWW
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.

Marnic Mann is a submission threat — 0.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Josefine Knutsson's takedown defense leaks — 27% stopped, vs a 64% Women's Strawweight norm.
Opponents land 63% of their strikes at range on Marnic Mann, vs a 40% Women's Strawweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Marnic Mann

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Josefine Knutsson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 1 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

391.30/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2315.13/min · norm 3.77
1615.37/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
1082.40/min · norm 3.94
36.8%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
54.1%norm 44.5%
34.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
49.8%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Marnic Mann

Distance 96.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 5.0%)

Josefine Knutsson

Distance 74.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 5.0%)

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

Marnic Mann

Head 55.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.1% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 29.2% (norm 9.1%)

Josefine Knutsson

Head 73.3% (norm 76.4%) · Body 17.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mann L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Knutsson L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 102 35.3% 38.3% 159 / 319 49.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 72.6% 34 / 55 61.8% 72.6%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 75.0% 38 / 53 71.7% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 14 / 59 23.7% 35.4% 137 / 313 43.8% 35.4%
To the body 5 / 16 too few to rate 69.3% 59 / 75 78.7% 69.3%
To the legs 20 / 31 64.5% 77.9% 35 / 39 89.7% 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 Strawweight: 63 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 Mann L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Knutsson L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 109 / 174 62.6% 39.7% 63 / 146 43.2% 39.7%
In the clinch 15 / 20 too few to rate 71.5% 14 / 22 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 37 / 50 74.0% 74.4% 31 / 47 66.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 91 / 166 54.8% 36.0% 70 / 154 45.5% 36.0%
To the body 48 / 56 85.7% 68.4% 27 / 45 60.0% 68.4%
To the legs 22 / 22 too few to rate 79.1% 11 / 16 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

228.6% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.10
233.3% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
426.7% def · norm 64.1%
3:2711.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
12:4928.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
14:007:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
15:315:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.50/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

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