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Megan Anderson vs.
Amanda Nunes

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

3-3-0 Megan Anderson · UFC
16-2-0 Amanda Nunes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
16-2-0
Women's Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
36.5
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
38.2
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
65
Layoff (months)Δ 27.1 mo
37.9
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW
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.

Amanda Nunes carries real power — 0.59 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Amanda Nunes hunts takedowns — 2.79 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Megan Anderson carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.17 Women's Featherweight 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.

Megan Anderson

Full career not yet synced for Megan Anderson — 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 +2.0 wins over .500

Amanda Nunes

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

In the UFC: 13-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

511.76/min · norm 3.85
Sig. strikes landed
9284.54/min · norm 3.56
973.35/min · norm 2.33
Sig. strikes absorbed
4992.44/min · norm 3.51
46.4%norm 51.0%
Striking accuracy
52.0%norm 46.65%
37.0%norm 64.3%
Striking defense
59.3%norm 52.45%
10.52/15 · norm 0.17
Knockdowns
80.59/15 · norm 0.08

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

Megan Anderson

Distance 73.6% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 13.6% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 11.9%)

Amanda Nunes

Distance 73.4% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 23.8% (norm 7.5%)

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

Megan Anderson

Head 79.1% (norm 74.7%) · Body 20.0% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 0.9% (norm 9.0%)

Amanda Nunes

Head 74.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.1% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Anderson L/AAccWomen's Featherweight med Nunes L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 81 38.3% 47.3% 639 / 1309 48.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 10 / 15 too few to rate 78.3% 33 / 51 64.7% 73.3%
On the ground 10 / 14 too few to rate 69.1% 256 / 424 60.4% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 87 40.2% 42.9% 629 / 1337 47.0% 37.7%
To the body 15 / 22 too few to rate 79.1% 124 / 198 62.6% 70.0%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.0% 175 / 249 70.3% 80.9%

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 Featherweight: 3 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Anderson L/AOpp accWomen's Featherweight med vs Nunes L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 80 45.0% 32.4% 397 / 1071 37.1% 41.3%
In the clinch 20 / 24 too few to rate 72.7% 45 / 66 68.2% 74.7%
On the ground 41 / 50 82.0% 72.2% 57 / 89 64.0% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 101 57.4% 26.3% 338 / 1001 33.8% 38.1%
To the body 16 / 24 too few to rate 60.3% 73 / 109 67.0% 73.2%
To the legs 23 / 29 79.3% 67.6% 88 / 116 75.9% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

125.0% acc · 0.52/15 · norm 1.18
Takedowns landed
3856.7% acc · 2.79/15 · norm 0.91
753.8% def · norm 71.9%
Takedowns stopped
2681.3% def · norm 62.5%
3:3912.6% of cage time · norm 24.0%
Control time
69:5834.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
16:558:46 per 15 · norm 2:26
Time under control
13:120:58 per 15 · norm 3:19
10.52/15 · norm 0.00
Submission attempts
100.73/15 · norm 0.34

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

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