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Melissa Mullins vs. Nora Cornolle

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 4-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
35
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
1.5
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nora Cornolle carries real power — 0.18 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.07 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Melissa Mullins hunts takedowns — 2.20 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Melissa Mullins owns the mat — in control 43% of cage time, vs a 26% Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Melissa Mullins

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Nora Cornolle

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1753.67/min · norm 3.60
Sig. strikes landed
2192.65/min · norm 3.60
1984.15/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1611.95/min · norm 3.51
49.7%norm 46.5%
Striking accuracy
54.9%norm 46.5%
53.3%norm 52.8%
Striking defense
57.5%norm 52.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.07
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.07

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

Melissa Mullins

Distance 80.4% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 17.0% (norm 7.3%)

Nora Cornolle

Distance 64.4% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 34.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 7.3%)

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

Melissa Mullins

Head 89.5% (norm 75.5%) · Body 7.4% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.7%)

Nora Cornolle

Head 58.1% (norm 75.5%) · Body 24.1% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 17.8% (norm 8.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mullins L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Cornolle L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 283 45.6% 38.5% 120 / 257 46.7% 38.5%
In the clinch 8 / 9 too few to rate 74.3% 95 / 136 69.9% 74.3%
On the ground 38 / 60 63.3% 70.8% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 143 / 315 45.4% 37.7% 89 / 232 38.4% 37.7%
To the body 22 / 26 84.6% 71.1% 74 / 96 77.1% 71.1%
To the legs 10 / 11 too few to rate 80.8% 56 / 71 78.9% 80.8%

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 Bantamweight: 41 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 41 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 Mullins L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Cornolle L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 176 / 390 45.1% 41.3% 104 / 306 34.0% 41.3%
In the clinch 18 / 27 66.7% 75.0% 29 / 38 76.3% 75.0%
On the ground 4 / 7 too few to rate 74.2% 28 / 35 80.0% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 114 / 302 37.7% 37.7% 103 / 290 35.5% 37.7%
To the body 49 / 79 62.0% 73.2% 38 / 50 76.0% 73.2%
To the legs 35 / 43 81.4% 80.9% 20 / 39 51.3% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
746.7% acc · 2.20/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
531.3% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 0.91
685.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1150.0% def · norm 62.5%
20:4343.4% of cage time · norm 26.3%
Control time
17:3221.2% of cage time · norm 26.3%
2:360:49 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control lower is better
38:487:02 per 15 · norm 3:19
00.00/15 · norm 0.36
Submission attempts
20.36/15 · norm 0.36

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