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Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs.
Gillian Robertson

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

6-9-0 Michelle Waterson-Gomez · UFC
14-6-0 Gillian Robertson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-9-0
UFC record
14-6-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
40.6
AgeΔ 9.4 yrs
31.2
5'3"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
62"
ReachΔ 1"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
25.2
Layoff (months)Δ 20.4 mo
4.8
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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.

Gillian Robertson is a submission threat — 0.87 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Gillian Robertson hunts takedowns — 2.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Michelle Waterson-Gomez is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 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.

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 69
Tier 3 — regional circuit 124

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.47 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Gillian Robertson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 146
Tier 3 — regional circuit 32

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7803.57/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
5602.71/min · norm 3.91
9914.54/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
5902.86/min · norm 3.81
45.8%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
48.5%norm 44.9%
48.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
56.0%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Distance 83.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 5.0%)

Gillian Robertson

Distance 68.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 29.8% (norm 4.9%)

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

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Head 64.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 19.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 16.2% (norm 9.1%)

Gillian Robertson

Head 74.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.9% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Waterson-Gomez L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Robertson L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 546 / 1413 38.6% 38.3% 281 / 785 35.8% 39.9%
In the clinch 146 / 179 81.6% 72.6% 20 / 26 76.9% 73.3%
On the ground 88 / 111 79.3% 75.0% 259 / 344 75.3% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 366 / 1097 33.4% 35.4% 377 / 864 43.6% 34.9%
To the body 222 / 330 67.3% 69.3% 90 / 160 56.2% 69.5%
To the legs 192 / 276 69.6% 77.9% 93 / 131 71.0% 82.6%

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 Flyweight: 46 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 Waterson-Gomez L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Robertson L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 619 / 1447 42.8% 39.7% 407 / 1127 36.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 239 / 302 79.1% 71.5% 55 / 70 78.6% 74.1%
On the ground 133 / 156 85.3% 74.4% 128 / 145 88.3% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 536 / 1292 41.5% 36.0% 452 / 1161 38.9% 35.3%
To the body 263 / 362 72.7% 68.4% 90 / 119 75.6% 69.0%
To the legs 192 / 251 76.5% 79.1% 48 / 62 77.4% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1930.2% acc · 1.31/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
3840.9% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.02
2670.3% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
738.9% def · norm 58.95%
39:4718.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
102:3649.7% of cage time · norm 19.15%
50:313:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
30:052:11 per 15 · norm 3:03
80.55/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
120.87/15 · norm 0.32

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

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