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Miranda Maverick vs. Erin Blanchfield

UFC 8-4-0 vs. 8-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-4-0
UFC record
8-2-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
29
AgeΔ 2 yrs
27
5'3"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
65"
ReachΔ 1"
66"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
16.2
Layoff (months)Δ 16.1 mo
0.1
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Erin Blanchfield is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Miranda Maverick hunts takedowns — 2.16 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.
Erin Blanchfield hunts takedowns — 1.85 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Miranda Maverick

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Erin Blanchfield

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.65 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5143.22/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
7055.12/min · norm 3.93
3582.25/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5644.10/min · norm 3.84
44.5%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
44.6%norm 45.5%
61.7%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
59.8%norm 56.1%
00.00/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.10

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

Miranda Maverick

Distance 89.4% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 4.5%)

Erin Blanchfield

Distance 87.2% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 4.5%)

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

Miranda Maverick

Head 74.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 14.5% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 7.6%)

Erin Blanchfield

Head 85.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 8.6% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Maverick L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Blanchfield L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 416 / 1033 40.3% 40.3% 556 / 1379 40.3% 40.3%
In the clinch 31 / 40 77.5% 73.9% 44 / 69 63.8% 73.9%
On the ground 67 / 82 81.7% 74.4% 105 / 134 78.4% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 282 / 856 32.9% 36.0% 511 / 1347 37.9% 36.0%
To the body 121 / 168 72.0% 69.5% 106 / 136 77.9% 69.5%
To the legs 111 / 131 84.7% 82.3% 88 / 99 88.9% 82.3%

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: 47 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 47 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 Maverick L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Blanchfield L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 296 / 851 34.8% 39.0% 537 / 1344 40.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 35 / 46 76.1% 73.8% 26 / 57 45.6% 73.8%
On the ground 27 / 37 73.0% 73.4% 1 / 1 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 260 / 787 33.0% 35.0% 401 / 1187 33.8% 35.0%
To the body 71 / 113 62.8% 69.0% 81 / 126 64.3% 69.0%
To the legs 27 / 34 79.4% 78.7% 82 / 89 92.1% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2340.4% acc · 2.16/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
1734.7% acc · 1.85/15 · norm 0.94
1445.2% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
2672.2% def · norm 61.1%
48:1430.3% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
47:1734.4% of cage time · norm 18.7%
36:523:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
10:341:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.38/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
70.76/15 · norm 0.32

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