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Miranda Maverick vs.
Maycee Barber

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

8-4-0 Miranda Maverick · UFC
10-3-0 Maycee Barber · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-4-0
UFC record
10-3-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
29
AgeΔ 1 yrs
28
5'3"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
65"
ReachΔ 0"
65"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
13.7
Layoff (months)Δ 9.4 mo
4.3
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Miranda Maverick hunts takedowns — 2.16 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Miranda Maverick owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Flyweight norm.
Maycee Barber hunts takedowns — 1.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight 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.

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

Maycee Barber

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 113
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.86 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5143.22/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
6354.25/min · norm 3.91
3582.25/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
4042.70/min · norm 3.81
44.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
51.2%norm 44.9%
61.7%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
57.5%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Miranda Maverick

Distance 89.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 4.9%)

Maycee Barber

Distance 66.2% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 20.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 4.9%)

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

Miranda Maverick

Head 74.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 14.5% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 7.7%)

Maycee Barber

Head 81.9% (norm 78.1%) · Body 12.4% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.7%)

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 Barber L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 416 / 1033 40.3% 39.9% 303 / 821 36.9% 39.9%
In the clinch 31 / 40 77.5% 73.3% 207 / 259 79.9% 73.3%
On the ground 67 / 82 81.7% 74.7% 125 / 160 78.1% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 282 / 856 32.9% 34.9% 460 / 1015 45.3% 34.9%
To the body 121 / 168 72.0% 69.5% 113 / 154 73.4% 69.5%
To the legs 111 / 131 84.7% 82.6% 62 / 71 87.3% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Maverick L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Barber L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 296 / 851 34.8% 38.8% 280 / 784 35.7% 38.8%
In the clinch 35 / 46 76.1% 74.1% 107 / 140 76.4% 74.1%
On the ground 27 / 37 73.0% 73.4% 17 / 27 63.0% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 260 / 787 33.0% 35.3% 224 / 699 32.0% 35.3%
To the body 71 / 113 62.8% 69.0% 109 / 157 69.4% 69.0%
To the legs 27 / 34 79.4% 78.7% 71 / 95 74.7% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2340.4% acc · 2.16/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
1546.9% acc · 1.51/15 · norm 1.02
1445.2% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1348.1% def · norm 58.95%
48:1430.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
33:5822.7% of cage time · norm 19.15%
36:523:28 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
47:044:43 per 15 · norm 3:03
40.38/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.10/15 · norm 0.32

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

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