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Molly McCann vs.
Alexia Thainara

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

7-7-0 Molly McCann · UFC
3-0-0 Alexia Thainara · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-7-0
UFC record
3-0-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
36
AgeΔ 6 yrs
30
5'4"
HeightΔ 0"
5'4"
62"
ReachΔ 5"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
16.5
Layoff (months)Δ 12.2 mo
4.3
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWW
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.

Alexia Thainara is a submission threat — 2.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Alexia Thainara hunts takedowns — 5.21 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Molly McCann carries real power — 0.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 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.

Molly McCann

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 77
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Alexia Thainara

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

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7555.28/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
1283.71/min · norm 3.77
6644.65/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
762.20/min · norm 3.94
49.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 44.5%
62.5%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
44.9%norm 54.4%
20.21/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Molly McCann

Distance 87.1% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 4.9%)

Alexia Thainara

Distance 73.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 14.0% (norm 5.0%)

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

Molly McCann

Head 80.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 12.6% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 7.7%)

Alexia Thainara

Head 65.5% (norm 76.4%) · Body 18.7% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 15.8% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone McCann L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Thainara L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 626 / 1319 47.5% 39.9% 82 / 203 40.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 61 / 89 68.5% 73.3% 21 / 36 58.3% 72.6%
On the ground 68 / 106 64.2% 74.7% 25 / 39 64.1% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 522 / 1221 42.8% 34.9% 68 / 182 37.4% 35.4%
To the body 146 / 191 76.4% 69.5% 33 / 52 63.5% 69.3%
To the legs 87 / 102 85.3% 82.6% 27 / 44 61.4% 77.9%

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 Flyweight: 46 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 McCann L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Thainara L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 512 / 1570 32.6% 38.8% 60 / 112 53.6% 39.7%
In the clinch 87 / 117 74.4% 74.1% 11 / 16 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 65 / 86 75.6% 73.4% 5 / 10 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 385 / 1391 27.7% 35.3% 33 / 83 39.8% 36.0%
To the body 189 / 264 71.6% 69.0% 29 / 39 74.4% 68.4%
To the legs 90 / 118 76.3% 78.7% 14 / 16 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1737.0% acc · 1.78/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
1252.2% acc · 5.21/15 · norm 1.10
1338.2% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 64.1%
17:3712.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
23:0066.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
43:014:30 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
0:110:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.52/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
52.17/15 · norm 0.29

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

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