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Nadia Kassem vs.
Alex Chambers

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

1-2-0 Nadia Kassem · UFC
1-4-0 Alex Chambers · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
1-4-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
30.7
AgeΔ 17.1 yrs
47.8
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'3"
66"
ReachΔ 3"
63"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
82
Layoff (months)Δ 12.4 mo
94.4
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Nadia Kassem is a submission threat — 2.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Alex Chambers is a submission threat — 0.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Alex Chambers hunts takedowns — 2.31 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 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.

Nadia Kassem

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Alex Chambers

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1023.13/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
1352.97/min · norm 3.77
1464.48/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
2325.10/min · norm 3.94
42.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
54.0%norm 44.5%
48.6%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Nadia Kassem

Distance 84.8% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 4.9%)

Alex Chambers

Distance 71.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 22.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 5.0%)

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

Nadia Kassem

Head 55.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 34.6% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 7.7%)

Alex Chambers

Head 64.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 16.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 18.4% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kassem L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Chambers L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 206 38.3% 39.9% 88 / 179 49.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 16 / 23 too few to rate 73.3% 32 / 55 58.2% 72.6%
On the ground 7 / 14 too few to rate 74.7% 15 / 16 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 135 25.9% 34.9% 78 / 162 48.1% 35.4%
To the body 49 / 84 58.3% 69.5% 29 / 42 69.0% 69.3%
To the legs 18 / 24 too few to rate 82.6% 28 / 46 60.9% 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 Kassem L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Chambers L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 110 / 237 46.4% 38.8% 120 / 295 40.7% 39.7%
In the clinch 7 / 13 too few to rate 74.1% 80 / 131 61.1% 71.5%
On the ground 29 / 34 85.3% 73.4% 32 / 43 74.4% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 232 48.3% 35.3% 132 / 324 40.7% 36.0%
To the body 23 / 31 74.2% 69.0% 66 / 98 67.3% 68.4%
To the legs 11 / 21 too few to rate 78.7% 34 / 47 72.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

133.3% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
741.2% acc · 2.31/15 · norm 1.10
440.0% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
853.3% def · norm 64.1%
3:2210.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
10:2222.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
14:136:32 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
17:045:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
62.76/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
30.99/15 · norm 0.29

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

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