Skip to content

Nadia Kassem vs. Ji Yeon Kim

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 3-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
3-7-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
30
AgeΔ 7 yrs
37
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
66"
ReachΔ 6"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
84.5
Layoff (months)Δ 43.2 mo
41.3
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nadia Kassem is a submission threat — 2.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Ji Yeon Kim rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.
Nadia Kassem rarely shoots — 0.46 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nadia Kassem

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.77 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 7 documented bouts

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

Ji Yeon Kim

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 37
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1023.13/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
7625.37/min · norm 3.93
1464.48/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7675.41/min · norm 3.84
42.0%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
36.7%norm 45.5%
48.6%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
56.1%norm 56.1%
00.00/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
10.11/15 · norm 0.10

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

Nadia Kassem

Distance 84.8% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 4.5%)

Ji Yeon Kim

Distance 94.6% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 4.5%)

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

Nadia Kassem

Head 55.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 34.6% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 7.6%)

Ji Yeon Kim

Head 87.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 8.0% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 7.6%)

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 Kim L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 206 38.3% 40.3% 694 / 1966 35.3% 40.3%
In the clinch 16 / 23 too few to rate 73.9% 64 / 100 64.0% 73.9%
On the ground 7 / 14 too few to rate 74.4% 4 / 12 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 135 25.9% 36.0% 567 / 1816 31.2% 36.0%
To the body 49 / 84 58.3% 69.5% 115 / 167 68.9% 69.5%
To the legs 18 / 24 too few to rate 82.3% 80 / 95 84.2% 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 Kassem L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Kim L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 110 / 237 46.4% 39.0% 688 / 1624 42.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 7 / 13 too few to rate 73.8% 64 / 100 64.0% 73.8%
On the ground 29 / 34 85.3% 73.4% 15 / 23 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 232 48.3% 35.0% 453 / 1266 35.8% 35.0%
To the body 23 / 31 74.2% 69.0% 198 / 322 61.5% 69.0%
To the legs 11 / 21 too few to rate 78.7% 116 / 159 73.0% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.94
440.0% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
1050.0% def · norm 61.1%
3:2210.3% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
14:5710.5% of cage time · norm 18.7%
14:136:32 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
20:372:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
62.76/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.11/15 · norm 0.32

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