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Nicco Montano vs. Roxanne Modafferi

UFC 1-1-0 vs. 4-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-1-0
UFC record
4-8-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
37
AgeΔ 7 yrs
44
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
65"
ReachΔ 4"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
87.3
Layoff (months)Δ 31.1 mo
56.2
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nicco Montano hunts takedowns — 2.25 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Nicco Montano outworks the Women's Bantamweight division — 5.60 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.60 norm.
Roxanne Modafferi's takedown defense leaks — 30% stopped, vs a 61% Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nicco Montano

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 32

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 7 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Roxanne Modafferi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.22 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2245.60/min · norm 3.60
Sig. strikes landed
6223.39/min · norm 3.93
1774.42/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10495.72/min · norm 3.84
41.9%norm 46.5%
Striking accuracy
30.3%norm 45.5%
64.1%norm 52.8%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 56.1%
00.00/15 · norm 0.07
Knockdowns
10.08/15 · norm 0.10

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

Nicco Montano

Distance 89.5% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 7.3%)

Roxanne Modafferi

Distance 93.4% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 4.5%)

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

Nicco Montano

Head 83.6% (norm 75.5%) · Body 6.2% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.7%)

Roxanne Modafferi

Head 92.2% (norm 78.1%) · Body 5.5% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 2.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Montano L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Modafferi L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 187 / 479 39.0% 38.5% 532 / 1920 27.7% 40.3%
In the clinch 16 / 29 55.2% 74.3% 35 / 54 64.8% 73.9%
On the ground 21 / 27 77.8% 70.8% 55 / 81 67.9% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 151 / 447 33.8% 37.7% 523 / 1894 27.6% 36.0%
To the body 23 / 33 69.7% 71.1% 62 / 114 54.4% 69.5%
To the legs 50 / 55 90.9% 80.8% 37 / 47 78.7% 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 Bantamweight: 41 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 Montano L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Modafferi L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 144 / 455 31.6% 41.3% 906 / 1995 45.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 15 / 19 too few to rate 75.0% 72 / 94 76.6% 73.8%
On the ground 18 / 19 too few to rate 74.2% 71 / 109 65.1% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 144 / 446 32.3% 37.7% 799 / 1888 42.3% 35.0%
To the body 24 / 35 68.6% 73.2% 126 / 181 69.6% 69.0%
To the legs 9 / 12 too few to rate 80.9% 124 / 129 96.1% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
654.5% acc · 2.25/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
1627.6% acc · 1.31/15 · norm 0.94
969.2% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
930.0% def · norm 61.1%
12:2230.9% of cage time · norm 26.3%
Control time
49:3527.0% of cage time · norm 18.7%
7:412:52 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control lower is better
36:543:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.38/15 · norm 0.36
Submission attempts
10.08/15 · norm 0.32

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