Paige VanZant vs.
Jessica-Rose Clark
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Paige VanZant
Full career not yet synced for Paige VanZant — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Jessica-Rose Clark
Full career not yet synced for Jessica-Rose Clark — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.9 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Paige VanZant
Distance 50.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 26.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 23.0% (norm 5.0%)
Jessica-Rose Clark
Distance 81.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 7.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Paige VanZant
Head 68.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 22.1% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 9.1%)
Jessica-Rose Clark
Head 77.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 8.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | VanZant L/A | Acc | Women's Strawweight med | Clark L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 109 / 303 | 36.0% | 38.3% | 286 / 633 | 45.2% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 104 / 163 | 63.8% | 72.6% | 52 / 65 | 80.0% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 102 / 139 | 73.4% | 75.0% | 65 / 83 | 78.3% | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 197 / 414 | 47.6% | 35.4% | 266 / 603 | 44.1% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 79 / 134 | 59.0% | 69.3% | 63 / 93 | 67.7% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 39 / 57 | 68.4% | 77.9% | 74 / 85 | 87.1% | 80.9% |
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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 VanZant L/A | Opp acc | Women's Strawweight med | vs Clark L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 119 / 243 | 49.0% | 39.7% | 322 / 833 | 38.7% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 79 / 118 | 66.9% | 71.5% | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 49 / 69 | 71.0% | 74.4% | 33 / 39 | 84.6% | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 157 / 310 | 50.6% | 36.0% | 259 / 715 | 36.2% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 70 / 97 | 72.2% | 68.4% | 83 / 140 | 59.3% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 20 / 23 | too few to rate | 79.1% | 37 / 51 | 72.5% | 80.9% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — VanZant has more cage time on record.