Polyana Viana vs.
Veronica Hardy
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.
Polyana Viana
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 8 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500
Veronica Hardy
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 16 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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)
Polyana Viana
Distance 89.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 5.0%)
Veronica Hardy
Distance 83.5% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 4.9%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Polyana Viana
Head 71.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 18.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 9.1%)
Veronica Hardy
Head 78.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Viana L/A | Acc | Women's Strawweight med | Hardy L/A | Acc | Women's Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 203 / 553 | 36.7% | 38.3% | 293 / 708 | 41.4% | 39.9% |
| In the clinch | 23 / 34 | 67.6% | 72.6% | 48 / 73 | 65.8% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 26 / 30 | 86.7% | 75.0% | 49 / 67 | 73.1% | 74.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 119 / 443 | 26.9% | 35.4% | 255 / 662 | 38.5% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 79 / 115 | 68.7% | 69.3% | 71 / 111 | 64.0% | 69.5% |
| To the legs | 54 / 59 | 91.5% | 77.9% | 64 / 75 | 85.3% | 82.6% |
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 Flyweight: 46 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 Viana L/A | Opp acc | Women's Strawweight med | vs Hardy L/A | Opp acc | Women's Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 184 / 440 | 41.8% | 39.7% | 233 / 590 | 39.5% | 38.8% |
| In the clinch | 18 / 20 | too few to rate | 71.5% | 105 / 126 | 83.3% | 74.1% |
| On the ground | 43 / 60 | 71.7% | 74.4% | 75 / 115 | 65.2% | 73.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 123 / 345 | 35.7% | 36.0% | 244 / 597 | 40.9% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 62 / 99 | 62.6% | 68.4% | 130 / 172 | 75.6% | 69.0% |
| To the legs | 60 / 76 | 78.9% | 79.1% | 39 / 62 | 62.9% | 78.7% |
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 — Viana has more cage time on record.