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Rose Namajunas vs.
Jessica Andrade

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

12-7-0 Rose Namajunas · UFC
17-13-0 Jessica Andrade · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

12-7-0
UFC record
17-13-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
34.1
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
34.9
5'5"
HeightΔ 4"
5'1"
65"
ReachΔ 3"
62"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6.4
Layoff (months)Δ 5.3 mo
11.7
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Jessica Andrade hunts takedowns — 2.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Jessica Andrade outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 6.37 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 norm.
Rose Namajunas hunts takedowns — 1.47 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.

Rose Namajunas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 127
Tier 3 — regional circuit 21

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Jessica Andrade

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1713
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10403.50/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
18246.37/min · norm 3.77
10043.38/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
15975.58/min · norm 3.94
41.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 44.5%
63.7%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
54.2%norm 54.4%
60.30/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
70.37/15 · norm 0.00

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

Rose Namajunas

Distance 90.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 5.0%)

Jessica Andrade

Distance 79.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 13.3% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 5.0%)

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

Rose Namajunas

Head 83.2% (norm 76.4%) · Body 11.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 9.1%)

Jessica Andrade

Head 76.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.2% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Namajunas L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Andrade L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 871 / 2290 38.0% 38.3% 1318 / 2995 44.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 71 / 107 66.4% 72.6% 308 / 497 62.0% 72.6%
On the ground 98 / 133 73.7% 75.0% 198 / 255 77.6% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 744 / 2105 35.3% 35.4% 1147 / 2863 40.1% 35.4%
To the body 195 / 300 65.0% 69.3% 406 / 570 71.2% 69.3%
To the legs 101 / 125 80.8% 77.9% 271 / 314 86.3% 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 Strawweight: 63 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 Namajunas L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Andrade L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 836 / 2511 33.3% 39.7% 1260 / 2987 42.2% 39.7%
In the clinch 115 / 175 65.7% 71.5% 241 / 355 67.9% 71.5%
On the ground 53 / 78 67.9% 74.4% 96 / 142 67.6% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 510 / 2078 24.5% 36.0% 1094 / 2853 38.3% 36.0%
To the body 216 / 344 62.8% 68.4% 287 / 401 71.6% 68.4%
To the legs 278 / 342 81.3% 79.1% 216 / 230 93.9% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2948.3% acc · 1.47/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
4054.1% acc · 2.10/15 · norm 1.10
4162.1% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
6975.0% def · norm 64.1%
58:3619.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
64:3422.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
29:461:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
27:521:27 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.35/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
60.31/15 · norm 0.29

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

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