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Shanna Young vs. Macy Chiasson

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 8-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
8-6-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
35
AgeΔ 0 yrs
35
5'7"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
65"
ReachΔ 7"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
47.5
Layoff (months)Δ 39.8 mo
7.7
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Macy Chiasson carries real power — 0.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.07 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Shanna Young is a submission threat — 0.66 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Macy Chiasson hunts takedowns — 1.87 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Shanna Young

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 27
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.38 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Macy Chiasson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1403.07/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
4903.21/min · norm 3.60
2264.96/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4212.76/min · norm 3.51
45.9%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
46.1%norm 46.5%
43.8%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
44.9%norm 52.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
20.20/15 · norm 0.07

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

Shanna Young

Distance 86.6% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.2% (norm 4.5%)

Macy Chiasson

Distance 65.0% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 18.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 16.4% (norm 7.3%)

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

Shanna Young

Head 78.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 17.4% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 7.6%)

Macy Chiasson

Head 72.3% (norm 75.5%) · Body 21.7% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Young L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Chiasson L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 108 / 264 40.9% 40.3% 237 / 692 34.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 18 / 19 too few to rate 73.9% 150 / 197 76.1% 74.3%
On the ground 14 / 22 too few to rate 74.4% 103 / 175 58.9% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 240 39.2% 36.0% 268 / 769 34.9% 37.7%
To the body 35 / 53 66.0% 69.5% 173 / 231 74.9% 71.1%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 82.3% 49 / 64 76.6% 80.8%

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 Bantamweight: 41 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 Young L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Chiasson L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 111 / 231 48.1% 39.0% 233 / 519 44.9% 41.3%
In the clinch 56 / 76 73.7% 73.8% 135 / 178 75.8% 75.0%
On the ground 59 / 95 62.1% 73.4% 53 / 67 79.1% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 126 / 288 43.8% 35.0% 255 / 544 46.9% 37.7%
To the body 79 / 92 85.9% 69.0% 127 / 170 74.7% 73.2%
To the legs 21 / 22 too few to rate 78.7% 39 / 50 78.0% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
1935.8% acc · 1.87/15 · norm 0.91
1456.0% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
2062.5% def · norm 62.5%
1:423.7% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
52:0934.2% of cage time · norm 26.3%
22:377:26 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
37:383:41 per 15 · norm 3:19
20.66/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
40.39/15 · norm 0.36

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