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Shi Ming vs.
Feng Xiaocan

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

1-0-0 Shi Ming · UFC
0-1-0 Feng Xiaocan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-0-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
31.7
AgeΔ 6.9 yrs
24.8
5'2"
HeightΔ 5"
5'7"
60"
ReachΔ 7"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
20.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
20.4
W
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Feng Xiaocan rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Feng Xiaocan defends head shots well — opponents land just 17%, vs a 36% Women's Strawweight norm.
Shi Ming is wasteful with head shots — only 17% land, vs a 35% 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.

Shi Ming

Full career not yet synced for Shi Ming — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Feng Xiaocan

Full career not yet synced for Feng Xiaocan — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

302.79/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
484.46/min · norm 3.77
484.46/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
302.79/min · norm 3.94
27.8%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
47.1%norm 44.5%
52.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
72.2%norm 54.4%
11.39/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Shi Ming

Distance 93.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 5.0%)

Feng Xiaocan

Distance 98.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 5.0%)

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

Shi Ming

Head 70.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 22.2% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.1%)

Feng Xiaocan

Head 75.5% (norm 76.4%) · Body 6.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 17.6% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ming L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Xiaocan L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 101 27.7% 38.3% 47 / 100 47.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 0 / 4 too few to rate 72.6% 0 / 1 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 75.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 13 / 76 17.1% 35.4% 29 / 77 37.7% 35.4%
To the body 11 / 24 too few to rate 69.3% 2 / 7 too few to rate 69.3%
To the legs 6 / 8 too few to rate 77.9% 17 / 18 too few to rate 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 Ming L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Xiaocan L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 47 / 100 47.0% 39.7% 28 / 101 27.7% 39.7%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 71.5% 0 / 4 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 74.4% 2 / 3 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 29 / 77 37.7% 36.0% 13 / 76 17.1% 36.0%
To the body 2 / 7 too few to rate 68.4% 11 / 24 too few to rate 68.4%
To the legs 17 / 18 too few to rate 79.1% 6 / 8 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

150.0% acc · 1.39/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.10
0— def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
150.0% def · norm 64.1%
0:558.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
1:0510.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
1:051:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
0:551:16 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

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