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Stephanie Egger vs.
Tracy Cortez

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

3-4-0 Stephanie Egger · UFC
6-3-0 Tracy Cortez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
6-3-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
37
AgeΔ 5 yrs
32
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
68"
ReachΔ 3"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
31.9
Layoff (months)Δ 31 mo
0.9
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Stephanie Egger hunts takedowns — 2.48 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Tracy Cortez hunts takedowns — 1.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Tracy Cortez owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Flyweight 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.

Stephanie Egger

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Tracy Cortez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 73
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1202.20/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
5453.90/min · norm 3.91
1352.48/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
5193.71/min · norm 3.81
46.5%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 44.9%
52.1%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
53.5%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Stephanie Egger

Distance 76.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 13.2% (norm 7.5%)

Tracy Cortez

Distance 81.7% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 4.9%)

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

Stephanie Egger

Head 80.6% (norm 75.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 8.8%)

Tracy Cortez

Head 78.5% (norm 78.1%) · Body 12.4% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Egger L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Cortez L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 67 / 196 34.2% 38.3% 386 / 926 41.7% 39.9%
In the clinch 23 / 28 82.1% 73.3% 48 / 62 77.4% 73.3%
On the ground 30 / 34 88.2% 70.8% 111 / 145 76.6% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 80 / 208 38.5% 37.7% 359 / 889 40.4% 34.9%
To the body 19 / 25 76.0% 70.0% 101 / 140 72.1% 69.5%
To the legs 21 / 25 84.0% 80.9% 85 / 104 81.7% 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 Bantamweight: 40 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 Egger L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Cortez L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 112 / 245 45.7% 41.3% 464 / 1039 44.7% 38.8%
In the clinch 10 / 18 too few to rate 74.7% 44 / 63 69.8% 74.1%
On the ground 13 / 19 too few to rate 74.2% 11 / 15 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 55 / 174 31.6% 38.1% 333 / 866 38.5% 35.3%
To the body 52 / 71 73.2% 73.2% 97 / 141 68.8% 69.0%
To the legs 28 / 37 75.7% 80.9% 89 / 110 80.9% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

942.9% acc · 2.48/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
1737.8% acc · 1.82/15 · norm 1.02
750.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1858.1% def · norm 58.95%
15:4528.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
43:4631.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
21:395:57 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
21:282:18 per 15 · norm 3:03
20.55/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
30.32/15 · norm 0.32

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

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