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Tabatha Ricci vs.
Gillian Robertson

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

7-5-0 Tabatha Ricci · UFC
14-6-0 Gillian Robertson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-5-0
UFC record
14-6-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
31.5
AgeΔ 0.3 yrs
31.2
5'1"
HeightΔ 4"
5'5"
61"
ReachΔ 2"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 4.2 mo
4.8
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW
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.

Gillian Robertson is a submission threat — 0.87 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Gillian Robertson hunts takedowns — 2.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Tabatha Ricci hunts takedowns — 2.37 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.

Tabatha Ricci

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Gillian Robertson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 146
Tier 3 — regional circuit 32

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5973.77/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
5602.71/min · norm 3.91
7584.79/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
5902.86/min · norm 3.81
36.5%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
48.5%norm 44.9%
58.1%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
56.0%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Tabatha Ricci

Distance 91.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 5.0%)

Gillian Robertson

Distance 68.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 29.8% (norm 4.9%)

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

Tabatha Ricci

Head 81.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 8.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 9.1%)

Gillian Robertson

Head 74.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.9% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ricci L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Robertson L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 480 / 1492 32.2% 38.3% 281 / 785 35.8% 39.9%
In the clinch 41 / 57 71.9% 72.6% 20 / 26 76.9% 73.3%
On the ground 76 / 87 87.4% 75.0% 259 / 344 75.3% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 395 / 1332 29.7% 35.4% 377 / 864 43.6% 34.9%
To the body 81 / 136 59.6% 69.3% 90 / 160 56.2% 69.5%
To the legs 121 / 168 72.0% 77.9% 93 / 131 71.0% 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 Ricci L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Robertson L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 658 / 1653 39.8% 39.7% 407 / 1127 36.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 79 / 128 61.7% 71.5% 55 / 70 78.6% 74.1%
On the ground 21 / 27 77.8% 74.4% 128 / 145 88.3% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 489 / 1433 34.1% 36.0% 452 / 1161 38.9% 35.3%
To the body 184 / 271 67.9% 68.4% 90 / 119 75.6% 69.0%
To the legs 85 / 104 81.7% 79.1% 48 / 62 77.4% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2534.7% acc · 2.37/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
3840.9% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.02
1954.3% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
738.9% def · norm 58.95%
39:4225.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
102:3649.7% of cage time · norm 19.15%
14:511:24 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
30:052:11 per 15 · norm 3:03
10.09/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
120.87/15 · norm 0.32

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

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