Valerie Letourneau vs.
Elizabeth Phillips
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Valerie Letourneau
Full career not yet synced for Valerie Letourneau — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Elizabeth Phillips
Full career not yet synced for Elizabeth Phillips — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Valerie Letourneau
Distance 88.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 5.0%)
Elizabeth Phillips
Distance 85.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 9.2% (norm 7.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Valerie Letourneau
Head 83.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 11.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 9.1%)
Elizabeth Phillips
Head 88.5% (norm 75.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Letourneau L/A | Acc | Women's Strawweight med | Phillips L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 363 / 1032 | 35.2% | 38.3% | 118 / 390 | 30.3% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 57 / 102 | 55.9% | 72.6% | 11 / 27 | 40.7% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 21 / 27 | 77.8% | 75.0% | 27 / 42 | 64.3% | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 305 / 972 | 31.4% | 35.4% | 123 / 406 | 30.3% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 95 / 132 | 72.0% | 69.3% | 15 / 34 | 44.1% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 41 / 57 | 71.9% | 77.9% | 18 / 19 | too few to rate | 80.9% |
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 Bantamweight: 40 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 Letourneau L/A | Opp acc | Women's Strawweight med | vs Phillips L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 463 / 1169 | 39.6% | 39.7% | 133 / 362 | 36.7% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 49 / 87 | 56.3% | 71.5% | 42 / 69 | 60.9% | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 16 / 28 | 57.1% | 74.4% | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 284 / 950 | 29.9% | 36.0% | 136 / 375 | 36.3% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 120 / 183 | 65.6% | 68.4% | 41 / 57 | 71.9% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 124 / 151 | 82.1% | 79.1% | 7 / 9 | too few to rate | 80.9% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Letourneau has more cage time on record.