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Vanessa Demopoulos vs. Emily Ducote

UFC 5-6-0 vs. 2-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-6-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
38
AgeΔ 6 yrs
32
5'2"
HeightΔ 0"
5'2"
59"
ReachΔ 4"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.8
Layoff (months)Δ 28.3 mo
29.1
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Emily Ducote outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 7.45 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 norm.
Emily Ducote absorbs 7.84 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 4.00 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.
Vanessa Demopoulos rarely shoots — 0.35 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Vanessa Demopoulos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 52
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Emily Ducote

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4583.61/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
5597.45/min · norm 3.77
7465.88/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5887.84/min · norm 4.00
39.8%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
52.1%norm 44.5%
40.6%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 54.4%
10.12/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Vanessa Demopoulos

Distance 87.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 5.0%)

Emily Ducote

Distance 97.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 5.0%)

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

Vanessa Demopoulos

Head 80.0% (norm 76.6%) · Body 14.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 9.1%)

Emily Ducote

Head 71.7% (norm 76.6%) · Body 14.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Demopoulos L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Ducote L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 344 / 1002 34.3% 38.3% 540 / 1046 51.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 63 / 88 71.6% 72.6% 16 / 23 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 51 / 60 85.0% 75.0% 3 / 3 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 293 / 920 31.8% 35.4% 316 / 769 41.1% 35.4%
To the body 115 / 165 69.7% 69.3% 114 / 155 73.5% 69.3%
To the legs 50 / 65 76.9% 77.9% 129 / 148 87.2% 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 Demopoulos L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Ducote L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 621 / 1084 57.3% 39.7% 505 / 1306 38.7% 39.7%
In the clinch 31 / 40 77.5% 71.2% 83 / 91 91.2% 71.2%
On the ground 94 / 131 71.8% 74.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 532 / 1008 52.8% 36.0% 373 / 1128 33.1% 36.0%
To the body 130 / 152 85.5% 68.7% 161 / 207 77.8% 68.7%
To the legs 84 / 95 88.4% 79.1% 54 / 62 87.1% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
310.3% acc · 0.35/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
114.3% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 1.10
526.3% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1694.1% def · norm 64.1%
15:5712.6% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
1:001.3% of cage time · norm 19.0%
36:494:21 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
0:220:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.24/15 · 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 — Demopoulos has more cage time on record.