Vanessa Demopoulos vs.
Kanako Murata
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.
Vanessa Demopoulos
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 6 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 5 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 1 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
Kanako Murata
Full career not yet synced for Kanako Murata — 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 -0.3 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)
Vanessa Demopoulos
Distance 86.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 5.0%)
Kanako Murata
Distance 51.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 44.4% (norm 5.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Vanessa Demopoulos
Head 79.9% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 9.1%)
Kanako Murata
Head 82.1% (norm 76.4%) · Body 12.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 5.3% (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/A | Acc | Women's Strawweight med | Murata L/A | Acc | Women's Strawweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 337 / 983 | 34.3% | 38.3% | 33 / 77 | 42.9% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 63 / 88 | 71.6% | 72.6% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 72.6% |
| On the ground | 51 / 60 | 85.0% | 75.0% | 48 / 67 | 71.6% | 75.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 289 / 904 | 32.0% | 35.4% | 66 / 124 | 53.2% | 35.4% |
| To the body | 115 / 165 | 69.7% | 69.3% | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 69.3% |
| To the legs | 47 / 62 | 75.8% | 77.9% | 6 / 8 | 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 Demopoulos L/A | Opp acc | Women's Strawweight med | vs Murata L/A | Opp acc | Women's Strawweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 593 / 1036 | 57.2% | 39.7% | 64 / 163 | 39.3% | 39.7% |
| In the clinch | 28 / 35 | 80.0% | 71.5% | 17 / 23 | too few to rate | 71.5% |
| On the ground | 91 / 128 | 71.1% | 74.4% | 15 / 20 | too few to rate | 74.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 499 / 953 | 52.4% | 36.0% | 65 / 158 | 41.1% | 36.0% |
| To the body | 130 / 152 | 85.5% | 68.4% | 24 / 32 | 75.0% | 68.4% |
| To the legs | 83 / 94 | 88.3% | 79.1% | 7 / 16 | too few to rate | 79.1% |
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 — Demopoulos has more cage time on record.