Veronica Hardy vs.
Ashlee Evans-Smith
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.
Veronica Hardy
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 16 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Ashlee Evans-Smith
Full career not yet synced for Ashlee Evans-Smith — 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 -0.1 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)
Veronica Hardy
Distance 83.5% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 4.9%)
Ashlee Evans-Smith
Distance 85.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 4.0% (norm 7.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Veronica Hardy
Head 78.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.7%)
Ashlee Evans-Smith
Head 75.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 16.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Hardy L/A | Acc | Women's Flyweight med | Evans-Smith L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 293 / 708 | 41.4% | 39.9% | 309 / 1123 | 27.5% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 48 / 73 | 65.8% | 73.3% | 98 / 134 | 73.1% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 49 / 67 | 73.1% | 74.7% | 39 / 52 | 75.0% | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 255 / 662 | 38.5% | 34.9% | 229 / 993 | 23.1% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 71 / 111 | 64.0% | 69.5% | 135 / 213 | 63.4% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 64 / 75 | 85.3% | 82.6% | 82 / 103 | 79.6% | 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Hardy L/A | Opp acc | Women's Flyweight med | vs Evans-Smith L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 233 / 590 | 39.5% | 38.8% | 376 / 904 | 41.6% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 105 / 126 | 83.3% | 74.1% | 78 / 120 | 65.0% | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 75 / 115 | 65.2% | 73.4% | 54 / 77 | 70.1% | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 244 / 597 | 40.9% | 35.3% | 319 / 871 | 36.6% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 130 / 172 | 75.6% | 69.0% | 95 / 125 | 76.0% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 39 / 62 | 62.9% | 78.7% | 94 / 105 | 89.5% | 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 — Hardy has more cage time on record.