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Veronica Hardy vs. Bea Malecki

UFC 5-5-0 vs. 2-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-5-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
30
AgeΔ 5 yrs
35
5'4"
HeightΔ 5"
5'9"
64"
ReachΔ 10"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
12.5
Layoff (months)Δ 49.5 mo
62
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Bea Malecki is a submission threat — 1.12 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.36 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Bea Malecki rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Veronica Hardy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

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

Bea Malecki

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.35 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 5 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3903.06/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
1846.84/min · norm 3.60
4133.24/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1876.96/min · norm 3.51
46.0%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 46.5%
50.3%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
62.1%norm 52.8%
10.12/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.07

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

Veronica Hardy

Distance 83.5% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 4.5%)

Bea Malecki

Distance 91.2% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 7.3%)

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

Veronica Hardy

Head 78.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.1% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.6%)

Bea Malecki

Head 76.8% (norm 75.5%) · Body 18.8% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hardy L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Malecki L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 293 / 708 41.4% 40.3% 160 / 365 43.8% 38.5%
In the clinch 48 / 73 65.8% 73.9% 11 / 13 too few to rate 74.3%
On the ground 49 / 67 73.1% 74.4% 13 / 22 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 255 / 662 38.5% 36.0% 117 / 307 38.1% 37.7%
To the body 71 / 111 64.0% 69.5% 51 / 75 68.0% 71.1%
To the legs 64 / 75 85.3% 82.3% 16 / 18 too few to rate 80.8%

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: 47 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 41 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/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Malecki L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 233 / 590 39.5% 39.0% 175 / 466 37.6% 41.3%
In the clinch 105 / 126 83.3% 73.8% 10 / 25 40.0% 75.0%
On the ground 75 / 115 65.2% 73.4% 2 / 2 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 244 / 597 40.9% 35.0% 129 / 392 32.9% 37.7%
To the body 130 / 172 75.6% 69.0% 31 / 66 47.0% 73.2%
To the legs 39 / 62 62.9% 78.7% 27 / 35 77.1% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
741.2% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
1651.6% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
1178.6% def · norm 62.5%
17:2313.6% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
4:3216.9% of cage time · norm 26.3%
40:124:44 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
2:531:36 per 15 · norm 3:19
30.35/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
21.12/15 · norm 0.36

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