Skip to content

Veronica Hardy vs. Brogan Walker

UFC 5-5-0 vs. 0-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-5-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
30
AgeΔ 8 yrs
38
5'4"
HeightΔ 0"
5'4"
64"
ReachΔ 3"
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
12.5
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
12.5
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Brogan Walker's takedown defense leaks — 11% stopped, vs a 61% Women's Flyweight norm.
Brogan Walker is wasteful with head shots — only 19% land, vs a 36% Women's Flyweight 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

Brogan Walker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 03
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.21 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 1 finish wins over 12 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
811.84/min · norm 3.93
4133.24/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1463.32/min · norm 3.84
46.0%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
32.0%norm 45.5%
50.3%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
47.5%norm 56.1%
10.12/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.10

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%)

Brogan Walker

Distance 91.3% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.0% (norm 4.5%)

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%)

Brogan Walker

Head 71.5% (norm 78.1%) · Body 11.9% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 16.6% (norm 7.6%)

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 Walker L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 293 / 708 41.4% 40.3% 66 / 231 28.6% 40.3%
In the clinch 48 / 73 65.8% 73.9% 10 / 12 too few to rate 73.9%
On the ground 49 / 67 73.1% 74.4% 5 / 10 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 255 / 662 38.5% 36.0% 34 / 181 18.8% 36.0%
To the body 71 / 111 64.0% 69.5% 21 / 30 70.0% 69.5%
To the legs 64 / 75 85.3% 82.3% 26 / 42 61.9% 82.3%

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 Flyweight: 47 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 Walker L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 233 / 590 39.5% 39.0% 108 / 221 48.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 105 / 126 83.3% 73.8% 10 / 11 too few to rate 73.8%
On the ground 75 / 115 65.2% 73.4% 28 / 46 60.9% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 244 / 597 40.9% 35.0% 107 / 230 46.5% 35.0%
To the body 130 / 172 75.6% 69.0% 26 / 34 76.5% 69.0%
To the legs 39 / 62 62.9% 78.7% 13 / 14 too few to rate 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
741.2% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 0.94
1651.6% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
111.1% def · norm 61.1%
17:2313.6% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
5:1511.9% of cage time · norm 18.7%
40:124:44 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
13:024:26 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.35/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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