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Virna Jandiroba vs.
Felice Herrig

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

9-4-0 Virna Jandiroba · UFC
5-5-0 Felice Herrig · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

9-4-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
38.2
AgeΔ 3.7 yrs
41.9
5'3"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
64"
ReachΔ 1"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.1
Layoff (months)Δ 46 mo
50.1
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
The read

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.

Virna Jandiroba is a submission threat — 1.39 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Virna Jandiroba hunts takedowns — 3.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Felice Herrig is a submission threat — 0.81 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

Virna Jandiroba

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 3 — regional circuit 140

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.46 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Felice Herrig

Full career not yet synced for Felice Herrig — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3932.27/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
4253.84/min · norm 3.77
4942.86/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
5755.19/min · norm 3.94
41.3%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
37.6%norm 44.5%
55.5%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
48.1%norm 54.4%
10.09/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Virna Jandiroba

Distance 88.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.7% (norm 5.0%)

Felice Herrig

Distance 85.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 5.0%)

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

Virna Jandiroba

Head 87.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 10.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 9.1%)

Felice Herrig

Head 77.2% (norm 76.4%) · Body 16.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jandiroba L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Herrig L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 309 / 843 36.7% 38.3% 304 / 969 31.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 52 / 73 71.2% 72.6% 85 / 114 74.6% 72.6%
On the ground 32 / 35 91.4% 75.0% 36 / 48 75.0% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 314 / 833 37.7% 35.4% 259 / 873 29.7% 35.4%
To the body 62 / 99 62.6% 69.3% 123 / 186 66.1% 69.3%
To the legs 17 / 19 too few to rate 77.9% 43 / 72 59.7% 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 Jandiroba L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Herrig L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 372 / 960 38.8% 39.7% 363 / 853 42.6% 39.7%
In the clinch 58 / 76 76.3% 71.5% 125 / 148 84.5% 71.5%
On the ground 64 / 75 85.3% 74.4% 87 / 107 81.3% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 347 / 916 37.9% 36.0% 378 / 868 43.5% 36.0%
To the body 97 / 136 71.3% 68.4% 120 / 150 80.0% 68.4%
To the legs 50 / 59 84.7% 79.1% 77 / 90 85.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

3639.1% acc · 3.13/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
828.6% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 1.10
2472.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1575.0% def · norm 64.1%
74:5243.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
27:5825.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
21:571:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
24:063:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
161.39/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
60.81/15 · norm 0.29

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

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