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Wu Yanan vs.
Joselyne Edwards

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

1-5-0 Wu Yanan · UFC
9-4-0 Joselyne Edwards · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-5-0
UFC record
9-4-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
30.3
AgeΔ 0.6 yrs
30.9
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
66"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
47.5
Layoff (months)Δ 44.1 mo
3.4
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW
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.

Joselyne Edwards is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Joselyne Edwards hunts takedowns — 1.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Wu Yanan absorbs 4.95 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.51 Women's Bantamweight norm — hittable.
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.

Wu Yanan

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Joselyne Edwards

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3094.23/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
7484.61/min · norm 3.56
3624.95/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
5283.26/min · norm 3.51
41.4%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
53.1%norm 46.65%
49.9%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.08

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

Wu Yanan

Distance 88.6% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 7.5%)

Joselyne Edwards

Distance 89.9% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 7.5%)

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

Wu Yanan

Head 70.8% (norm 75.2%) · Body 17.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 8.8%)

Joselyne Edwards

Head 51.0% (norm 75.2%) · Body 28.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 21.1% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yanan L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Edwards L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 246 / 661 37.2% 38.3% 637 / 1266 50.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 55 / 70 78.6% 73.3% 54 / 75 72.0% 73.3%
On the ground 8 / 15 too few to rate 70.8% 57 / 68 83.8% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 158 / 528 29.9% 37.7% 287 / 718 40.0% 37.7%
To the body 89 / 127 70.1% 70.0% 240 / 394 60.9% 70.0%
To the legs 62 / 91 68.1% 80.9% 221 / 297 74.4% 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 Bantamweight: 40 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 Yanan L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Edwards L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 265 / 595 44.5% 41.3% 368 / 841 43.8% 41.3%
In the clinch 52 / 65 80.0% 74.7% 113 / 152 74.3% 74.7%
On the ground 45 / 63 71.4% 74.2% 47 / 63 74.6% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 240 / 539 44.5% 38.1% 252 / 689 36.6% 38.1%
To the body 71 / 108 65.7% 73.2% 145 / 198 73.2% 73.2%
To the legs 51 / 76 67.1% 80.9% 131 / 169 77.5% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

330.0% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
1436.8% acc · 1.29/15 · norm 0.91
1263.2% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3162.0% def · norm 62.5%
11:4816.1% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
32:1819.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
16:113:19 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
47:084:21 per 15 · norm 3:19
10.21/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
60.55/15 · norm 0.34

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

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