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Zarah Fairn vs.
Felicia Spencer

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

0-4-0 Zarah Fairn · UFC
3-3-0 Felicia Spencer · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-4-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Women's Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Featherweight
42
AgeΔ 7 yrs
35
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
35.1
Layoff (months)Δ 21.6 mo
56.7
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL
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.

Zarah Fairn absorbs 7.40 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 2.33 Women's Featherweight norm — hittable.
Zarah Fairn rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.18 Women's Featherweight norm.
Felicia Spencer absorbs 4.54 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 2.33 Women's Featherweight 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.

Zarah Fairn

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Felicia Spencer

Full career not yet synced for Felicia Spencer — 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 +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1714.55/min · norm 3.85
Sig. strikes landed
2453.21/min · norm 3.85
2787.40/min · norm 2.33
Sig. strikes absorbed
3474.54/min · norm 2.33
31.5%norm 51.0%
Striking accuracy
48.8%norm 51.0%
45.9%norm 64.3%
Striking defense
45.4%norm 64.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.17
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.17

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

Zarah Fairn

Distance 97.1% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 11.9%)

Felicia Spencer

Distance 67.3% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 16.9% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 11.9%)

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

Zarah Fairn

Head 90.8% (norm 74.7%) · Body 6.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 9.0%)

Felicia Spencer

Head 77.5% (norm 74.7%) · Body 13.5% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 9.0% (norm 9.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fairn L/AAccWomen's Featherweight med Spencer L/AAccWomen's Featherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 160 / 527 30.4% 47.3% 120 / 338 35.5% 47.3%
In the clinch 11 / 16 too few to rate 78.3% 64 / 85 75.3% 78.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 61 / 79 77.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 128 / 493 26.0% 42.9% 167 / 389 42.9% 42.9%
To the body 26 / 33 78.8% 79.1% 43 / 68 63.2% 79.1%
To the legs 17 / 17 too few to rate 82.0% 35 / 45 77.8% 82.0%

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 Featherweight: 3 fighters · Women's Featherweight: 3 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 Fairn L/AOpp accWomen's Featherweight med vs Spencer L/AOpp accWomen's Featherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 207 / 417 49.6% 32.4% 258 / 515 50.1% 32.4%
In the clinch 31 / 45 68.9% 72.7% 50 / 66 75.8% 72.7%
On the ground 40 / 52 76.9% 72.2% 39 / 54 72.2% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 149 / 355 42.0% 26.3% 213 / 476 44.7% 26.3%
To the body 59 / 76 77.6% 60.3% 78 / 98 79.6% 60.3%
To the legs 70 / 83 84.3% 67.6% 56 / 61 91.8% 67.6%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.18
Takedowns landed
618.8% acc · 1.18/15 · norm 1.18
360.0% def · norm 71.9%
Takedowns stopped
327.3% def · norm 71.9%
0:351.6% of cage time · norm 24.0%
Control time
23:4631.1% of cage time · norm 24.0%
7:533:08 per 15 · norm 2:26
Time under control
12:172:24 per 15 · norm 2:26
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Submission attempts
10.20/15 · norm 0.00

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

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