Alexis Davis vs. Jennifer Maia

UFC 8-6-0 vs. 6-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-6-0
UFC record
6-6-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
41
AgeΔ 4 yrs
37
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'4"
68"
ReachΔ 4"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
54
Layoff (months)Δ 20.2 mo
33.8
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alexis Davis is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Jennifer Maia rarely shoots — 0.42 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Alexis Davis's takedown defense leaks — 27% stopped, vs a 62% Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alexis Davis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 3 — regional circuit 135

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Jennifer Maia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 173

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7544.16/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
7814.35/min · norm 3.91
7464.12/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
8114.52/min · norm 3.81
47.4%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
38.6%norm 44.9%
55.1%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
55.7%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Alexis Davis

Distance 83.3% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 7.5%)

Jennifer Maia

Distance 92.2% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 4.9%)

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

Alexis Davis

Head 69.6% (norm 75.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 18.2% (norm 8.8%)

Jennifer Maia

Head 86.5% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Davis L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Maia L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 566 / 1326 42.7% 38.3% 664 / 1864 35.6% 39.9%
In the clinch 91 / 138 65.9% 73.3% 111 / 147 75.5% 73.3%
On the ground 97 / 127 76.4% 70.8% 6 / 11 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 379 / 1107 34.2% 37.7% 565 / 1749 32.3% 34.9%
To the body 135 / 195 69.2% 70.0% 110 / 157 70.1% 69.5%
To the legs 240 / 289 83.0% 80.9% 106 / 116 91.4% 82.6%

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 Flyweight: 46 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 Davis L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Maia L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 621 / 1505 41.3% 41.3% 727 / 1727 42.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 60 / 85 70.6% 74.7% 52 / 70 74.3% 74.1%
On the ground 65 / 71 91.5% 74.2% 32 / 34 94.1% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 550 / 1404 39.2% 38.1% 488 / 1428 34.2% 35.3%
To the body 115 / 154 74.7% 73.2% 189 / 249 75.9% 69.0%
To the legs 81 / 103 78.6% 80.9% 134 / 154 87.0% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1246.2% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
527.8% acc · 0.42/15 · norm 1.02
627.3% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2458.5% def · norm 58.95%
57:4831.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
23:5913.4% of cage time · norm 19.15%
24:362:02 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
40:043:20 per 15 · norm 3:03
90.74/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
10.08/15 · norm 0.32

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