Ashley Yoder vs. Justine Kish

UFC 3-8-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-8-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
38
AgeΔ 0 yrs
38
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
69"
ReachΔ 5"
64"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
33.8
Layoff (months)Δ 29.9 mo
63.7
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ashley Yoder is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Justine Kish carries real power — 0.14 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Ashley Yoder owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ashley Yoder

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 38
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 53

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.25 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Justine Kish

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 21

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5643.42/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
4694.51/min · norm 3.91
6814.13/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
4774.59/min · norm 3.81
39.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 44.9%
47.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 55.95%
10.09/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.14/15 · norm 0.09

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

Ashley Yoder

Distance 86.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 5.0%)

Justine Kish

Distance 89.3% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 4.9%)

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

Ashley Yoder

Head 78.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 9.1%)

Justine Kish

Head 62.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 17.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 20.1% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yoder L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Kish L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 423 / 1252 33.8% 38.3% 399 / 871 45.8% 39.9%
In the clinch 48 / 69 69.6% 72.6% 53 / 76 69.7% 73.3%
On the ground 93 / 119 78.2% 75.0% 17 / 28 60.7% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 364 / 1135 32.1% 35.4% 205 / 611 33.6% 34.9%
To the body 136 / 216 63.0% 69.3% 108 / 168 64.3% 69.5%
To the legs 64 / 89 71.9% 77.9% 156 / 196 79.6% 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 Strawweight: 63 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 Yoder L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Kish L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 503 / 1067 47.1% 39.7% 388 / 995 39.0% 38.8%
In the clinch 131 / 157 83.4% 71.5% 41 / 62 66.1% 74.1%
On the ground 47 / 62 75.8% 74.4% 48 / 71 67.6% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 354 / 862 41.1% 36.0% 288 / 855 33.7% 35.3%
To the body 159 / 231 68.8% 68.4% 96 / 155 61.9% 69.0%
To the legs 168 / 193 87.0% 79.1% 93 / 118 78.8% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1227.9% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
633.3% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.02
1666.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
750.0% def · norm 58.95%
43:3326.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
11:4511.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
33:023:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
20:553:01 per 15 · norm 3:03
60.55/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.32

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