Danielle Taylor vs. Maryna Moroz

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 6-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
6-6-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
36
AgeΔ 2 yrs
34
5'0"
HeightΔ 7"
5'7"
60"
ReachΔ 7"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
96.1
Layoff (months)Δ 67.1 mo
29
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Maryna Moroz is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Danielle Taylor rarely shoots — 0.20 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Danielle Taylor defends head shots well — opponents land just 21%, vs a 36% Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Danielle Taylor

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 96

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.18 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

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

Maryna Moroz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2062.75/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
6624.42/min · norm 3.91
2483.31/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
7334.89/min · norm 3.81
29.5%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
33.6%norm 44.9%
71.7%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
51.9%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Danielle Taylor

Distance 97.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.1% (norm 5.0%)

Maryna Moroz

Distance 90.9% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 4.9%)

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

Danielle Taylor

Head 83.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 7.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 9.1%)

Maryna Moroz

Head 81.2% (norm 78.1%) · Body 15.0% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Taylor L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Moroz L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 195 / 680 28.7% 38.3% 539 / 1790 30.1% 39.9%
In the clinch 10 / 18 too few to rate 72.6% 58 / 95 61.1% 73.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 75.0% 65 / 85 76.5% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 130 / 586 22.2% 35.4% 415 / 1600 25.9% 34.9%
To the body 32 / 53 60.4% 69.3% 190 / 296 64.2% 69.5%
To the legs 44 / 60 73.3% 77.9% 57 / 74 77.0% 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 Taylor L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Moroz L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 222 / 840 26.4% 39.7% 596 / 1345 44.3% 38.8%
In the clinch 24 / 33 72.7% 71.5% 107 / 133 80.5% 74.1%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 74.4% 30 / 45 66.7% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 152 / 711 21.4% 36.0% 417 / 1113 37.5% 35.3%
To the body 58 / 96 60.4% 68.4% 168 / 217 77.4% 69.0%
To the legs 38 / 69 55.1% 79.1% 148 / 193 76.7% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
120.0% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
724.1% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.02
770.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
942.9% def · norm 58.95%
0:010.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
31:0920.8% of cage time · norm 19.15%
3:160:39 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
22:482:16 per 15 · norm 3:03
10.20/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
60.60/15 · norm 0.32

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