Felice Herrig vs. Lisa Ellis

UFC 5-5-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-5-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
41
AgeΔ 2 yrs
43
5'4"
HeightΔ 0"
5'4"
65"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
50.1
Layoff (months)Δ 84.9 mo
135
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Lisa Ellis is a submission threat — 1.23 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Lisa Ellis hunts takedowns — 3.68 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Felice Herrig is a submission threat — 0.81 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Felice Herrig

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 65

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.63 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Lisa Ellis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 137

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.12 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4253.84/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
110.90/min · norm 3.77
5755.19/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
292.37/min · norm 3.94
37.6%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 44.5%
48.1%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
46.3%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Felice Herrig

Distance 85.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 5.0%)

Lisa Ellis

Distance 50.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 31.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 18.2% (norm 5.0%)

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

Felice Herrig

Head 77.2% (norm 76.4%) · Body 16.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 9.1%)

Lisa Ellis

Head 81.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 18.2% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Herrig L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Ellis L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 304 / 969 31.4% 38.3% 3 / 11 too few to rate 38.3%
In the clinch 85 / 114 74.6% 72.6% 4 / 7 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 36 / 48 75.0% 75.0% 4 / 4 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 259 / 873 29.7% 35.4% 9 / 18 too few to rate 35.4%
To the body 123 / 186 66.1% 69.3% 2 / 4 too few to rate 69.3%
To the legs 43 / 72 59.7% 77.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 77.9%

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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Herrig L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Ellis L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 363 / 853 42.6% 39.7% 5 / 20 too few to rate 39.7%
In the clinch 125 / 148 84.5% 71.5% 10 / 15 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 87 / 107 81.3% 74.4% 14 / 19 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 378 / 868 43.5% 36.0% 25 / 48 52.1% 36.0%
To the body 120 / 150 80.0% 68.4% 4 / 6 too few to rate 68.4%
To the legs 77 / 90 85.6% 79.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
828.6% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 3.68/15 · norm 1.10
1575.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 64.1%
27:5825.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
4:0333.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
24:063:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
7:098:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.81/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
11.23/15 · norm 0.29

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