Hannah Cifers vs. Jodie Esquibel

UFC 2-5-0 vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-5-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
34
AgeΔ 6 yrs
40
5'1"
HeightΔ 0"
5'1"
62"
ReachΔ 2"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
71.3
Layoff (months)Δ 12.4 mo
83.7
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jodie Esquibel absorbs 7.37 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.
Hannah Cifers rarely shoots — 0.26 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Hannah Cifers absorbs 5.39 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Hannah Cifers

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.27 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Jodie Esquibel

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 04
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.09 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 1 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2914.99/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2464.10/min · norm 3.77
3145.39/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
4427.37/min · norm 3.94
44.5%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
31.4%norm 44.5%
52.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
52.6%norm 54.4%
20.51/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Hannah Cifers

Distance 82.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 5.0%)

Jodie Esquibel

Distance 93.8% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 5.0%)

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

Hannah Cifers

Head 64.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 20.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 9.1%)

Jodie Esquibel

Head 79.2% (norm 76.4%) · Body 18.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 1.9% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cifers L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Esquibel L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 541 39.7% 38.3% 216 / 735 29.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 65 / 93 69.9% 72.6% 24 / 42 57.1% 72.6%
On the ground 11 / 20 too few to rate 75.0% 6 / 7 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 128 / 423 30.3% 35.4% 160 / 621 25.8% 35.4%
To the body 90 / 136 66.2% 69.3% 73 / 148 49.3% 69.3%
To the legs 73 / 95 76.8% 77.9% 13 / 15 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 Cifers L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Esquibel L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 200 / 508 39.4% 39.7% 344 / 811 42.4% 39.7%
In the clinch 51 / 71 71.8% 71.5% 90 / 112 80.4% 71.5%
On the ground 63 / 88 71.6% 74.4% 8 / 9 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 204 / 529 38.6% 36.0% 300 / 752 39.9% 36.0%
To the body 80 / 107 74.8% 68.4% 102 / 133 76.7% 68.4%
To the legs 30 / 31 96.8% 79.1% 40 / 47 85.1% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
321.4% acc · 0.75/15 · norm 1.10
1164.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1083.3% def · norm 64.1%
7:3713.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
6:1710.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
11:322:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
2:000:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.26/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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