Hannah Cifers vs. Mariya Agapova

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-5-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
34
AgeΔ 5 yrs
29
5'1"
HeightΔ 5"
5'6"
62"
ReachΔ 6"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
71.3
Layoff (months)Δ 46.5 mo
24.8
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mariya Agapova carries real power — 0.76 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Mariya Agapova is a submission threat — 1.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Hannah Cifers rarely shoots — 0.26 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.

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

Mariya Agapova

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2914.99/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2025.12/min · norm 3.91
3145.39/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
1313.32/min · norm 3.81
44.5%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
56.0%norm 44.9%
52.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 55.95%
20.51/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
20.76/15 · norm 0.09

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%)

Mariya Agapova

Distance 77.8% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 10.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.4% (norm 4.9%)

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%)

Mariya Agapova

Head 72.3% (norm 78.1%) · Body 20.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 7.7%)

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 Agapova L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 541 39.7% 38.3% 136 / 281 48.4% 39.9%
In the clinch 65 / 93 69.9% 72.6% 31 / 39 79.5% 73.3%
On the ground 11 / 20 too few to rate 75.0% 35 / 41 85.4% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 128 / 423 30.3% 35.4% 130 / 261 49.8% 34.9%
To the body 90 / 136 66.2% 69.3% 56 / 75 74.7% 69.5%
To the legs 73 / 95 76.8% 77.9% 16 / 25 64.0% 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 Cifers L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Agapova L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 200 / 508 39.4% 39.7% 82 / 221 37.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 51 / 71 71.8% 71.5% 15 / 20 too few to rate 74.1%
On the ground 63 / 88 71.6% 74.4% 34 / 46 73.9% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 204 / 529 38.6% 36.0% 80 / 206 38.8% 35.3%
To the body 80 / 107 74.8% 68.4% 29 / 42 69.0% 69.0%
To the legs 30 / 31 96.8% 79.1% 22 / 39 56.4% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
2100.0% acc · 0.76/15 · norm 1.02
1164.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
746.7% def · norm 58.95%
7:3713.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
4:4912.2% of cage time · norm 19.15%
11:322:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
17:286:38 per 15 · norm 3:03
10.26/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
31.14/15 · norm 0.32

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