Jennifer Maia vs. Liz Carmouche

UFC 6-6-0 vs. 5-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-6-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
37
AgeΔ 5 yrs
42
5'4"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
64"
ReachΔ 2"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
33.8
Layoff (months)Δ 50.1 mo
83.9
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Liz Carmouche hunts takedowns — 2.61 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Jennifer Maia rarely shoots — 0.42 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Liz Carmouche defends head shots well — opponents land just 21%, vs a 38% Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jennifer Maia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 173

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Liz Carmouche

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 186
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.49 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7814.35/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
3142.18/min · norm 3.56
8114.52/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
3022.10/min · norm 3.51
38.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
53.0%norm 46.65%
55.7%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
64.9%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Jennifer Maia

Distance 92.2% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 4.9%)

Liz Carmouche

Distance 70.4% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 20.8% (norm 7.5%)

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

Jennifer Maia

Head 86.5% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.7%)

Liz Carmouche

Head 65.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 13.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 21.1% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Maia L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Carmouche L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 664 / 1864 35.6% 39.9% 177 / 417 42.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 111 / 147 75.5% 73.3% 46 / 52 88.5% 73.3%
On the ground 6 / 11 too few to rate 74.7% 91 / 123 74.0% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 565 / 1749 32.3% 34.9% 164 / 390 42.1% 37.7%
To the body 110 / 157 70.1% 69.5% 57 / 77 74.0% 70.0%
To the legs 106 / 116 91.4% 82.6% 93 / 125 74.4% 80.9%

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 Flyweight: 46 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Maia L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Carmouche L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 727 / 1727 42.1% 38.8% 171 / 678 25.2% 41.3%
In the clinch 52 / 70 74.3% 74.1% 75 / 111 67.6% 74.7%
On the ground 32 / 34 94.1% 73.4% 56 / 72 77.8% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 488 / 1428 34.2% 35.3% 126 / 606 20.8% 38.1%
To the body 189 / 249 75.9% 69.0% 48 / 90 53.3% 73.2%
To the legs 134 / 154 87.0% 78.7% 128 / 165 77.6% 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
527.8% acc · 0.42/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
2561.0% acc · 2.61/15 · norm 0.91
2458.5% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1666.7% def · norm 62.5%
23:5913.4% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
42:4129.7% of cage time · norm 26.55%
40:043:20 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
38:133:59 per 15 · norm 3:19
10.08/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
40.42/15 · norm 0.34

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