Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Paige VanZant
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Jessica-Rose Clark
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.37 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.9 wins over .500
Paige VanZant
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 13 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jessica-Rose Clark
Distance 81.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 7.5%)
Paige VanZant
Distance 50.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 26.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 23.0% (norm 5.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jessica-Rose Clark
Head 77.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 8.8%)
Paige VanZant
Head 68.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 22.1% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 9.1%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Clark L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med | VanZant L/A | Acc | Women's Strawweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 286 / 633 | 45.2% | 38.3% | 109 / 303 | 36.0% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 52 / 65 | 80.0% | 73.3% | 104 / 163 | 63.8% | 72.6% |
| On the ground | 65 / 83 | 78.3% | 70.8% | 102 / 139 | 73.4% | 75.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 266 / 603 | 44.1% | 37.7% | 197 / 414 | 47.6% | 35.4% |
| To the body | 63 / 93 | 67.7% | 70.0% | 79 / 134 | 59.0% | 69.3% |
| To the legs | 74 / 85 | 87.1% | 80.9% | 39 / 57 | 68.4% | 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 Bantamweight: 40 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 Clark L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med | vs VanZant L/A | Opp acc | Women's Strawweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 322 / 833 | 38.7% | 41.3% | 119 / 243 | 49.0% | 39.7% |
| In the clinch | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 74.7% | 79 / 118 | 66.9% | 71.5% |
| On the ground | 33 / 39 | 84.6% | 74.2% | 49 / 69 | 71.0% | 74.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 259 / 715 | 36.2% | 38.1% | 157 / 310 | 50.6% | 36.0% |
| To the body | 83 / 140 | 59.3% | 73.2% | 70 / 97 | 72.2% | 68.4% |
| To the legs | 37 / 51 | 72.5% | 80.9% | 20 / 23 | too few to rate | 79.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Clark has more cage time on record.