JJ Aldrich vs. Polyana Viana

UFC 11-6-0 vs. 4-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-6-0
UFC record
4-8-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
34
5'5"
HeightΔ 0"
5'5"
67"
ReachΔ 0"
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0.9 mo
2.8
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Polyana Viana is a submission threat — 1.51 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Polyana Viana's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 64% Women's Strawweight norm.
JJ Aldrich rarely shoots — 0.70 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

JJ Aldrich

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Polyana Viana

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9223.92/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
2522.82/min · norm 3.77
10224.34/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
2452.74/min · norm 3.94
46.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
40.8%norm 44.5%
61.9%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
52.9%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.00

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

JJ Aldrich

Distance 87.6% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 4.9%)

Polyana Viana

Distance 89.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 5.0%)

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

JJ Aldrich

Head 88.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.9% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 3.7% (norm 7.7%)

Polyana Viana

Head 71.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 18.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aldrich L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Viana L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 741 / 1752 42.3% 39.9% 203 / 553 36.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 102 / 139 73.4% 73.3% 23 / 34 67.6% 72.6%
On the ground 79 / 108 73.1% 74.7% 26 / 30 86.7% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 746 / 1768 42.2% 34.9% 119 / 443 26.9% 35.4%
To the body 118 / 158 74.7% 69.5% 79 / 115 68.7% 69.3%
To the legs 58 / 73 79.5% 82.6% 54 / 59 91.5% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Aldrich L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Viana L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 853 / 2447 34.9% 38.8% 184 / 440 41.8% 39.7%
In the clinch 153 / 216 70.8% 74.1% 18 / 20 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 16 / 20 too few to rate 73.4% 43 / 60 71.7% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 528 / 1975 26.7% 35.3% 123 / 345 35.7% 36.0%
To the body 274 / 425 64.5% 69.0% 62 / 99 62.6% 68.4%
To the legs 220 / 283 77.7% 78.7% 60 / 76 78.9% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1125.6% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.10
2767.5% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
733.3% def · norm 64.1%
39:0016.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
6:397.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
16:301:03 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
45:017:33 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
91.51/15 · norm 0.29

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