JJ Aldrich vs. Veronica Hardy

UFC 11-6-0 vs. 5-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-6-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
33
AgeΔ 3 yrs
30
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
67"
ReachΔ 3"
64"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
3.7
Layoff (months)Δ 6.4 mo
10.1
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Veronica Hardy carries real power — 0.12 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight 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

Veronica Hardy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9223.92/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
3903.06/min · norm 3.91
10224.34/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
4133.24/min · norm 3.81
46.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 44.9%
61.9%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.09

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%)

Veronica Hardy

Distance 83.5% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 4.9%)

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%)

Veronica Hardy

Head 78.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.7%)

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 Hardy L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 741 / 1752 42.3% 39.9% 293 / 708 41.4% 39.9%
In the clinch 102 / 139 73.4% 73.3% 48 / 73 65.8% 73.3%
On the ground 79 / 108 73.1% 74.7% 49 / 67 73.1% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 746 / 1768 42.2% 34.9% 255 / 662 38.5% 34.9%
To the body 118 / 158 74.7% 69.5% 71 / 111 64.0% 69.5%
To the legs 58 / 73 79.5% 82.6% 64 / 75 85.3% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Aldrich L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Hardy L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 853 / 2447 34.9% 38.8% 233 / 590 39.5% 38.8%
In the clinch 153 / 216 70.8% 74.1% 105 / 126 83.3% 74.1%
On the ground 16 / 20 too few to rate 73.4% 75 / 115 65.2% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 528 / 1975 26.7% 35.3% 244 / 597 40.9% 35.3%
To the body 274 / 425 64.5% 69.0% 130 / 172 75.6% 69.0%
To the legs 220 / 283 77.7% 78.7% 39 / 62 62.9% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1125.6% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
741.2% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 1.02
2767.5% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1651.6% def · norm 58.95%
39:0016.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
17:2313.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
16:301:03 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
40:124:44 per 15 · norm 3:03
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
30.35/15 · norm 0.32

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