Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz

UFC 10-5-0 vs. 9-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-5-0
UFC record
9-10-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
38
AgeΔ 2 yrs
40
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'3"
65"
ReachΔ 1"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
49.9
Layoff (months)Δ 40 mo
9.9
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joanna Jedrzejczyk rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 6.28 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 910
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

17546.28/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
13945.54/min · norm 3.77
9073.25/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
14515.77/min · norm 3.94
48.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
43.0%norm 44.5%
62.8%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
56.9%norm 54.4%
10.05/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Distance 87.8% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 11.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 5.0%)

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Distance 88.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 5.0%)

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

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Head 65.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 17.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 17.3% (norm 9.1%)

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Head 76.9% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jedrzejczyk L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Kowalkiewicz L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1431 / 3199 44.7% 38.3% 1101 / 2859 38.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 307 / 422 72.7% 72.6% 253 / 334 75.7% 72.6%
On the ground 16 / 23 too few to rate 75.0% 40 / 50 80.0% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 811 / 2395 33.9% 35.4% 852 / 2494 34.2% 35.4%
To the body 435 / 619 70.3% 69.3% 370 / 517 71.6% 69.3%
To the legs 508 / 630 80.6% 77.9% 172 / 232 74.1% 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 Strawweight: 63 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 Jedrzejczyk L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Kowalkiewicz L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 719 / 2169 33.1% 39.7% 1172 / 2983 39.3% 39.7%
In the clinch 118 / 190 62.1% 71.5% 230 / 324 71.0% 71.5%
On the ground 70 / 81 86.4% 74.4% 49 / 57 86.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 591 / 1915 30.9% 36.0% 858 / 2517 34.1% 36.0%
To the body 139 / 260 53.5% 68.4% 376 / 560 67.1% 68.4%
To the legs 177 / 265 66.8% 79.1% 217 / 287 75.6% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
562.5% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
623.1% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.10
10980.1% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
5074.6% def · norm 64.1%
21:027.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
26:0010.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
59:153:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
45:322:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.05/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
30.18/15 · norm 0.29

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