Joanne Wood vs. Jennifer Maia

UFC 9-8-0 vs. 6-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-8-0
UFC record
6-6-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
37
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'4"
65"
ReachΔ 1"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
29
Layoff (months)Δ 4.8 mo
33.8
WWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joanne Wood carries real power — 0.24 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Joanne Wood outworks the Women's Flyweight division — 7.10 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.91 norm.
Jennifer Maia rarely shoots — 0.42 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joanne Wood

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13297.10/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
7814.35/min · norm 3.91
9154.89/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
8114.52/min · norm 3.81
51.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
38.6%norm 44.9%
51.5%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
55.7%norm 55.95%
30.24/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Joanne Wood

Distance 85.1% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 4.9%)

Jennifer Maia

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

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

Joanne Wood

Head 59.9% (norm 78.1%) · Body 18.4% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 21.6% (norm 7.7%)

Jennifer Maia

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Wood L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Maia L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1046 / 2196 47.6% 39.9% 664 / 1864 35.6% 39.9%
In the clinch 224 / 292 76.7% 73.3% 111 / 147 75.5% 73.3%
On the ground 59 / 94 62.8% 74.7% 6 / 11 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 581 / 1547 37.6% 34.9% 565 / 1749 32.3% 34.9%
To the body 323 / 476 67.9% 69.5% 110 / 157 70.1% 69.5%
To the legs 425 / 559 76.0% 82.6% 106 / 116 91.4% 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 Wood L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Maia L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 691 / 1596 43.3% 38.8% 727 / 1727 42.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 152 / 197 77.2% 74.1% 52 / 70 74.3% 74.1%
On the ground 72 / 93 77.4% 73.4% 32 / 34 94.1% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 554 / 1394 39.7% 35.3% 488 / 1428 34.2% 35.3%
To the body 255 / 334 76.3% 69.0% 189 / 249 75.9% 69.0%
To the legs 106 / 158 67.1% 78.7% 134 / 154 87.0% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1955.9% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
527.8% acc · 0.42/15 · norm 1.02
2058.8% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
2458.5% def · norm 58.95%
35:0018.7% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
23:5913.4% of cage time · norm 19.15%
38:413:06 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
40:043:20 per 15 · norm 3:03
40.32/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.08/15 · norm 0.32

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