Leah Letson vs. Felicia Spencer

UFC 1-1-0 vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-1-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Women's Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Featherweight
33
AgeΔ 2 yrs
35
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
56.8
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
56.8
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Felicia Spencer absorbs 4.54 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 2.33 Women's Featherweight norm — hittable.
Opponents land 45% of their head shots on Felicia Spencer, vs a 26% Women's Featherweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Opponents land 43% of their head shots on Leah Letson, vs a 26% Women's Featherweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Leah Letson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 7 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Felicia Spencer

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

903.06/min · norm 3.85
Sig. strikes landed
2453.21/min · norm 3.85
1133.84/min · norm 2.33
Sig. strikes absorbed
3474.54/min · norm 2.33
41.9%norm 51.0%
Striking accuracy
48.8%norm 51.0%
52.1%norm 64.3%
Striking defense
45.4%norm 64.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.17
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.17

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

Leah Letson

Distance 92.1% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 11.9%)

Felicia Spencer

Distance 67.3% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 16.9% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 11.9%)

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

Leah Letson

Head 76.3% (norm 74.7%) · Body 15.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 9.0%)

Felicia Spencer

Head 77.5% (norm 74.7%) · Body 13.5% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 9.0% (norm 9.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Letson L/AAccWomen's Featherweight med Spencer L/AAccWomen's Featherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 198 39.9% 47.3% 120 / 338 35.5% 47.3%
In the clinch 10 / 16 too few to rate 78.3% 64 / 85 75.3% 78.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 61 / 79 77.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 164 30.5% 42.9% 167 / 389 42.9% 42.9%
To the body 25 / 34 73.5% 79.1% 43 / 68 63.2% 79.1%
To the legs 15 / 17 too few to rate 82.0% 35 / 45 77.8% 82.0%

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 Featherweight: 3 fighters · Women's Featherweight: 3 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 Letson L/AOpp accWomen's Featherweight med vs Spencer L/AOpp accWomen's Featherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 55 / 166 33.1% 32.4% 258 / 515 50.1% 32.4%
In the clinch 44 / 52 84.6% 72.7% 50 / 66 75.8% 72.7%
On the ground 14 / 18 too few to rate 72.2% 39 / 54 72.2% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 83 / 191 43.5% 26.3% 213 / 476 44.7% 26.3%
To the body 19 / 27 70.4% 60.3% 78 / 98 79.6% 60.3%
To the legs 11 / 18 too few to rate 67.6% 56 / 61 91.8% 67.6%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 1.18
Takedowns landed
618.8% acc · 1.18/15 · norm 1.18
1376.5% def · norm 71.9%
Takedowns stopped
327.3% def · norm 71.9%
3:5913.5% of cage time · norm 24.0%
Control time
23:4631.1% of cage time · norm 24.0%
12:006:07 per 15 · norm 2:26
Time under control
12:172:24 per 15 · norm 2:26
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Submission attempts
10.20/15 · norm 0.00

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