Liana Jojua vs. Miranda Maverick

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 8-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
8-4-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
31
AgeΔ 2 yrs
29
5'4"
HeightΔ 1"
5'3"
62"
ReachΔ 3"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
56.8
Layoff (months)Δ 43 mo
13.8
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Liana Jojua is a submission threat — 1.28 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Miranda Maverick hunts takedowns — 2.16 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Liana Jojua hunts takedowns — 1.71 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Liana Jojua

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 73

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.32 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.5 wins over .500

Miranda Maverick

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

852.42/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
5143.22/min · norm 3.91
1875.32/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
3582.25/min · norm 3.81
30.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.5%norm 44.9%
54.4%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Liana Jojua

Distance 95.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 4.9%)

Miranda Maverick

Distance 89.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 4.9%)

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

Liana Jojua

Head 90.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 8.5% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 1.4% (norm 7.7%)

Miranda Maverick

Head 74.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 14.5% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jojua L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Maverick L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 77 / 268 28.7% 39.9% 416 / 1033 40.3% 39.9%
In the clinch 3 / 4 too few to rate 73.3% 31 / 40 77.5% 73.3%
On the ground 5 / 10 too few to rate 74.7% 67 / 82 81.7% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 254 26.8% 34.9% 282 / 856 32.9% 34.9%
To the body 15 / 24 too few to rate 69.5% 121 / 168 72.0% 69.5%
To the legs 2 / 4 too few to rate 82.6% 111 / 131 84.7% 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 Jojua L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Maverick L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 154 / 364 42.3% 38.8% 296 / 851 34.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 5 / 8 too few to rate 74.1% 35 / 46 76.1% 74.1%
On the ground 28 / 38 73.7% 73.4% 27 / 37 73.0% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 124 / 322 38.5% 35.3% 260 / 787 33.0% 35.3%
To the body 35 / 56 62.5% 69.0% 71 / 113 62.8% 69.0%
To the legs 28 / 32 87.5% 78.7% 27 / 34 79.4% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
466.7% acc · 1.71/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
2340.4% acc · 2.16/15 · norm 1.02
150.0% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
1445.2% def · norm 58.95%
4:4513.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
48:1430.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
8:113:29 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
36:523:28 per 15 · norm 3:03
31.28/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
40.38/15 · norm 0.32

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