Megan Anderson vs. Zarah Fairn

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Women's Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Featherweight
36
AgeΔ 6 yrs
42
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
65.1
Layoff (months)Δ 29.9 mo
35.2
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Zarah Fairn absorbs 7.40 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 2.33 Women's Featherweight norm — hittable.
Megan Anderson carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.17 Women's Featherweight norm.
Opponents land 57% of their head shots on Megan Anderson, vs a 26% Women's Featherweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Megan Anderson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Zarah Fairn

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 05
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.01 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

511.76/min · norm 3.85
Sig. strikes landed
1714.55/min · norm 3.85
973.35/min · norm 2.33
Sig. strikes absorbed
2787.40/min · norm 2.33
46.4%norm 51.0%
Striking accuracy
31.5%norm 51.0%
37.0%norm 64.3%
Striking defense
45.9%norm 64.3%
10.52/15 · norm 0.17
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.17

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

Megan Anderson

Distance 73.6% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 13.6% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 11.9%)

Zarah Fairn

Distance 97.1% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 11.9%)

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

Megan Anderson

Head 79.1% (norm 74.7%) · Body 20.0% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 0.9% (norm 9.0%)

Zarah Fairn

Head 90.8% (norm 74.7%) · Body 6.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 9.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Anderson L/AAccWomen's Featherweight med Fairn L/AAccWomen's Featherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 81 38.3% 47.3% 160 / 527 30.4% 47.3%
In the clinch 10 / 15 too few to rate 78.3% 11 / 16 too few to rate 78.3%
On the ground 10 / 14 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 87 40.2% 42.9% 128 / 493 26.0% 42.9%
To the body 15 / 22 too few to rate 79.1% 26 / 33 78.8% 79.1%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.0% 17 / 17 too few to rate 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 Anderson L/AOpp accWomen's Featherweight med vs Fairn L/AOpp accWomen's Featherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 80 45.0% 32.4% 207 / 417 49.6% 32.4%
In the clinch 20 / 24 too few to rate 72.7% 31 / 45 68.9% 72.7%
On the ground 41 / 50 82.0% 72.2% 40 / 52 76.9% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 101 57.4% 26.3% 149 / 355 42.0% 26.3%
To the body 16 / 24 too few to rate 60.3% 59 / 76 77.6% 60.3%
To the legs 23 / 29 79.3% 67.6% 70 / 83 84.3% 67.6%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
125.0% acc · 0.52/15 · norm 1.18
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.18
753.8% def · norm 71.9%
Takedowns stopped
360.0% def · norm 71.9%
3:3912.6% of cage time · norm 24.0%
Control time
0:351.6% of cage time · norm 24.0%
16:558:46 per 15 · norm 2:26
Time under control
7:533:08 per 15 · norm 2:26
10.52/15 · norm 0.00
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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