Montana De La Rosa vs. Nadia Kassem

UFC 6-5-1 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-5-1
UFC record
1-2-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
31
AgeΔ 1 yrs
30
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
26
Layoff (months)Δ 56.1 mo
82.1
WLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nadia Kassem is a submission threat — 2.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Montana De La Rosa is a submission threat — 0.82 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Montana De La Rosa hunts takedowns — 1.85 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Montana De La Rosa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.59 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Nadia Kassem

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.77 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 7 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4242.90/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
1023.13/min · norm 3.91
4963.39/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
1464.48/min · norm 3.81
37.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
42.0%norm 44.9%
45.3%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
48.6%norm 55.95%
10.10/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Montana De La Rosa

Distance 83.5% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 8.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 4.9%)

Nadia Kassem

Distance 84.8% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 4.9%)

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

Montana De La Rosa

Head 85.2% (norm 78.1%) · Body 10.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 7.7%)

Nadia Kassem

Head 55.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 34.6% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rosa L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Kassem L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 300 / 952 31.5% 39.9% 79 / 206 38.3% 39.9%
In the clinch 53 / 101 52.5% 73.3% 16 / 23 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 71 / 87 81.6% 74.7% 7 / 14 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 302 / 971 31.1% 34.9% 35 / 135 25.9% 34.9%
To the body 78 / 116 67.2% 69.5% 49 / 84 58.3% 69.5%
To the legs 44 / 53 83.0% 82.6% 18 / 24 too few to rate 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 Rosa L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Kassem L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 338 / 707 47.8% 38.8% 110 / 237 46.4% 38.8%
In the clinch 128 / 156 82.1% 74.1% 7 / 13 too few to rate 74.1%
On the ground 30 / 43 69.8% 73.4% 29 / 34 85.3% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 296 / 668 44.3% 35.3% 112 / 232 48.3% 35.3%
To the body 148 / 177 83.6% 69.0% 23 / 31 74.2% 69.0%
To the legs 52 / 61 85.2% 78.7% 11 / 21 too few to rate 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1833.3% acc · 1.85/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.02
1368.4% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
440.0% def · norm 58.95%
48:4933.4% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
3:2210.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
22:212:17 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
14:136:32 per 15 · norm 3:03
80.82/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
62.76/15 · norm 0.32

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