Montana De La Rosa vs. Tatiana Suarez

UFC 6-5-1 vs. 9-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-5-1
UFC record
9-1-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
31
AgeΔ 4 yrs
35
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
26
Layoff (months)Δ 22.1 mo
3.9
WLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tatiana Suarez hunts takedowns — 4.52 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Tatiana Suarez owns the mat — in control 60% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Montana De La Rosa is a submission threat — 0.82 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 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

Tatiana Suarez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 91
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.13 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4242.90/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
3232.86/min · norm 3.77
4963.39/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
1841.63/min · norm 3.94
37.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
60.1%norm 44.5%
45.3%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
44.1%norm 54.4%
10.10/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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%)

Tatiana Suarez

Distance 49.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 39.3% (norm 5.0%)

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%)

Tatiana Suarez

Head 60.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 25.1% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 9.1%)

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 Suarez L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 300 / 952 31.5% 39.9% 97 / 263 36.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 53 / 101 52.5% 73.3% 51 / 63 81.0% 72.6%
On the ground 71 / 87 81.6% 74.7% 175 / 211 82.9% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 302 / 971 31.1% 34.9% 163 / 326 50.0% 35.4%
To the body 78 / 116 67.2% 69.5% 97 / 135 71.9% 69.3%
To the legs 44 / 53 83.0% 82.6% 63 / 76 82.9% 77.9%

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 Strawweight: 63 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 Suarez L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 338 / 707 47.8% 38.8% 101 / 232 43.5% 39.7%
In the clinch 128 / 156 82.1% 74.1% 44 / 50 88.0% 71.5%
On the ground 30 / 43 69.8% 73.4% 39 / 47 83.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 296 / 668 44.3% 35.3% 113 / 222 50.9% 36.0%
To the body 148 / 177 83.6% 69.0% 51 / 74 68.9% 68.4%
To the legs 52 / 61 85.2% 78.7% 20 / 33 60.6% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1833.3% acc · 1.85/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
3445.9% acc · 4.52/15 · norm 1.10
1368.4% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
457.1% def · norm 64.1%
48:4933.4% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
67:1459.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
22:212:17 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
13:211:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.82/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
50.66/15 · norm 0.29

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