Montse Rendon vs. Daria Zhelezniakova

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
37
AgeΔ 7 yrs
30
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.8
Layoff (months)Δ 1.1 mo
3.7
LWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Montse Rendon hunts takedowns — 1.91 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Daria Zhelezniakova rarely shoots — 0.31 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Montse Rendon is wasteful with ground strikes — only 42% land, vs a 71% Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Montse Rendon

Full career not yet synced for Montse Rendon — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Daria Zhelezniakova

Full career not yet synced for Daria Zhelezniakova — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1392.95/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
2024.13/min · norm 3.56
1723.65/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
1653.38/min · norm 3.51
27.6%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
40.2%norm 46.65%
57.3%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
64.1%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Montse Rendon

Distance 91.3% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 7.5%)

Daria Zhelezniakova

Distance 95.6% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.2% (norm 7.5%)

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

Montse Rendon

Head 84.3% (norm 75.2%) · Body 8.7% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 7.0% (norm 8.8%)

Daria Zhelezniakova

Head 80.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 18.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 0.8% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rendon L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Zhelezniakova L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 123 / 459 26.8% 38.3% 188 / 481 39.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 3 / 13 too few to rate 73.3% 13 / 21 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 13 / 31 41.9% 70.8% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 95 / 424 22.4% 37.7% 137 / 407 33.7% 37.7%
To the body 21 / 44 47.7% 70.0% 61 / 92 66.3% 70.0%
To the legs 23 / 35 65.7% 80.9% 4 / 4 too few to rate 80.9%

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 Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Rendon L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Zhelezniakova L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 152 / 373 40.8% 41.3% 132 / 404 32.7% 41.3%
In the clinch 8 / 10 too few to rate 74.7% 21 / 37 56.8% 74.7%
On the ground 12 / 20 too few to rate 74.2% 12 / 19 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 312 31.4% 38.1% 118 / 386 30.6% 38.1%
To the body 32 / 41 78.0% 73.2% 28 / 50 56.0% 73.2%
To the legs 42 / 50 84.0% 80.9% 19 / 24 too few to rate 80.9%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
637.5% acc · 1.91/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.31/15 · norm 0.91
685.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1250.0% def · norm 62.5%
12:0025.5% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
0:401.4% of cage time · norm 26.55%
3:000:57 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
15:134:40 per 15 · norm 3:19
10.32/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.34

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