Nina Nunes vs. Justine Kish

UFC 5-4-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-4-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
40
AgeΔ 2 yrs
38
5'5"
HeightΔ 0"
5'5"
64"
ReachΔ 0"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
47.8
Layoff (months)Δ 15.9 mo
63.7
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nina Nunes rarely shoots — 0.24 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Nina Nunes is a submission threat — 0.49 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Justine Kish carries real power — 0.14 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nina Nunes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.64 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Justine Kish

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 21

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5424.39/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
4694.51/min · norm 3.91
4283.47/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
4774.59/min · norm 3.81
45.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 44.9%
55.6%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.14/15 · norm 0.09

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

Nina Nunes

Distance 90.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 5.0%)

Justine Kish

Distance 89.3% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 4.9%)

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

Nina Nunes

Head 72.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 13.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 9.1%)

Justine Kish

Head 62.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 17.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 20.1% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nunes L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Kish L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 464 / 1081 42.9% 38.3% 399 / 871 45.8% 39.9%
In the clinch 48 / 78 61.5% 72.6% 53 / 76 69.7% 73.3%
On the ground 30 / 41 73.2% 75.0% 17 / 28 60.7% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 306 / 872 35.1% 35.4% 205 / 611 33.6% 34.9%
To the body 94 / 156 60.3% 69.3% 108 / 168 64.3% 69.5%
To the legs 142 / 172 82.6% 77.9% 156 / 196 79.6% 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 Strawweight: 63 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 Nunes L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Kish L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 327 / 824 39.7% 39.7% 388 / 995 39.0% 38.8%
In the clinch 50 / 67 74.6% 71.5% 41 / 62 66.1% 74.1%
On the ground 51 / 72 70.8% 74.4% 48 / 71 67.6% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 254 / 711 35.7% 36.0% 288 / 855 33.7% 35.3%
To the body 83 / 127 65.4% 68.4% 96 / 155 61.9% 69.0%
To the legs 91 / 125 72.8% 79.1% 93 / 118 78.8% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
233.3% acc · 0.24/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
633.3% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.02
4273.7% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
750.0% def · norm 58.95%
14:3011.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
11:4511.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
32:253:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
20:553:01 per 15 · norm 3:03
40.49/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.32

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