Kayla Harrison vs Michelle Montague — Compare

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Kayla Harrison

19-1W3Women's Bantamweight

American Top Team

Anchored to Women's Bantamweight

Michelle Montague

8-0W2Bantamweight

American Top Team

Data current through Jun 20, 2026

Tale of the Tape

The biometric deltas where one side genuinely has an edge.

Kayla HarrisonvsMichelle Montague

Age

younger

5'8"

173cm

Height

taller

5'9"

175cm

66"

168cm

Reach

reach

68"

173cm

Edge sizeSlightNotableMajor

Activity & layoff

The recency dimension Tale of the Tape doesn't carry. How active each fighter has been, and how that compares to active peers in their division.

Matchup-relevant delta

Kayla has 10 months more layoff

Time since last UFC bout

Kayla1 year

Michelle1 month

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Kayla Harrison

Layoff

1 yearsince last bout

vs Julianna Pena · Jun 7, 2025

Michelle Montague

Active

1 monthsince last bout

vs Mayra Bueno Silva · Apr 25, 2026

Shared training affiliations

Camps both fighters currently affiliate with. The strongest signal first; secondary ties follow.

Primary teammates

American Top Team

Coconut Creek, United States

Elite

Roster

128

Kayla Harrison and Michelle Montague are primary teammates at American Top Team.

Kayla HarrisonPrimaryMichelle MontaguePrimary

Current affiliations only. Past camps the fighters may have shared (and since left) aren’t tracked in our schema yet, so absence below doesn’t rule out historical teammate ties.

Cross-division comparison

Division percentiles below rank both fighters against the Women's Bantamweight roster (31 fighters). Kayla Harrison fights at Women's Bantamweight; Michelle Montague at Bantamweight — Michelle Montague’s percentiles are measured against a division they don’t compete in, so read them with that in mind.

Recent form

Last five pro bouts (non-UFC fights dashed + tagged), current trajectory, and the level of opposition going into this matchup.

Kayla Harrison

Michelle Montague

Harrison — last 5

recent → old

WPFL

DEC

Ladd

Nov ’23

LPFL

DEC

Pacheco

Nov ’22

Montague — last 5

recent → old

WPFL

SUB R1

Morais

Aug ’24

WBELLATOR

SUB R1

Sobek

Jun ’24

WPFL

SUB R2

Montes

Aug ’23

Last 5 record

4-1

5-0

Current streak

Ranked opps

3 of 5

1 of 5

Layoff

13 mo

2 mo

Schedule Score

Who they've faced × what they've done. Composite + components compared head-to-head, percentile-ranked against every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts.

UFC only

Kayla Harrison

Schedule Score

Michelle Montague

Schedule Score

UFC experienceTotal octagon time + bouts

32 min

3 bouts

Octagon time

2 min

30 min

2 bouts

Schedule strength

94%

56%

Win quality

100%

97%

Ranked opponents

Title-holder bouts

Opponent quality distribution

every UFC bout, bucketed by who the opponent was at the time

Kayla Harrison

3 bouts

Michelle Montague

2 bouts

Champion

Top-5

Established

Pre-UFC opposition

non-UFC slate for each fighter, from opponents’ full pro records

Harrison faced the tougher slate — opponents averaged .677 career win rate vs .450 for Montague.

Kayla Harrison

Strong

Opponents' combined record

170-81-1

.677 win rate

Winning-record opponents

11 of 14

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

14 opponents with records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

Michelle Montague

Developmental

Opponents' combined record

18-22

.450 win rate

Winning-record opponents

2 of 6

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

Per-tier records + bout-by-bout

Per-tier records

Tier	Kayla Harrison	Michelle Montague
Champion	2-0	—
Top-5	1-0	1-0
Established	—	1-0

Kayla Harrison — bouts

Michelle Montague — bouts

All figures are 0–100 ratings (shown as %), not percentages of anything literal. Schedule strength = the average quality of every UFC opponent faced (win or lose). Win quality = the average quality of the opponents actually beaten. The composite Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) with win quality (35%). Per-bout opponent quality is scored on rank-at-time-of-fight (champion 100, ranks 1–5 = 90→78, ranks 6–15 = 75→60), with cross-division and P4P signals layered on, falling back to opponent UFC record-at-time for unranked opponents. For fighters with limited UFC experience the headline is held toward a rookie baseline, so debut / low-sample fighters read lower than established names. UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from record-at-time when ranks are missing.

Striking matchup

Each fighter's offense mapped against the other's defense — where one attacks meets where the other gets hit, across head, body, and leg. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time.

UFC only

Overall Striking

Striking

74th

+33

41st

Harrison holds a decisive striking edge (+33).

Each lane: the attacker’s strike rate (offense) vs the other’s rate absorbed (defense), graded on the division. The bar leans toward whoever wins the exchange — longer + greener = a bigger, higher-quality edge.

Harrison’s offensevsMontague’s defense

Head

70th

39.0

+13

57th

31.0

Body

56th

12.0

+10

46th

10.3

Leg

49th

7.2

Even

46th

8.6

Montague’s offensevsHarrison’s defense

Head

57th

35.5

+13

70th

26.2

Body

33rd

8.3

+38

71st

8.3

Leg

35th

5.2

+22

57th

6.6

Full breakdown — all zones, both views

Zone	Fighter	Landed / 15	Accuracy	Absorbed / 15	Career landed
Head	Kayla Harrison	top 30% of division39.0	56%	top 30% of division26.2	97
Head	Michelle Montague	above division average35.5	48%	above division average31.0	75
Body	Kayla Harrison	above division average12.0	90%	top 29% of division8.3	27
Body	Michelle Montague	below division average8.3	58%	around division average10.3	7
Leg	Kayla Harrison	around division average7.2	80%	above division average6.6	12
Leg	Michelle Montague	below division average5.2	50%	around division average8.6	1

Per-15-minute rates are sourced from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Division percentile is computed against every UFC fighter who has competed in this weight class with at least two recorded bouts. Lower “absorbed” values are better — the percentile is inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Grappling matchup

Takedowns, submission threat, and control. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time, with takedown defense as a percentage of opponent attempts stopped.

UFC only

Kayla Harrison

Michelle Montague

Each metric graded on the division — the bar leans toward whoever wins that part of the grappling exchange (longer + greener = a bigger edge).

Overall Grappling

Grappling

71st

Even

70th

Evenly matched grappling — no clear edge either way.

Takedowns

75th

2.8

Even

76th

3.5

Takedown accuracy

47th

38%

6/16

+20

67th

54%

7/13

Takedown defense

100%

2/2

—

Submission threat

77th

0.9

+24

53rd

0.0

Control time

85th

8.9 min

Even

85th

10.5 min

Full breakdown — career grappling totals

Metric	Kayla Harrison	Michelle Montague
Takedowns landed / 15career takedowns	2.86	3.57
Takedown accuracycareer landed / attempted	38%6 / 16	54%7 / 13
Takedown defensecareer stopped / faced	100%2 / 2	—0 / 0
Submission attempts / 15career attempts	0.92	0.00
Control time / 15 (min)career total	8.9 min18:50	10.5 min20:57
Time controlled by opponent / 15 (min)career total	0.1 min0:15	0.8 min1:39

All rates computed from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Takedown defense = opponent attempts stopped ÷ opponent total attempts. Control time figures are minutes the fighter spent in a dominant position per 15 minutes of fight time. Accuracy under 8 career attempts is shown raw and ungraded — too small a sample to rate against the division.

Finishing & durability

How often each fighter ends fights early — and how often they get put away. Outcomes view, not per-minute output.

Kayla Harrison

Michelle Montague

When their fights end

every pro finish on the fight clock

Harrison14W–0L by finish · 64% in round 1

Montague6W–0L by finish

0:00

5:00

10:00

15:00

Win(above)Loss(below)KO / TKOSubmissionPosition = when the fight ended

Finish & durability rates

Full professional career

Finish rate

Even

percent of wins ending by KO or submission

Even

55th

74%

Even

52nd

75%

Goes the distance

Both finishers

percent of resolved bouts going to a decision (style read, not quality)

Both finishers

30%

25%

KO durability

Even

percent of resolved bouts ending in a KO/TKO loss

Even

74th

Even

74th

Submission defense

Even

percent of resolved bouts ending by submission loss

Even

48th

Even

48th

Full method breakdown

Outcome	Kayla Harrison	Michelle Montague
Wins
by KO / TKO	6(32%)	0(0%)
by submission	8(42%)	6(75%)
by decision	5(26%)	2(25%)
Losses
by KO / TKO	0(0%)	0
by submission	0(0%)	0
by decision	1(100%)	0

Full professional career method splits, graded against the full-pro division distribution. Career KO losses are the total — clean knockouts and cut/injury stoppages can’t be separated outside the UFC corpus. Finish-time pace is UFC-only.

KO history

UFC fights only — knockout power and chin durability, head-to-head, then when the last finish landed, and on whom.

Kayla Harrison

Michelle Montague

0 KO/TKO in 3 bouts

Knockout rate

0 KO/TKO in 2 bouts

0.0 / 100 head

Knockdowns dealt

0.0 / 100 head

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Clean KO losses

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

0.0 / 100 head

Knockdowns absorbed

0.0 / 100 head

Chin bars use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Kayla HarrisonFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
Never finished by strikes in the UFC
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Michelle MontagueFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
Never finished by strikes in the UFC
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Pace & fade

How each fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.

UFC only

Kayla Harrison

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Michelle Montague

93%

R3 vs R1 · 2 bouts reaching R3

Montague keeps 93% of round-1 output by round 3 (within fights reaching round 3). Harrison hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a pace pattern yet.

Harrison

Montague ▼ FADESOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown — both fighters

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs. Splitting them out shows whether a fighter’s work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control — and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Harrison

Montaguelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Harrison

Montagueattempts / min

Control time

Harrison

Montague% of round

Round	Fighter	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	Kayla Harrison	8.6	4.7	0.8	0.47	61%	3
R1	Michelle Montague	6.6	2.6	2.4	0.30	77%	2
R2	Kayla Harrison	7.1	3.6	1.5	0.43	56%	3
R2	Michelle Montague	7.9	3.5	3.5	0.70	57%	2
R3	Kayla Harrison	9.5	4.6	1.0	0.80	62%	1
R3	Michelle Montague	6.1	2.2	1.5	0.30	76%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length — a 2:30 stoppage counts as 2.5 minutes, not five — so an early finish doesn’t distort the per-minute pace.

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