Sara McMann

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Sara McMann

Record

14-7

Streak

L1

Age

45

Date of birth

Sep 24, 1980

Fighting out of: Gaffney, South Carolina
Born: United States
Camp: Team Alpha Male
Weight class: Women's Featherweight
Height: 5'5" · 165 cm
Reach: 66" · 168 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Mar 26, 2022

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Karol Rosa

Women's Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus · Mar 26, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus

Julianna Pena

#7Julianna Pena

Women's Bantamweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 3:39

UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor · Jan 23, 2021

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor

Lina Lansberg

#11Lina Lansberg

Women's Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos · Jan 25, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos

Marion Reneau

#8Marion Reneau

Women's Bantamweight · Submission · Triangle Choke On Ground · R2 · 3:40

UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens · Feb 24, 2018

Triangle Choke On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens

Ketlen Vieira

#13Ketlen Vieira

Women's Bantamweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Half Guard · R2 · 4:16

UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 · Sep 9, 2017

Arm Triangle From Half Guard

UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2

Gina Mazany

Women's Bantamweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Mount · R1 · 1:14

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne · Feb 19, 2017

Arm Triangle From Mount

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne

Alexis Davis

Women's Bantamweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Side Control · R2 · 2:52

The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale · Dec 3, 2016

Arm Triangle From Side Control

The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale

Jessica Eye

Women's Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt · May 29, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt

Amanda Nunes

Women's Bantamweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 2:53

UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux · Aug 8, 2015

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux

Miesha Tate

Women's Bantamweight · Decision · Majority · R3 · 5:00

UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz · Jan 31, 2015

UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz

Lauren Murphy

Women's Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux · Aug 16, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux

Ronda Rousey

CRonda RouseyTitle

Women's Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Body In Clinch · R1 · 1:06

UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann · Feb 22, 2014

Knee to Body In Clinch

UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann

Sheila Gaff

Women's Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Side Control · R1 · 4:06

UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen · Apr 27, 2013

Punches to Head From Side Control

UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen

Outside the UFC

7-1across 8 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 2 sub · 4 decBellator · Invicta · ProElite 3 · ProElite · Titan FC 19 +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Leah McCourt8-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:30	Bellator	Oct 7, 2023
W	Arlene Blencowe16-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Apr 21, 2023
W	Shayna Baszler15-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Invicta	Jul 28, 2012
W	Hitomi Akano18-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ProElite 3	Jan 21, 2012
W	Raquel Canuto6-7	Submission	Keylock	R3	2:53	ProElite	Aug 27, 2011
W	Tonya Evinger19-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Titan FC 19	Jul 29, 2011
W	Julie Malenfant0-2	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:32	BEP 4	Jun 17, 2011
W	Christina Marks8-12	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:41	UCC	May 28, 2011

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsCFP · UFA 1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Rachel Dovidio5-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	CFP	Jul 31, 2010
W	Jasmine Reed0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:45	UFA 1	Jun 11, 2010

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallD41st

46%259 / 583

Striking accuracy

47%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.34 differential

Landed2.26

Absorbed1.92

49%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-7%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%38th166
Body26%31st67
Leg10%8th26

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

44%Ground

Standing35%90
Clinch21%55
Ground44%114

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Sara McMann

Sara McMann

Landed per 15

Head

D

31st

20.1

31st

Body

F

15th

8.1

15th

Leg

F

8th

3.2

8th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

69th

23.4

69th

Body

A+

100th

5.2

100th

Leg

A+

92nd

2.3

92nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	20.1	166	457	36%
Body	8.1	67	93	72%
Leg	3.2	26	33	79%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.4	193	384	50%
Body	5.2	43	52	83%
Leg	2.3	19	20	95%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Sara McMann

Sara McMann

13 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 124 min

82%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

McMann fades (-10% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, McMann drops to 82% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Sara McMann

McMann ▼ FADESOutput / min

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

What drives the pace · per round

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

Sig. strikes landed

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Takedown attempts

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McMannattempts / min

Control time

Sara McMann

McMann% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.9	2.5	1.9	0.29	65%	13
R2	5.5	1.8	2.0	0.51	53%	9
R3	4.8	1.7	2.4	0.38	48%	6

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.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Sara McMann

Sara McMann

13 resolved UFC bouts · 11 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

66/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

96th

75%

96th

Win quality

C

53rd

41%

53rd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

4

3

6

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	4	0-4	0%
Top-5	3	2-1	67%
Ranked 6–15	6	5-1	83%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Karol Rosa#12	Ranked 6–15	69	Mar 26, 2022
L	Julianna Pena#7	Champion	91	Jan 23, 2021
W	Lina Lansberg#11	Ranked 6–15	68	Jan 25, 2020
L	Marion Reneau#8	Ranked 6–15	74	Feb 24, 2018
L	Ketlen Vieira#13	Top-5	79	Sep 9, 2017
W	Gina Mazany	Ranked 6–15	42	Feb 19, 2017
W	Alexis Davis#3	Top-5	86	Dec 3, 2016
W	Jessica Eye#7	Top-5	76	May 29, 2016
L	Amanda Nunes#7	Champion	91	Aug 8, 2015
L	Miesha Tate#2	Champion	96	Jan 31, 2015
W	Lauren Murphy	Ranked 6–15	44	Aug 16, 2014
L	Ronda RouseyCHAMP	Champion	100	Feb 22, 2014
W	Sheila Gaff#9	Ranked 6–15	70	Apr 27, 2013

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.