UFC UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi Final

Paige VanZant vs Jessica-Rose Clark

Paige VanZant
United States

Paige VanZant

“12 Gauge”

8-5

VS
Jessica-Rose Clark
Australia

Jessica-Rose Clark

“Jessy Jess”

11-9

Winner

Winner

Jessica-Rose Clark

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

14 January 2018 · Enterprise Center, St. Louis, USA

Key takeaways

  • Jessica-Rose Clark beat Paige VanZant by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Jessica-Rose Clark landed 78 of 122 total strikes and 2 of 3 takedowns, with 5:37 of control time.
  • Paige VanZant landed more total strikes — 96 to 78 — and still lost the fight.
  • The judges scored it 27-30, 28-29, 28-29.

Tale of the tape

Paige VanZantJessica-Rose Clark
8-5Record11-9
23Age on fight night30
5′4″ (163 cm)Height5′5″ (165 cm)
65″ (165 cm)Reach64.5″ (164 cm)
115 lb (52.2 kg)Weight135 lb (61.2 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
Gracie Barra PortlandTeamSyndicate MMA
Newberg, Oregon, United StatesFromCairns, Queensland, Australia

Fight statistics

96of 162 · 59%Total strikes landed78of 122 · 64%
47of 95Head strikes45of 81
38of 52Body strikes26of 33
11of 15Leg strikes7of 8
0of 2Takedowns2of 3
0Submission attempts1
2:33Control time5:37

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Paige VanZantRoundJessica-Rose Clark
21/30strikes0/1TD0KD0:04controlR124/37strikes1/2TD0KD3:40control
47/59strikes0/1TD0KD2:29controlR226/34strikes1/1TD0KD1:57control
28/73strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR328/51strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control

Judges’ scorecards

Justin Brown

9R1109R2109R310

27total30

Chris Lee

9R1109R21010R39

28total29

Brian Puccillo

9R1109R21010R39

28total29

Form going into the fight

Paige VanZant

  1. LMichelle Waterson-Gomezsubmission R1 3:212016
  2. WBec RawlingsKO/TKO R2 0:172016
  3. WKailin Curran2014
  4. WFelice Herrigunanimous decision2015
  5. WAlex Chamberssubmission R3 1:012015

Jessica-Rose Clark

  1. WBec Rawlingssplit decision2017

Also on this card

Jeremy Stephens vs Dooho ChoiKO/TKO R2 2:36Kamaru Usman vs Emil Meekunanimous decisionDarren Elkins vs Michael Johnsonsubmission R2 2:22James Krause vs Alex Whiteunanimous decisionMarco Polo Reyes vs Matt FrevolaKO/TKO R1 1:00

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