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Carla Esparza
20-8tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Carla Esparza’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

5'1" orthodox wrestle-grinder with a 10-5 record, age 36. Standout metric: averages 239s of control time per fight. Form: last 5: WWWWL · 1-fight slide · 693 days off · Elo 1562.

Wrestle-grinderDecision machine
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2024-10-05. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameCookie Monster
NationalityUnited States
HometownRedondo Beach, California
Fighting out ofTeam Oyama
Height5' 1"
Reach63.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age38
Date of birthOct 10, 1987
Weight115 lbs.
Pro record20-8
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking34
Defence61
Grappling / TD49
Cardio66
Chin76
Fight IQ57

Our record on Carla Esparza

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Carla Esparza once, 0 correct (0-1 — 0% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2024-10-05Tecia PenningtonUFC Fight Night: Spann vs Preux50.3%Missed

Strike zones

Strike zones

Carla Esparza

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD73.8%ACC 32%BODY14.4%ACC 70%LEGS11.8%ACC 78%
FightIQ read Head-first striker 73.8% upstairs — +10.9 on the field average, with the rest spread below.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
73.8% acc 32%+10.9 vs field
BODY
14.4% acc 70%−6.4 vs field
LEGS
11.8% acc 78%−4.5 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 57%CLINCH 13%GROUND 30%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

16 UFC fights · 492 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 20-8. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

L · vs Tecia PenningtonUFC Fight Night: Spann vs Preux2024-10-05
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