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Melissa Croden
8-3tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

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

5'9" orthodox power puncher with a 1-1 record, age 35. Standout metric: hits 50% of takedown attempts; finishes 100% of wins by KO. Form: last 5: WL · 1-fight slide · 126 days off · Elo 1501.

Power puncher
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2026-04-18. 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.

Nicknamepending
NationalityCanada
HometownCrowsnest Pass, Alberta
Fighting out ofRaven House MMA
Height5' 9"
Reach68.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age35
Date of birthApr 12, 1991
Weight135 lbs.
Pro record8-3
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.
Striking72
Defence80
Grappling / TD52
Cardio86
Chin limited sample70
Fight IQ72

Our record on Melissa Croden

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

FightIQ has picked Melissa Croden 2×, 2 correct (2-0 — 100% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2026-04-18Daria ZhelezniakovaUFC Fight Night: Burns vs Malott56.9%Correct
2025-10-18Tainara LisboaUFC Fight Night: Prepolec vs Dober52.8%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Melissa Croden

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

HEAD70.5%ACC 42%BODY16.3%ACC 65%LEGS13.2%ACC 64%
FightIQ read Head-first striker 70.5% upstairs — +7.6 on the field average, with the rest spread below.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
70.5% acc 42%+7.6 vs field
BODY
16.3% acc 65%−4.5 vs field
LEGS
13.2% acc 64%−3.1 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 62%CLINCH 18%GROUND 20%

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.

3 UFC fights · 190 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 8-3. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

W · vs Daria ZhelezniakovaUFC Fight Night: Burns vs Malott2026-04-18
W · vs Tainara LisboaUFC Fight Night: Prepolec vs Dober2025-10-18
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