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Jinh Yu Frey
Women's Strawweight

Jinh Yu Frey

11-10-0 UFC 2-6-0
Takedown-Proof Hard To Take Down
5'3"Height
65"Reach
SouthpawStance
41Age
0KO wins
0Sub wins
0%Finish rate
12:54Avg fight

Skill profile

Rated 0–100 · where 138 MMA has read him, his grades and tags set each axis and the stats only nudge inside his band · stats alone where he is silent · the rim is reserved for specialists
Striking — Below avg, rated 33 of 100 · 138 MMA: striking decent · Oct 2023 · stats read 24 → nudged -5 inside the band · claims striking power -2, striking volume -2, striking technique +3, pressure +2 (-0) Accuracy — Below avg, rated 44 of 100 · claims striking technique +3 (+6) Striking D — Below avg, rated 26 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Durability — Below avg, rated 42 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Wrestling — Below avg, rated 43 of 100 · 138 MMA: wrestling decent · Oct 2023 · stats read 42 → nudged +1 inside the band · claims td offense +1, clinch +1 (+3) TD Defense — Above avg, rated 84 of 100 · 138 MMA tag td defense: good · Oct 2023 · stats read 95 → nudged +7 inside the band · claims td defense +2 (+4) Grappling — Average, rated 45 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Control — Average, rated 56 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Striking Accuracy Striking D Durability Wrestling TD Defense Grappling Control
striking decent
3 analyst reads graded this phase
  • decent UFC 294 Full Card Breakdown, Predictions, & Analysis · October 18, 2023 watch ↗
  • decent UFC Fight Night Kara-France vs Albazi Predictions & Full Card Breakdown (UFC Vegas 74) · May 30, 2023 watch ↗
  • decent UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Lemos Full Card Preview, Prediction, & Analysis · November 2, 2022 watch ↗
grappling not yet read
wrestling decent
2 analyst reads graded this phase
  • decent UFC 294 Full Card Breakdown, Predictions, & Analysis · October 18, 2023 watch ↗
  • decent UFC Fight Night Kara-France vs Albazi Predictions & Full Card Breakdown (UFC Vegas 74) · May 30, 2023 watch ↗
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read
striking decent 3 reads
grappling not yet read
wrestling decent 2 reads
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read

138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling, TD Defense · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy · stats alone on Striking D, Durability, Grappling, Control.

Takedown-Proof 28 of 31 takedowns stuffed
Hard To Take Down above avg td defense — rates 84 of 100 · 138 MMA tag td defense: good · Oct 2023
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min2.97
Sig. strikes absorbed / min4.23
Striking accuracy43.2%
Striking defense52.2%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min1.02
Takedown accuracy36.8%
Takedown defense90.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.29
Control time20.6%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-1

Insider info

3 analyst reads · 138 MMA · our paraphrase, never his words
vs Victoria Dudakova lean UFC 294 Full Card Breakdown, Predictions, & Analysis · October 18, 2023
strikingdecent wrestlingdecent

Settles clearly on 'dudova' as the pick, acknowledging reasons to hesitate (her own thin striking, her guard-pulling habit) but concluding she is simply the better choice here -- no odds-based hedge at all.

Jinh Yu Frey, 38, has been in a rough patch since reaching the UFC, sitting 2-3 over her last five. Her striking is decent -- good combinations, good forward pressure, and a jab she pumps out often -- though her volume usually runs low aside from occasional high-pace flashes. Her wrestling is decent too, with good takedown defense and effective work pushing opponents against the cage. The analyst's biggest concern is that she's naturally built for a smaller weight class and simply isn't built for competing at this weight.

Strengthgood combinations
Strengthgood forward pressure
Strengthpumps the jab often
Strengthgood takedown defense
Strengtheffective cage-push work
Weaknessusually low output/volume
Weaknessnaturally undersized for this weight class
td defense · good
vs Elise Reed coinflip UFC Fight Night Kara-France vs Albazi Predictions & Full Card Breakdown (UFC Vegas 74) · May 30, 2023 · 1 read since
strikingdecent wrestlingdecent

He describes only a 'slightest lean' toward Reed, then separately says he has zero confidence in the pick at all -- both the lean itself and his stated confidence are at the floor.

Frey is read as a forward-moving, combination striker whose game plan is built around pushing to the cage and winning with wrestling-adjacent pressure. Her takedown defense is a stated problem, and she is specifically a smaller, weaker fighter in this matchup because she is naturally an atomweight who moved up because the UFC has no 105lb division.

StrengthComes forward with combinations
StrengthDecent cage-push wrestling
WeaknessTakedown defense isn't very good, easily held down
WeaknessPhysically smaller/weaker in this matchup (natural atomweight moved up)
vs Polyana Viana coinflip UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Lemos Full Card Preview, Prediction, & Analysis · November 2, 2022 · 2 reads since
strikingdecent

names Viana as his pick, then immediately says he personally would pass on the fight -- a named winner plus explicit advice to stay off it

Credited with decent (board-matching) boxing and praised specifically for forward pressure and a one-two he considers a rare, underused tool for women's MMA. The main problem he raises is size: she is a natural atomweight fighting up, which he says leaves her undersized against almost everyone she faces, citing a past loss to another smaller fighter for the same reason. He says she has no real finishing upside in this matchup.

Strengthdecent boxing
Strengthforward pressure, walks opponents down with the one-two
Weaknessnatural atomweight, undersized in this fight
Weaknessno finishing upside in this matchup

Striking trend

Sig. strikes/min, last 8 fights · green = win
June 27, 2020 vs Kay Hansen — 2.09/min (L) Jun '20 October 3, 2020 vs Loma Lookboonmee — 1.73/min (L) Oct '20 March 13, 2021 vs Gloria de Paula — 1.6/min (W) Mar '21 July 31, 2021 vs Ashley Yoder — 5.87/min (W) Jul '21 June 25, 2022 vs Vanessa Demopoulos — 4.13/min (L) Jun '22 November 5, 2022 vs Polyana Viana — 7.66/min (L) — only 0.8 min of tape, so this rate reflects how fast the fight ended more than how he fought Nov '22 June 3, 2023 vs Elise Reed — 1.87/min (L) Jun '23 October 21, 2023 vs Viktoriia Dudakova — 3.13/min (L) Oct '23

Fight history

8 UFC bouts · newest first · opponent records as of fight night
L Viktoriia Dudakova 1-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · October 21, 2023
47/101Sig. strikes
74/146Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
4:40Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Elise Reed 6-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi · June 3, 2023
28/91Sig. strikes
53/120Absorbed
3/7Takedowns
4:09Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Polyana Viana 12-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:47 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos · November 5, 2022
6/14Sig. strikes
11/18Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Vanessa Demopoulos 7-4 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot · June 25, 2022
62/133Sig. strikes
66/139Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:11Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ashley Yoder 8-7 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland · July 31, 2021
88/185Sig. strikes
91/236Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:02Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Gloria de Paula 5-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · March 13, 2021
24/79Sig. strikes
31/63Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
9:33Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
L Loma Lookboonmee 4-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana · October 3, 2020
26/61Sig. strikes
80/137Absorbed
1/4Takedowns
2:34Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Kay Hansen 6-3 walk-in Submission · R3 2:26 — UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker · June 27, 2020
26/46Sig. strikes
31/55Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:07Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts

Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.

Record breakdown

Full pro career (Wikipedia, results only)
11-10-0Pro record
Mohler MMA (until 2021)Gym / team

Wins by method

KO/TKO 1
Submission 2
Decision 8
Other 0

Losses by method

KO/TKO 3
Submission 1
Decision 6
Other 0

Fights by organization

Invicta FC 9
UFC 8
SCS 2
Rizin 1
Road FC 1
Full career — 21 fights, every organization
OpponentMethodEventOrg RdTime
L Victoria Dudakova Decision (unanimous) UFC 294
October 21, 2023
UFC 3 5:00
L Elise Reed Decision (unanimous) UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi
June 3, 2023
UFC 3 5:00
L Polyana Viana KO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos
November 5, 2022
UFC 1 0:47
L Vanessa Demopoulos Decision (split) UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot
June 25, 2022
UFC 3 5:00
W Ashley Yoder Decision (unanimous) UFC on ESPN: Hall vs. Strickland
July 31, 2021
UFC 3 5:00
W Gloria de Paula Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
March 13, 2021
UFC 3 5:00
L Loma Lookboonmee Decision (unanimous) UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Aldana
October 4, 2020
UFC 3 5:00
L Kay Hansen Submission (armbar) UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs. Hooker
June 27, 2020
UFC 3 2:26
W Ashley Cummins Decision (unanimous) Invicta FC 39: Frey vs. Cummins II
February 7, 2020
Invicta FC 5 5:00
L Ayaka Hamasaki Decision (unanimous) Rizin 16
June 2, 2019
Rizin 3 5:00
W Minna Grusander Decision (split) Invicta FC 33: Frey vs. Grusander II
December 15, 2018
Invicta FC 5 5:00
W Minna Grusander Decision (unanimous) Invicta FC 30: Frey vs. Grusander
July 21, 2018
Invicta FC 5 5:00
L Seo Hee Ham TKO (punches) Road FC 045
December 23, 2017
Road FC 1 4:40
W Ashley Cummins Decision (unanimous) Invicta FC 24: Dudieva vs. Borella
July 15, 2017
Invicta FC 3 5:00
L Ayaka Hamasaki TKO (doctor stoppage) Invicta FC 19: Maia vs. Modafferi
September 23, 2016
Invicta FC 2 4:38
W Hérica Tibúrcio Decision (unanimous) Invicta FC 16: Hamasaki vs. Brown
March 11, 2016
Invicta FC 3 5:00
W Liz McCarthy Decision (unanimous) Invicta FC 14: Evinger vs. Kianzad
September 12, 2015
Invicta FC 3 5:00
W Cassie Robb Submission (rear-naked choke) Invicta FC 10: Waterson vs. Tiburcio
December 5, 2014
Invicta FC 1 2:36
L Jodie Esquibel Decision (split) Invicta FC 8: Waterson vs. Tamada
September 6, 2014
Invicta FC 3 5:00
W Darla Harris KO (head kick and punch) SCS 18: Declaration of Pain
July 27, 2013
SCS 1 3:13
W Meghan Wright Submission (rear-naked choke) SCS 16: Resolution
April 6, 2013
SCS 1 2:04

Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Jinh Yu Frey) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.

Division context

vs. 58 qualified Women's Strawweight fighters · tick = division mean
Striking volume /min 3.0 avg 3.9
Strikes absorbed /min 4.2 avg 4.1
Striking accuracy 43.2% avg 45.0%
Striking defense 52.2% avg 54.4%
Takedowns /15 min 1.0 avg 1.5
Takedown accuracy 36.8% avg 38.7%
Takedown defense 90.3% avg 60.8%
Sub attempts /15 min 0.3 avg 0.5
Control time 20.6% avg 21.2%
Finish rate 0.0% avg 33.9%

Headshot of Jinh Yu Frey by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized