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Alexis Davis vs.
Sabina Mazo

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

8-6-0 Alexis Davis · UFC
3-4-0 Sabina Mazo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

8-6-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
41.8
AgeΔ 12.4 yrs
29.4
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
54
Layoff (months)Δ 1.2 mo
52.8
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Alexis Davis is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Sabina Mazo carries real power — 0.16 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Alexis Davis's takedown defense leaks — 27% stopped, vs a 62% Women's Bantamweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Alexis Davis

Full career not yet synced for Alexis Davis — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Sabina Mazo

Full career not yet synced for Sabina Mazo — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7544.16/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
5626.10/min · norm 3.91
7464.12/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
4014.35/min · norm 3.81
47.4%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 44.9%
55.1%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
57.3%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.16/15 · norm 0.09

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Alexis Davis

Distance 83.3% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 7.5%)

Sabina Mazo

Distance 89.3% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 4.9%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Alexis Davis

Head 69.6% (norm 75.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 18.2% (norm 8.8%)

Sabina Mazo

Head 70.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 14.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 15.2% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Davis L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Mazo L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 566 / 1326 42.7% 38.3% 460 / 1148 40.1% 39.9%
In the clinch 91 / 138 65.9% 73.3% 75 / 102 73.5% 73.3%
On the ground 97 / 127 76.4% 70.8% 27 / 35 77.1% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 379 / 1107 34.2% 37.7% 274 / 900 30.4% 34.9%
To the body 135 / 195 69.2% 70.0% 144 / 190 75.8% 69.5%
To the legs 240 / 289 83.0% 80.9% 144 / 195 73.8% 82.6%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Women's Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 46 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Davis L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Mazo L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 621 / 1505 41.3% 41.3% 351 / 859 40.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 60 / 85 70.6% 74.7% 34 / 55 61.8% 74.1%
On the ground 65 / 71 91.5% 74.2% 16 / 26 61.5% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 550 / 1404 39.2% 38.1% 182 / 648 28.1% 35.3%
To the body 115 / 154 74.7% 73.2% 100 / 151 66.2% 69.0%
To the legs 81 / 103 78.6% 80.9% 119 / 141 84.4% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1246.2% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
480.0% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.02
627.3% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1359.1% def · norm 58.95%
57:4831.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
13:4014.8% of cage time · norm 19.15%
24:362:02 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
20:423:22 per 15 · norm 3:03
90.74/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
10.16/15 · norm 0.32

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Davis has more cage time on record.

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