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Alexis Davis vs.
Viviane Araujo

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
7-6-0 Viviane Araujo · 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
7-6-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
41
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'4"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
54
Layoff (months)Δ 40.7 mo
13.3
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL
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.
Viviane Araujo is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Viviane Araujo hunts takedowns — 1.72 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight 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

Viviane Araujo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 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
7723.84/min · norm 3.91
7464.12/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
9704.83/min · norm 3.81
47.4%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
47.5%norm 44.9%
55.1%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
55.9%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.07/15 · 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%)

Viviane Araujo

Distance 96.2% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.3% (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%)

Viviane Araujo

Head 85.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 8.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 6.1% (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 Araujo L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 566 / 1326 42.7% 38.3% 730 / 1565 46.6% 39.9%
In the clinch 91 / 138 65.9% 73.3% 17 / 23 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 97 / 127 76.4% 70.8% 25 / 38 65.8% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 379 / 1107 34.2% 37.7% 571 / 1384 41.3% 34.9%
To the body 135 / 195 69.2% 70.0% 112 / 143 78.3% 69.5%
To the legs 240 / 289 83.0% 80.9% 89 / 99 89.9% 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 Araujo L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 621 / 1505 41.3% 41.3% 841 / 2025 41.5% 38.8%
In the clinch 60 / 85 70.6% 74.7% 69 / 101 68.3% 74.1%
On the ground 65 / 71 91.5% 74.2% 60 / 74 81.1% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 550 / 1404 39.2% 38.1% 623 / 1723 36.2% 35.3%
To the body 115 / 154 74.7% 73.2% 183 / 282 64.9% 69.0%
To the legs 81 / 103 78.6% 80.9% 164 / 195 84.1% 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
2343.4% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.02
627.3% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3075.0% def · norm 58.95%
57:4831.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
41:4220.8% of cage time · norm 19.15%
24:362:02 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
27:482:04 per 15 · norm 3:03
90.74/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
80.60/15 · 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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