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Matchup deep-dive

Alice Pereira vs.
Hailey Cowan

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

1-1-0 Alice Pereira · UFC
0-4-0 Hailey Cowan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
20.6
AgeΔ 13.9 yrs
34.5
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
4.1
Layoff (months)Δ 3.9 mo
0.2
WL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL
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.

Alice Pereira carries real power — 0.61 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Hailey Cowan hunts takedowns — 2.15 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Alice Pereira rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 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.

Alice Pereira

Competition tierWL
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 22
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.46 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 0 finish wins over 5 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Hailey Cowan

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

692.83/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
1103.15/min · norm 3.56
763.11/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
1373.92/min · norm 3.51
36.7%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
40.9%norm 46.65%
67.0%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
39.4%norm 52.45%
10.61/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Alice Pereira

Distance 95.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 1.1% (norm 7.5%)

Hailey Cowan

Distance 85.5% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 7.5%)

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

Alice Pereira

Head 83.5% (norm 75.2%) · Body 14.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 2.1% (norm 8.8%)

Hailey Cowan

Head 72.5% (norm 75.2%) · Body 23.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pereira L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Cowan L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 62 / 179 34.6% 38.3% 80 / 230 34.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 5 / 7 too few to rate 73.3% 24 / 31 77.4% 73.3%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.8% 6 / 8 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 157 31.8% 37.7% 64 / 195 32.8% 37.7%
To the body 17 / 27 63.0% 70.0% 37 / 62 59.7% 70.0%
To the legs 2 / 4 too few to rate 80.9% 9 / 12 too few to rate 80.9%

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 Bantamweight: 40 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 Pereira L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Cowan L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 216 30.6% 41.3% 94 / 177 53.1% 41.3%
In the clinch 9 / 11 too few to rate 74.7% 41 / 47 87.2% 74.7%
On the ground 1 / 3 too few to rate 74.2% 2 / 2 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 48 / 178 27.0% 38.1% 77 / 151 51.0% 38.1%
To the body 16 / 30 53.3% 73.2% 48 / 59 81.4% 73.2%
To the legs 12 / 22 too few to rate 80.9% 12 / 16 too few to rate 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
533.3% acc · 2.15/15 · norm 0.91
675.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 62.5%
0:221.5% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
13:3038.6% of cage time · norm 26.55%
6:013:41 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
2:431:09 per 15 · norm 3:19
00.00/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.34

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

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