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Amanda Lemos vs.
Alexia Thainara

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

9-6-0 Amanda Lemos · UFC
3-0-0 Alexia Thainara · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-6-0
UFC record
3-0-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
39.2
AgeΔ 8.5 yrs
30.7
5'4"
HeightΔ 0"
5'4"
65"
ReachΔ 2"
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
4.8
Layoff (months)Δ 0.5 mo
4.3
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWW
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.

Alexia Thainara is a submission threat — 2.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Alexia Thainara hunts takedowns — 5.21 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Amanda Lemos is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight 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.

Amanda Lemos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Alexia Thainara

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

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4452.75/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1283.71/min · norm 3.77
4873.01/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
762.20/min · norm 3.94
55.3%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 44.5%
45.3%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
44.9%norm 54.4%
60.56/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Amanda Lemos

Distance 77.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 13.8% (norm 5.0%)

Alexia Thainara

Distance 73.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 14.0% (norm 5.0%)

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

Amanda Lemos

Head 76.0% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 9.1%)

Alexia Thainara

Head 65.5% (norm 76.4%) · Body 18.7% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 15.8% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lemos L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Thainara L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 308 / 621 49.6% 38.3% 82 / 203 40.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 58 / 72 80.6% 72.6% 21 / 36 58.3% 72.6%
On the ground 79 / 111 71.2% 75.0% 25 / 39 64.1% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 289 / 611 47.3% 35.4% 68 / 182 37.4% 35.4%
To the body 94 / 125 75.2% 69.3% 33 / 52 63.5% 69.3%
To the legs 62 / 68 91.2% 77.9% 27 / 44 61.4% 77.9%

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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Lemos L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Thainara L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 254 / 595 42.7% 39.7% 60 / 112 53.6% 39.7%
In the clinch 123 / 155 79.4% 71.5% 11 / 16 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 110 / 141 78.0% 74.4% 5 / 10 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 282 / 602 46.8% 36.0% 33 / 83 39.8% 36.0%
To the body 119 / 163 73.0% 68.4% 29 / 39 74.4% 68.4%
To the legs 86 / 126 68.3% 79.1% 14 / 16 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1164.7% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1252.2% acc · 5.21/15 · norm 1.10
2963.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 64.1%
27:5717.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
23:0066.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
66:216:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
0:110:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.74/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
52.17/15 · norm 0.29

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

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