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Amanda Ribas vs.
Luana Pinheiro

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

7-6-0 Amanda Ribas · UFC
3-4-0 Luana Pinheiro · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-6-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
32.9
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
33.7
5'4"
HeightΔ 2"
5'2"
66"
ReachΔ 4"
62"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.4
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
14.7
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Luana Pinheiro hunts takedowns — 2.40 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Amanda Ribas is a submission threat — 0.56 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Amanda Ribas hunts takedowns — 2.05 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 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 Ribas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 76
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.84 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Luana Pinheiro

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 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

6864.26/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2873.29/min · norm 3.77
5303.29/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
3624.14/min · norm 3.94
40.0%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 44.5%
60.2%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
59.6%norm 54.4%
10.09/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.00

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

Amanda Ribas

Distance 91.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 5.0%)

Luana Pinheiro

Distance 90.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 5.0%)

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

Amanda Ribas

Head 76.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 9.1%)

Luana Pinheiro

Head 76.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.1% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ribas L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Pinheiro L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 589 / 1573 37.4% 38.3% 251 / 655 38.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 36 / 53 67.9% 72.6% 29 / 54 53.7% 72.6%
On the ground 61 / 91 67.0% 75.0% 7 / 16 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 421 / 1316 32.0% 35.4% 171 / 555 30.8% 35.4%
To the body 123 / 222 55.4% 69.3% 68 / 102 66.7% 69.3%
To the legs 142 / 179 79.3% 77.9% 48 / 68 70.6% 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 Ribas L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Pinheiro L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 413 / 1180 35.0% 39.7% 301 / 806 37.3% 39.7%
In the clinch 43 / 60 71.7% 71.5% 33 / 50 66.0% 71.5%
On the ground 74 / 90 82.2% 74.4% 28 / 40 70.0% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 369 / 1074 34.4% 36.0% 196 / 594 33.0% 36.0%
To the body 108 / 191 56.5% 68.4% 60 / 142 42.3% 68.4%
To the legs 53 / 65 81.5% 79.1% 106 / 160 66.2% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2252.4% acc · 2.05/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1437.8% acc · 2.40/15 · norm 1.10
2882.4% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2071.4% def · norm 64.1%
43:0026.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
7:408.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
24:442:18 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:222:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.56/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.17/15 · norm 0.29

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

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