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Bethe Correia vs.
Marion Reneau

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

5-6-1 Bethe Correia · UFC
5-7-1 Marion Reneau · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-6-1
UFC record
5-7-1
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
43
AgeΔ 6 yrs
49
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
64"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
58.1
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
60.6
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Marion Reneau is a submission threat — 0.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Bethe Correia rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Bethe Correia absorbs 4.93 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.51 Women's Bantamweight norm — hittable.
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.

Bethe Correia

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

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Marion Reneau

Full career not yet synced for Marion Reneau — 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 +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6644.37/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
5463.20/min · norm 3.56
7504.93/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
5993.52/min · norm 3.51
43.8%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 46.65%
56.0%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
59.9%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Bethe Correia

Distance 91.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 7.5%)

Marion Reneau

Distance 78.3% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 7.5%)

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

Bethe Correia

Head 73.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 16.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.8%)

Marion Reneau

Head 81.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 12.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Correia L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Reneau L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 573 / 1381 41.5% 38.3% 359 / 1026 35.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 87 / 127 68.5% 73.3% 106 / 157 67.5% 73.3%
On the ground 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.8% 81 / 128 63.3% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 381 / 1109 34.4% 37.7% 366 / 1065 34.4% 37.7%
To the body 163 / 248 65.7% 70.0% 112 / 162 69.1% 70.0%
To the legs 120 / 158 75.9% 80.9% 68 / 84 81.0% 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 Correia L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Reneau L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 583 / 1487 39.2% 41.3% 421 / 1249 33.7% 41.3%
In the clinch 119 / 162 73.5% 74.7% 125 / 149 83.9% 74.7%
On the ground 48 / 57 84.2% 74.2% 53 / 95 55.8% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 505 / 1400 36.1% 38.1% 284 / 1051 27.0% 38.1%
To the body 153 / 201 76.1% 73.2% 192 / 276 69.6% 73.2%
To the legs 92 / 105 87.6% 80.9% 123 / 166 74.1% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

418.2% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
763.6% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 0.91
1885.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2350.0% def · norm 62.5%
19:3812.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
20:0211.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
12:521:16 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
47:164:09 per 15 · norm 3:19
00.00/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
90.79/15 · norm 0.34

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

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