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Cat Zingano vs.
Ketlen Vieira

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

3-4-0 Cat Zingano · UFC
10-5-0 Ketlen Vieira · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
44.1
AgeΔ 9.2 yrs
34.9
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
91.2
Layoff (months)Δ 88.5 mo
2.7
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW
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.

Cat Zingano hunts takedowns — 2.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Cat Zingano is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Ketlen Vieira is a submission threat — 0.52 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 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.

Cat Zingano

Full career not yet synced for Cat Zingano — 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 +2.0 wins over .500

Ketlen Vieira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.27 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1812.57/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
6212.71/min · norm 3.56
1151.63/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
8553.73/min · norm 3.51
61.4%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
40.2%norm 46.65%
47.5%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
50.5%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)

Cat Zingano

Distance 46.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 18.0% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 35.3% (norm 7.5%)

Ketlen Vieira

Distance 89.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 7.5%)

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

Cat Zingano

Head 67.8% (norm 75.2%) · Body 20.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 8.8%)

Ketlen Vieira

Head 87.5% (norm 75.2%) · Body 8.2% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 4.3% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Zingano L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Vieira L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 138 47.8% 38.3% 483 / 1376 35.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 44 / 53 83.0% 73.3% 99 / 123 80.5% 73.3%
On the ground 71 / 104 68.3% 70.8% 39 / 47 83.0% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 107 / 200 53.5% 37.7% 474 / 1352 35.1% 37.7%
To the body 46 / 60 76.7% 70.0% 88 / 127 69.3% 70.0%
To the legs 28 / 35 80.0% 80.9% 59 / 67 88.1% 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 Zingano L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Vieira L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 46 / 124 37.1% 41.3% 615 / 1400 43.9% 41.3%
In the clinch 20 / 29 69.0% 74.7% 154 / 192 80.2% 74.7%
On the ground 49 / 66 74.2% 74.2% 86 / 136 63.2% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 92 / 193 47.7% 38.1% 371 / 1128 32.9% 38.1%
To the body 17 / 20 too few to rate 73.2% 292 / 391 74.7% 73.2%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 80.9% 192 / 209 91.9% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1365.0% acc · 2.77/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
2042.6% acc · 1.31/15 · norm 0.91
642.9% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3690.0% def · norm 62.5%
31:0344.0% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
72:3131.7% of cage time · norm 26.55%
24:265:11 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
37:282:27 per 15 · norm 3:19
40.85/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
80.52/15 · norm 0.34

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

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