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Claudia Gadelha vs. Yan Xiaonan

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 9-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
9-5-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
37
AgeΔ 0 yrs
37
5'4"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
63"
ReachΔ 0"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
71.4
Layoff (months)Δ 69.7 mo
1.7
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Claudia Gadelha hunts takedowns — 3.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Claudia Gadelha is a submission threat — 0.67 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Yan Xiaonan rarely shoots — 0.82 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Claudia Gadelha

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Yan Xiaonan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5903.31/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
9354.67/min · norm 3.77
8134.57/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6493.24/min · norm 4.00
41.5%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
44.8%norm 44.5%
57.2%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
60.3%norm 54.4%
10.08/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
20.15/15 · norm 0.00

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

Claudia Gadelha

Distance 86.4% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 5.0%)

Yan Xiaonan

Distance 91.8% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 5.0%)

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

Claudia Gadelha

Head 89.2% (norm 76.6%) · Body 8.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 2.4% (norm 9.1%)

Yan Xiaonan

Head 78.4% (norm 76.6%) · Body 8.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gadelha L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Yan L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 465 / 1227 37.9% 38.3% 811 / 1918 42.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 62 / 109 56.9% 72.6% 70 / 106 66.0% 72.6%
On the ground 63 / 84 75.0% 75.0% 54 / 65 83.1% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 490 / 1266 38.7% 35.4% 610 / 1637 37.3% 35.4%
To the body 75 / 120 62.5% 69.3% 124 / 183 67.8% 69.3%
To the legs 25 / 34 73.5% 77.9% 201 / 269 74.7% 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 Gadelha L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Yan L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 603 / 1597 37.8% 39.7% 477 / 1412 33.8% 39.7%
In the clinch 117 / 168 69.6% 71.2% 55 / 86 64.0% 71.2%
On the ground 93 / 135 68.9% 74.4% 117 / 138 84.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 515 / 1530 33.7% 36.0% 457 / 1342 34.1% 36.0%
To the body 180 / 230 78.3% 68.7% 116 / 178 65.2% 68.7%
To the legs 118 / 140 84.3% 79.1% 76 / 116 65.5% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3642.9% acc · 3.03/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1173.3% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 1.10
1058.8% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
3764.9% def · norm 64.1%
53:3030.0% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
15:517.9% of cage time · norm 19.0%
16:531:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
57:274:18 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.67/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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