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Cynthia Calvillo vs.
Joanne Wood

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

6-6-1 Cynthia Calvillo · UFC
9-8-0 Joanne Wood · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-6-1
UFC record
9-8-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
39
AgeΔ 1 yrs
40
5'4"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
64"
ReachΔ 1"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
39.9
Layoff (months)Δ 11 mo
28.9
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLL
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.

Cynthia Calvillo is a submission threat — 0.81 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Joanne Wood carries real power — 0.24 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight norm.
Joanne Wood outworks the Women's Flyweight division — 7.10 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.91 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.

Cynthia Calvillo

Full career not yet synced for Cynthia Calvillo — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Joanne Wood

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7364.41/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
13297.10/min · norm 3.91
6874.12/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
9154.89/min · norm 3.81
38.4%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 44.9%
64.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
51.5%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
30.24/15 · norm 0.09

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

Cynthia Calvillo

Distance 93.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 5.0%)

Joanne Wood

Distance 85.1% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 4.9%)

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

Cynthia Calvillo

Head 71.0% (norm 76.4%) · Body 19.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 9.1%)

Joanne Wood

Head 59.9% (norm 78.1%) · Body 18.4% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 21.6% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Calvillo L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Wood L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 639 / 1795 35.6% 38.3% 1046 / 2196 47.6% 39.9%
In the clinch 19 / 23 too few to rate 72.6% 224 / 292 76.7% 73.3%
On the ground 78 / 98 79.6% 75.0% 59 / 94 62.8% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 394 / 1361 28.9% 35.4% 581 / 1547 37.6% 34.9%
To the body 224 / 380 58.9% 69.3% 323 / 476 67.9% 69.5%
To the legs 118 / 175 67.4% 77.9% 425 / 559 76.0% 82.6%

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 Flyweight: 46 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 Calvillo L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Wood L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 645 / 1833 35.2% 39.7% 691 / 1596 43.3% 38.8%
In the clinch 36 / 67 53.7% 71.5% 152 / 197 77.2% 74.1%
On the ground 6 / 9 too few to rate 74.4% 72 / 93 77.4% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 418 / 1520 27.5% 36.0% 554 / 1394 39.7% 35.3%
To the body 121 / 202 59.9% 68.4% 255 / 334 76.3% 69.0%
To the legs 148 / 187 79.1% 79.1% 106 / 158 67.1% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2044.4% acc · 1.80/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1955.9% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.02
1477.8% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
2058.8% def · norm 58.95%
32:1719.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
35:0018.7% of cage time · norm 19.15%
2:010:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
38:413:06 per 15 · norm 3:03
90.81/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
40.32/15 · norm 0.32

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

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