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Denise Gomes vs.
Eduarda Moura

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

6-2-0 Denise Gomes · UFC
3-2-0 Eduarda Moura · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-2-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
26.6
AgeΔ 5.8 yrs
32.4
5'2"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
63"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
8.9
Layoff (months)Δ 3 mo
5.9
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

Eduarda Moura hunts takedowns — 3.57 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Denise Gomes is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Eduarda Moura owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Flyweight 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.

Denise Gomes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Eduarda Moura

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

In the UFC: 1-1 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

3564.02/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1772.63/min · norm 3.91
2723.07/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
1782.65/min · norm 3.81
51.4%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
37.7%norm 44.9%
45.7%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
58.5%norm 55.95%
30.51/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Denise Gomes

Distance 72.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 17.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 5.0%)

Eduarda Moura

Distance 81.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 4.9%)

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

Denise Gomes

Head 63.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 22.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 9.1%)

Eduarda Moura

Head 93.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 3.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gomes L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Moura L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 499 43.1% 38.3% 111 / 382 29.1% 39.9%
In the clinch 91 / 121 75.2% 72.6% 9 / 12 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 50 / 72 69.4% 75.0% 57 / 75 76.0% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 173 / 440 39.3% 35.4% 153 / 440 34.8% 34.9%
To the body 110 / 155 71.0% 69.3% 11 / 15 too few to rate 69.5%
To the legs 73 / 97 75.3% 77.9% 13 / 14 too few to rate 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 Gomes L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Moura L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 182 / 373 48.8% 39.7% 132 / 365 36.2% 38.8%
In the clinch 60 / 83 72.3% 71.5% 31 / 42 73.8% 74.1%
On the ground 30 / 45 66.7% 74.4% 15 / 22 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 305 40.3% 36.0% 89 / 305 29.2% 35.3%
To the body 90 / 114 78.9% 68.4% 53 / 78 67.9% 69.0%
To the legs 59 / 82 72.0% 79.1% 36 / 46 78.3% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1034.5% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1633.3% acc · 3.57/15 · norm 1.02
2965.9% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
880.0% def · norm 58.95%
26:4930.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
27:5441.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
24:334:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
6:361:28 per 15 · norm 3:03
50.85/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.22/15 · norm 0.32

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

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