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Diana Belbita vs.
Dione Barbosa

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

2-6-0 Diana Belbita · UFC
4-2-0 Dione Barbosa · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-6-0
UFC record
4-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
30.1
AgeΔ 4.1 yrs
34.2
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
16
Layoff (months)Δ 15.4 mo
0.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL
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.

Dione Barbosa is a submission threat — 1.54 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Dione Barbosa hunts takedowns — 2.42 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Diana Belbita outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 6.45 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 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.

Diana Belbita

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 26
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.31 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Dione Barbosa

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

In the UFC: 1-2 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

5616.45/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1532.24/min · norm 3.91
5696.55/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
1642.40/min · norm 3.81
41.9%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
45.8%norm 44.9%
51.5%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
64.0%norm 55.95%
10.17/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Diana Belbita

Distance 90.4% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 5.0%)

Dione Barbosa

Distance 88.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 4.9%)

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

Diana Belbita

Head 75.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 9.1%)

Dione Barbosa

Head 78.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 17.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Belbita L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Barbosa L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 464 / 1211 38.3% 38.3% 120 / 294 40.8% 39.9%
In the clinch 82 / 110 74.5% 72.6% 17 / 20 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 15 / 18 too few to rate 75.0% 16 / 20 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 315 / 1012 31.1% 35.4% 95 / 261 36.4% 34.9%
To the body 147 / 213 69.0% 69.3% 44 / 57 77.2% 69.5%
To the legs 99 / 114 86.8% 77.9% 14 / 16 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 Belbita L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Barbosa L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 447 / 1009 44.3% 39.7% 141 / 412 34.2% 38.8%
In the clinch 66 / 85 77.6% 71.5% 9 / 11 too few to rate 74.1%
On the ground 56 / 80 70.0% 74.4% 14 / 33 42.4% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 402 / 956 42.1% 36.0% 80 / 319 25.1% 35.3%
To the body 129 / 172 75.0% 68.4% 39 / 77 50.6% 69.0%
To the legs 38 / 46 82.6% 79.1% 45 / 60 75.0% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

562.5% acc · 0.86/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1142.3% acc · 2.42/15 · norm 1.02
2564.1% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1466.7% def · norm 58.95%
6:477.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
20:3330.1% of cage time · norm 19.15%
23:414:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
18:434:06 per 15 · norm 3:03
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
71.54/15 · norm 0.32

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

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