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Gillian Robertson vs.
Poliana Botelho

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

14-6-0 Gillian Robertson · UFC
3-4-0 Poliana Botelho · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

14-6-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
31.2
AgeΔ 6.4 yrs
37.6
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
63"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.8
Layoff (months)Δ 45.3 mo
50.1
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Gillian Robertson is a submission threat — 0.87 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Gillian Robertson hunts takedowns — 2.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Poliana Botelho carries real power — 0.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 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.

Gillian Robertson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 146
Tier 3 — regional circuit 32

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Poliana Botelho

Full career not yet synced for Poliana Botelho — 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

5602.71/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
2042.90/min · norm 3.91
5902.86/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
1972.80/min · norm 3.81
48.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
58.6%norm 44.9%
56.0%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
54.2%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
10.21/15 · norm 0.09

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

Gillian Robertson

Distance 68.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 29.8% (norm 4.9%)

Poliana Botelho

Distance 69.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 24.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 4.9%)

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

Gillian Robertson

Head 74.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.9% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 7.7%)

Poliana Botelho

Head 62.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 25.6% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Robertson L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Botelho L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 281 / 785 35.8% 39.9% 112 / 240 46.7% 39.9%
In the clinch 20 / 26 76.9% 73.3% 70 / 85 82.4% 73.3%
On the ground 259 / 344 75.3% 74.7% 22 / 23 too few to rate 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 377 / 864 43.6% 34.9% 104 / 217 47.9% 34.9%
To the body 90 / 160 56.2% 69.5% 63 / 89 70.8% 69.5%
To the legs 93 / 131 71.0% 82.6% 37 / 42 88.1% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Robertson L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Botelho L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 407 / 1127 36.1% 38.8% 107 / 311 34.4% 38.8%
In the clinch 55 / 70 78.6% 74.1% 24 / 28 85.7% 74.1%
On the ground 128 / 145 88.3% 73.4% 66 / 91 72.5% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 452 / 1161 38.9% 35.3% 97 / 278 34.9% 35.3%
To the body 90 / 119 75.6% 69.0% 50 / 73 68.5% 69.0%
To the legs 48 / 62 77.4% 78.7% 50 / 79 63.3% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3840.9% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
457.1% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.02
738.9% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
2076.9% def · norm 58.95%
102:3649.7% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
13:4719.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
30:052:11 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
30:446:33 per 15 · norm 3:03
120.87/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

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