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Gloria de Paula vs.
Cheyanne Vlismas

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

1-3-0 Gloria de Paula · UFC
2-2-0 Cheyanne Vlismas · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
31.2
AgeΔ 0.1 yrs
31.1
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'3"
67"
ReachΔ 4"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
49.6
Layoff (months)Δ 6 mo
43.6
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWL
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.

Cheyanne Vlismas rarely shoots — 0.33 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Cheyanne Vlismas is hard to hit — absorbs 2.65 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm.
Gloria de Paula outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 4.98 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.

Gloria de Paula

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.2 wins over .500

Cheyanne Vlismas

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2294.98/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2094.54/min · norm 3.77
2184.74/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
1222.65/min · norm 3.94
52.5%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
49.1%norm 44.5%
66.1%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
64.1%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.33/15 · norm 0.00

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

Gloria de Paula

Distance 92.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.2% (norm 5.0%)

Cheyanne Vlismas

Distance 90.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 5.0%)

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

Gloria de Paula

Head 84.2% (norm 76.4%) · Body 9.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 9.1%)

Cheyanne Vlismas

Head 82.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.1% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Paula L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Vlismas L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 201 / 405 49.6% 38.3% 176 / 384 45.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 28 / 30 93.3% 72.6% 16 / 19 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 75.0% 17 / 23 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 168 / 367 45.8% 35.4% 159 / 352 45.2% 35.4%
To the body 35 / 42 83.3% 69.3% 39 / 60 65.0% 69.3%
To the legs 26 / 27 96.3% 77.9% 11 / 14 too few to rate 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 Paula L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Vlismas L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 194 / 616 31.5% 39.7% 104 / 319 32.6% 39.7%
In the clinch 11 / 12 too few to rate 71.5% 16 / 19 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 13 / 16 too few to rate 74.4% 2 / 2 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 130 / 524 24.8% 36.0% 97 / 304 31.9% 36.0%
To the body 43 / 64 67.2% 68.4% 17 / 27 63.0% 68.4%
To the legs 45 / 56 80.4% 79.1% 8 / 9 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

337.5% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 1.10
444.4% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
753.8% def · norm 64.1%
6:1813.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
1:413.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
12:264:03 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
22:207:16 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.33/15 · norm 0.29

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

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