Hailey Cowan vs.
Alice Pereira
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Hailey Cowan
Full career not yet synced for Hailey Cowan — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
Alice Pereira
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 1 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.46 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 0 finish wins over 5 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Hailey Cowan
Distance 85.5% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 7.5%)
Alice Pereira
Distance 95.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 1.1% (norm 7.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Hailey Cowan
Head 72.5% (norm 75.2%) · Body 23.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.8%)
Alice Pereira
Head 83.5% (norm 75.2%) · Body 14.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 2.1% (norm 8.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Cowan L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med | Pereira L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 80 / 230 | 34.8% | 38.3% | 62 / 179 | 34.6% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 24 / 31 | 77.4% | 73.3% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 64 / 195 | 32.8% | 37.7% | 50 / 157 | 31.8% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 37 / 62 | 59.7% | 70.0% | 17 / 27 | 63.0% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 9 / 12 | too few to rate | 80.9% | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 80.9% |
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 Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Cowan L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med | vs Pereira L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 94 / 177 | 53.1% | 41.3% | 66 / 216 | 30.6% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 41 / 47 | 87.2% | 74.7% | 9 / 11 | too few to rate | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 74.2% | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 77 / 151 | 51.0% | 38.1% | 48 / 178 | 27.0% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 48 / 59 | 81.4% | 73.2% | 16 / 30 | 53.3% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 12 / 16 | too few to rate | 80.9% | 12 / 22 | too few to rate | 80.9% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Cowan has more cage time on record.