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Irene Aldana vs.
Bethe Correia

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

8-6-0 Irene Aldana · UFC
5-6-1 Bethe Correia · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-6-0
UFC record
5-6-1
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
38.4
AgeΔ 4.7 yrs
43.1
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
5'5"
68"
ReachΔ 4"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
22.7
Layoff (months)Δ 35.4 mo
58.1
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Irene Aldana carries real power — 0.22 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Irene Aldana absorbs 6.64 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.51 Women's Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Bethe Correia rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight 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.

Irene Aldana

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Bethe Correia

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

In the UFC: 2-3 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

10655.19/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
6644.37/min · norm 3.56
13636.64/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
7504.93/min · norm 3.51
39.9%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
43.8%norm 46.65%
56.3%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
56.0%norm 52.45%
30.22/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Irene Aldana

Distance 93.9% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 7.5%)

Bethe Correia

Distance 91.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 7.5%)

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

Irene Aldana

Head 81.5% (norm 75.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.8%)

Bethe Correia

Head 73.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 16.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aldana L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Correia L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 948 / 2504 37.9% 38.3% 573 / 1381 41.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 55 / 74 74.3% 73.3% 87 / 127 68.5% 73.3%
On the ground 62 / 89 69.7% 70.8% 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 743 / 2174 34.2% 37.7% 381 / 1109 34.4% 37.7%
To the body 145 / 255 56.9% 70.0% 163 / 248 65.7% 70.0%
To the legs 177 / 238 74.4% 80.9% 120 / 158 75.9% 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 Aldana L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Correia L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1258 / 2942 42.8% 41.3% 583 / 1487 39.2% 41.3%
In the clinch 44 / 74 59.5% 74.7% 119 / 162 73.5% 74.7%
On the ground 61 / 103 59.2% 74.2% 48 / 57 84.2% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 828 / 2395 34.6% 38.1% 505 / 1400 36.1% 38.1%
To the body 242 / 388 62.4% 73.2% 153 / 201 76.1% 73.2%
To the legs 293 / 336 87.2% 80.9% 92 / 105 87.6% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

250.0% acc · 0.15/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
418.2% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 0.91
5677.8% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1885.7% def · norm 62.5%
4:302.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
19:3812.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
28:442:06 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
12:521:16 per 15 · norm 3:19
30.22/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.34

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

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