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Joselyne Edwards vs.
Tamires Vidal

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

9-4-0 Joselyne Edwards · UFC
1-3-0 Tamires Vidal · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-4-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
30.9
AgeΔ 2.9 yrs
28
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.4
Layoff (months)Δ 18.2 mo
21.6
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW
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.

Tamires Vidal carries real power — 0.35 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Tamires Vidal is a submission threat — 0.69 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Joselyne Edwards is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 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.

Joselyne Edwards

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Tamires Vidal

Full career not yet synced for Tamires Vidal — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7484.61/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
1262.91/min · norm 3.56
5283.26/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
1934.46/min · norm 3.51
53.1%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
53.4%norm 46.65%
50.0%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
49.5%norm 52.45%
10.09/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.35/15 · norm 0.08

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

Joselyne Edwards

Distance 89.9% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 7.5%)

Tamires Vidal

Distance 92.4% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.5%)

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

Joselyne Edwards

Head 51.0% (norm 75.2%) · Body 28.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 21.1% (norm 8.8%)

Tamires Vidal

Head 59.7% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 28.8% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Edwards L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Vidal L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 637 / 1266 50.3% 38.3% 112 / 218 51.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 54 / 75 72.0% 73.3% 14 / 18 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 57 / 68 83.8% 70.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 287 / 718 40.0% 37.7% 45 / 141 31.9% 37.7%
To the body 240 / 394 60.9% 70.0% 21 / 27 77.8% 70.0%
To the legs 221 / 297 74.4% 80.9% 60 / 68 88.2% 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 Edwards L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Vidal L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 368 / 841 43.8% 41.3% 148 / 309 47.9% 41.3%
In the clinch 113 / 152 74.3% 74.7% 14 / 22 too few to rate 74.7%
On the ground 47 / 63 74.6% 74.2% 31 / 51 60.8% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 252 / 689 36.6% 38.1% 109 / 276 39.5% 38.1%
To the body 145 / 198 73.2% 73.2% 52 / 69 75.4% 73.2%
To the legs 131 / 169 77.5% 80.9% 32 / 37 86.5% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1436.8% acc · 1.29/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
3162.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
535.7% def · norm 62.5%
32:1819.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
5:1812.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
47:084:21 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
16:425:47 per 15 · norm 3:19
60.55/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
20.69/15 · norm 0.34

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

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