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Josiane Nunes vs.
Bea Malecki

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

3-3-0 Josiane Nunes · UFC
2-1-0 Bea Malecki · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
32.6
AgeΔ 2.4 yrs
35
5'2"
HeightΔ 7"
5'9"
67"
ReachΔ 7"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
16.7
Layoff (months)Δ 42.8 mo
59.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWW
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.

Josiane Nunes carries real power — 0.67 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Bea Malecki is a submission threat — 1.12 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Josiane Nunes rarely shoots — 0.00 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.

Josiane Nunes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

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

Bea Malecki

Full career not yet synced for Bea Malecki — 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 -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3825.65/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
1846.84/min · norm 3.56
3905.76/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
1876.96/min · norm 3.51
43.1%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 46.65%
51.9%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
62.1%norm 52.45%
30.67/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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

Josiane Nunes

Distance 91.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 7.5%)

Bea Malecki

Distance 91.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 7.5%)

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

Josiane Nunes

Head 79.4% (norm 75.2%) · Body 15.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.8%)

Bea Malecki

Head 76.8% (norm 75.2%) · Body 18.8% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nunes L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Malecki L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 330 / 807 40.9% 38.3% 160 / 365 43.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 43 / 63 68.3% 73.3% 11 / 13 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 9 / 17 too few to rate 70.8% 13 / 22 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 254 / 704 36.1% 37.7% 117 / 307 38.1% 37.7%
To the body 85 / 133 63.9% 70.0% 51 / 75 68.0% 70.0%
To the legs 43 / 50 86.0% 80.9% 16 / 18 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 Nunes L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Malecki L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 356 / 761 46.8% 41.3% 175 / 466 37.6% 41.3%
In the clinch 18 / 22 too few to rate 74.7% 10 / 25 40.0% 74.7%
On the ground 16 / 27 59.3% 74.2% 2 / 2 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 250 / 640 39.1% 38.1% 129 / 392 32.9% 38.1%
To the body 77 / 105 73.3% 73.2% 31 / 66 47.0% 73.2%
To the legs 63 / 65 96.9% 80.9% 27 / 35 77.1% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.91
758.3% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1178.6% def · norm 62.5%
3:245.0% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
4:3216.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
10:532:24 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
2:531:36 per 15 · norm 3:19
00.00/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
21.12/15 · norm 0.34

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

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