Josiane Nunes vs.
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
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.
Josiane Nunes
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 1 |
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
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 2 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 12 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-1 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)
Josiane Nunes
Distance 91.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 7.5%)
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Distance 97.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.0% (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%)
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Head 70.6% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 17.7% (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/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med | Cavalcanti L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 330 / 807 | 40.9% | 38.3% | 454 / 990 | 45.9% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 43 / 63 | 68.3% | 73.3% | 23 / 29 | 79.3% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 9 / 17 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 254 / 704 | 36.1% | 37.7% | 234 / 719 | 32.5% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 85 / 133 | 63.9% | 70.0% | 90 / 120 | 75.0% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 43 / 50 | 86.0% | 80.9% | 153 / 180 | 85.0% | 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/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med | vs Cavalcanti L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 356 / 761 | 46.8% | 41.3% | 246 / 819 | 30.0% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 18 / 22 | too few to rate | 74.7% | 19 / 28 | 67.9% | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 16 / 27 | 59.3% | 74.2% | 3 / 6 | too few to rate | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 250 / 640 | 39.1% | 38.1% | 132 / 666 | 19.8% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 77 / 105 | 73.3% | 73.2% | 55 / 91 | 60.4% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 63 / 65 | 96.9% | 80.9% | 81 / 96 | 84.4% | 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 — Nunes has more cage time on record.