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Josiane Nunes vs.
Priscila Cachoeira

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
5-9-0 Priscila Cachoeira · 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
5-9-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
32.6
AgeΔ 5.4 yrs
38
5'2"
HeightΔ 5"
5'7"
67"
ReachΔ 2"
65"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
16.7
Layoff (months)Δ 14.7 mo
2
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.
Priscila Cachoeira carries real power — 0.37 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.09 Women's Flyweight 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

Priscila Cachoeira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 59
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 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
5284.35/min · norm 3.91
3905.76/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
9057.45/min · norm 3.81
43.1%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
44.4%norm 44.9%
51.9%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
46.0%norm 55.95%
30.67/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
30.37/15 · norm 0.09

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%)

Priscila Cachoeira

Distance 92.2% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 4.9%)

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%)

Priscila Cachoeira

Head 85.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 10.3% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 7.7%)

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 Cachoeira L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 330 / 807 40.9% 38.3% 462 / 1097 42.1% 39.9%
In the clinch 43 / 63 68.3% 73.3% 42 / 60 70.0% 73.3%
On the ground 9 / 17 too few to rate 70.8% 24 / 33 72.7% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 254 / 704 36.1% 37.7% 394 / 1012 38.9% 34.9%
To the body 85 / 133 63.9% 70.0% 86 / 122 70.5% 69.5%
To the legs 43 / 50 86.0% 80.9% 48 / 56 85.7% 82.6%

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 Flyweight: 46 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 Cachoeira L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 356 / 761 46.8% 41.3% 640 / 1338 47.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 18 / 22 too few to rate 74.7% 50 / 88 56.8% 74.1%
On the ground 16 / 27 59.3% 74.2% 215 / 249 86.3% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 250 / 640 39.1% 38.1% 718 / 1425 50.4% 35.3%
To the body 77 / 105 73.3% 73.2% 127 / 183 69.4% 69.0%
To the legs 63 / 65 96.9% 80.9% 60 / 67 89.6% 78.7%
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
350.0% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 1.02
758.3% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3269.6% def · norm 58.95%
3:245.0% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
2:562.4% of cage time · norm 19.15%
10:532:24 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
44:125:27 per 15 · norm 3:03
00.00/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

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