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Juliana Lima vs.
Ericka Almeida

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

3-4-0 Juliana Lima · UFC
0-2-0 Ericka Almeida · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
44
AgeΔ 7 yrs
37
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
65"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
102.3
Layoff (months)Δ 27.1 mo
129.4
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Juliana Lima owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Juliana Lima hunts takedowns — 1.72 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Ericka Almeida rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight 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.

Juliana Lima

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Ericka Almeida

Full career not yet synced for Ericka Almeida — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1861.94/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
321.07/min · norm 3.77
2022.11/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
1003.33/min · norm 3.94
44.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
39.5%norm 44.5%
56.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
43.5%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Juliana Lima

Distance 66.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 19.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 14.9% (norm 5.0%)

Ericka Almeida

Distance 51.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 29.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 18.5% (norm 5.0%)

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

Juliana Lima

Head 65.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 18.7% (norm 9.1%)

Ericka Almeida

Head 82.7% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.8% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 2.5% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lima L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Almeida L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 279 29.4% 38.3% 16 / 42 38.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 65 / 80 81.2% 72.6% 13 / 24 too few to rate 72.6%
On the ground 39 / 63 61.9% 75.0% 3 / 15 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 276 30.4% 35.4% 23 / 67 34.3% 35.4%
To the body 49 / 67 73.1% 69.3% 7 / 12 too few to rate 69.3%
To the legs 53 / 79 67.1% 77.9% 2 / 2 too few to rate 77.9%

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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Lima L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Almeida L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 84 / 304 27.6% 39.7% 23 / 48 47.9% 39.7%
In the clinch 77 / 101 76.2% 71.5% 22 / 33 66.7% 71.5%
On the ground 41 / 54 75.9% 74.4% 55 / 96 57.3% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 85 / 304 28.0% 36.0% 67 / 136 49.3% 36.0%
To the body 82 / 110 74.5% 68.4% 18 / 25 72.0% 68.4%
To the legs 35 / 45 77.8% 79.1% 15 / 16 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1131.4% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.10
1770.8% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
337.5% def · norm 64.1%
36:0037.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
3:3311.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
26:074:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
21:0310:31 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

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