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Julianna Pena vs. Valentina Shevchenko

UFC 8-4-0 vs. 15-3-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-4-0
UFC record
15-3-1
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
37
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
16.4
Layoff (months)Δ 5.3 mo
11.1
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWDL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Valentina Shevchenko hunts takedowns — 2.65 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.
Julianna Pena is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.36 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Julianna Pena hunts takedowns — 1.70 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Julianna Pena

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 42

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Valentina Shevchenko

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 153
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4933.10/min · norm 3.60
Sig. strikes landed
11003.04/min · norm 3.93
4072.56/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7262.00/min · norm 3.84
44.5%norm 46.5%
Striking accuracy
52.6%norm 45.5%
57.2%norm 52.8%
Striking defense
63.5%norm 56.1%
00.00/15 · norm 0.07
Knockdowns
20.08/15 · norm 0.10

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

Julianna Pena

Distance 74.2% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 18.2% (norm 7.3%)

Valentina Shevchenko

Distance 81.0% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 4.5%)

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

Julianna Pena

Head 87.7% (norm 75.5%) · Body 10.6% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 1.7% (norm 8.7%)

Valentina Shevchenko

Head 76.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 10.6% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pena L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Shevchenko L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 305 / 823 37.1% 38.5% 790 / 1693 46.7% 40.3%
In the clinch 65 / 84 77.4% 74.3% 104 / 155 67.1% 73.9%
On the ground 123 / 202 60.9% 70.8% 206 / 242 85.1% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 387 / 973 39.8% 37.7% 722 / 1590 45.4% 36.0%
To the body 92 / 117 78.6% 71.1% 150 / 221 67.9% 69.5%
To the legs 14 / 19 too few to rate 80.8% 228 / 279 81.7% 82.3%

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: 41 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 47 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 Pena L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Shevchenko L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 297 / 799 37.2% 41.3% 529 / 1739 30.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 46 / 66 69.7% 75.0% 153 / 183 83.6% 73.8%
On the ground 64 / 85 75.3% 74.2% 44 / 69 63.8% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 262 / 773 33.9% 37.7% 265 / 1251 21.2% 35.0%
To the body 93 / 113 82.3% 73.2% 215 / 351 61.3% 69.0%
To the legs 52 / 64 81.2% 80.9% 246 / 389 63.2% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1854.5% acc · 1.70/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
6461.5% acc · 2.65/15 · norm 0.94
724.1% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
4276.4% def · norm 61.1%
45:0728.4% of cage time · norm 26.3%
Control time
113:4931.4% of cage time · norm 18.7%
54:375:09 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control lower is better
51:082:07 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.76/15 · norm 0.36
Submission attempts
70.29/15 · norm 0.32

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