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Karine Silva vs. Viviane Araujo

UFC 5-3-0 vs. 7-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-3-0
UFC record
7-6-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
32
AgeΔ 7 yrs
39
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
67"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6.1
Layoff (months)Δ 9.6 mo
15.7
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Karine Silva is a submission threat — 1.38 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Karine Silva hunts takedowns — 2.08 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.
Viviane Araujo is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Karine Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.96 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Viviane Araujo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1972.27/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
7723.84/min · norm 3.93
2292.64/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9704.83/min · norm 3.84
39.7%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
47.5%norm 45.5%
53.7%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
55.9%norm 56.1%
10.17/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
10.07/15 · norm 0.10

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

Karine Silva

Distance 87.1% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 4.5%)

Viviane Araujo

Distance 96.2% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 4.5%)

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

Karine Silva

Head 62.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 18.5% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 19.4% (norm 7.6%)

Viviane Araujo

Head 85.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 8.8% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Silva L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Araujo L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 150 / 432 34.7% 40.3% 730 / 1565 46.6% 40.3%
In the clinch 30 / 38 78.9% 73.9% 17 / 23 too few to rate 73.9%
On the ground 17 / 26 65.4% 74.4% 25 / 38 65.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 83 / 308 26.9% 36.0% 571 / 1384 41.3% 36.0%
To the body 45 / 92 48.9% 69.5% 112 / 143 78.3% 69.5%
To the legs 69 / 96 71.9% 82.3% 89 / 99 89.9% 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 Flyweight: 47 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 Silva L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Araujo L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 174 / 421 41.3% 39.0% 841 / 2025 41.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 20 / 28 71.4% 73.8% 69 / 101 68.3% 73.8%
On the ground 35 / 46 76.1% 73.4% 60 / 74 81.1% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 358 35.5% 35.0% 623 / 1723 36.2% 35.0%
To the body 63 / 87 72.4% 69.0% 183 / 282 64.9% 69.0%
To the legs 39 / 50 78.0% 78.7% 164 / 195 84.1% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1254.5% acc · 2.08/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
2343.4% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 0.94
529.4% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
3075.0% def · norm 61.1%
19:5222.9% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
41:4220.8% of cage time · norm 18.7%
25:594:29 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
27:482:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
81.38/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
80.60/15 · norm 0.32

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