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Karol Rosa vs.
Nora Cornolle

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

8-5-0 Karol Rosa · UFC
3-3-0 Nora Cornolle · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-5-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
31
AgeΔ 5 yrs
36
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
67"
ReachΔ 0"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 4 mo
5.5
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Nora Cornolle carries real power — 0.22 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Karol Rosa carries real power — 0.15 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Nora Cornolle rarely shoots — 0.22 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.

Karol Rosa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.82 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Nora Cornolle

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10665.47/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
1852.73/min · norm 3.56
8354.28/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
1382.04/min · norm 3.51
55.6%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
55.1%norm 46.65%
49.5%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
56.2%norm 52.45%
20.15/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.22/15 · norm 0.08

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

Karol Rosa

Distance 85.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 7.5%)

Nora Cornolle

Distance 67.6% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 31.8% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 7.5%)

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

Karol Rosa

Head 71.3% (norm 75.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 19.8% (norm 8.8%)

Nora Cornolle

Head 57.7% (norm 75.2%) · Body 22.6% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 19.6% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rosa L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Cornolle L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 853 / 1634 52.2% 38.3% 107 / 227 47.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 112 / 144 77.8% 73.3% 76 / 107 71.0% 73.3%
On the ground 101 / 139 72.7% 70.8% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 623 / 1366 45.6% 37.7% 73 / 194 37.6% 37.7%
To the body 136 / 171 79.5% 70.0% 58 / 76 76.3% 70.0%
To the legs 307 / 380 80.8% 80.9% 54 / 66 81.8% 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 Rosa L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Cornolle L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 710 / 1493 47.6% 41.3% 91 / 256 35.5% 41.3%
In the clinch 103 / 133 77.4% 74.7% 20 / 27 74.1% 74.7%
On the ground 22 / 28 78.6% 74.2% 27 / 32 84.4% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 479 / 1216 39.4% 38.1% 87 / 235 37.0% 38.1%
To the body 195 / 250 78.0% 73.2% 31 / 41 75.6% 73.2%
To the legs 161 / 188 85.6% 80.9% 20 / 39 51.3% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1448.3% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
111.1% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 0.91
2773.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1047.6% def · norm 62.5%
52:2026.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
8:3312.6% of cage time · norm 26.55%
39:083:00 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
35:337:52 per 15 · norm 3:19
20.15/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
10.22/15 · norm 0.34

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

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