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Ketlen Souza vs.
Ariane Carnelossi

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

4-3-0 Ketlen Souza · UFC
3-4-0 Ariane Carnelossi · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
32
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
33.7
5'3"
HeightΔ 1"
5'2"
63"
ReachΔ 2"
61"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
2
WWLLW
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.

Ariane Carnelossi's takedown defense leaks — 23% stopped, vs a 64% Women's Strawweight norm.
Ketlen Souza rarely shoots — 0.45 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Ketlen Souza is accurate with strikes at range — lands 54%, vs a 38% 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.

Ketlen Souza

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 133

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Ariane Carnelossi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 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

2734.11/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1902.68/min · norm 3.77
2583.89/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
3324.69/min · norm 3.94
57.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
38.6%norm 44.5%
53.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
43.6%norm 54.4%
20.45/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Ketlen Souza

Distance 90.0% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 9.2% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 5.0%)

Ariane Carnelossi

Distance 84.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.7% (norm 5.0%)

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

Ketlen Souza

Head 67.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 20.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 11.7% (norm 9.1%)

Ariane Carnelossi

Head 81.5% (norm 76.4%) · Body 9.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Souza L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Carnelossi L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 232 / 430 54.0% 38.3% 145 / 415 34.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 37 / 44 84.1% 72.6% 30 / 59 50.8% 72.6%
On the ground 4 / 4 too few to rate 75.0% 15 / 18 too few to rate 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 149 / 324 46.0% 35.4% 126 / 401 31.4% 35.4%
To the body 75 / 98 76.5% 69.3% 26 / 46 56.5% 69.3%
To the legs 49 / 56 87.5% 77.9% 38 / 45 84.4% 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 Souza L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Carnelossi L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 477 42.6% 39.7% 197 / 425 46.4% 39.7%
In the clinch 45 / 57 78.9% 71.5% 83 / 102 81.4% 71.5%
On the ground 10 / 15 too few to rate 74.4% 52 / 62 83.9% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 329 33.1% 36.0% 225 / 450 50.0% 36.0%
To the body 96 / 145 66.2% 68.4% 89 / 117 76.1% 68.4%
To the legs 53 / 75 70.7% 79.1% 18 / 22 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.

213.3% acc · 0.45/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
550.0% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 1.10
1553.6% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
522.7% def · norm 64.1%
13:1620.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
12:3717.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
14:033:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
27:195:47 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.23/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.21/15 · norm 0.29

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

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