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Ketlen Souza vs. Karine Silva

UFC 4-4-0 vs. 5-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-4-0
UFC record
5-3-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
32
AgeΔ 0 yrs
32
5'3"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
63"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 5.8 mo
6.1
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

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.
Ketlen Souza rarely shoots — 0.37 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3364.13/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
1972.27/min · norm 3.93
3254.00/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2292.64/min · norm 3.84
53.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
39.7%norm 45.5%
53.2%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 56.1%
20.37/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.10

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

Ketlen Souza

Distance 91.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 5.0%)

Karine Silva

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

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

Ketlen Souza

Head 72.3% (norm 76.6%) · Body 17.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 9.1%)

Karine Silva

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

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 Silva L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 289 / 576 50.2% 38.3% 150 / 432 34.7% 40.3%
In the clinch 43 / 51 84.3% 72.6% 30 / 38 78.9% 73.9%
On the ground 4 / 4 too few to rate 75.0% 17 / 26 65.4% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 194 / 456 42.5% 35.4% 83 / 308 26.9% 36.0%
To the body 85 / 110 77.3% 69.3% 45 / 92 48.9% 69.5%
To the legs 57 / 65 87.7% 77.9% 69 / 96 71.9% 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 Strawweight: 63 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 Souza L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Silva L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 604 42.9% 39.7% 174 / 421 41.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 55 / 74 74.3% 71.2% 20 / 28 71.4% 73.8%
On the ground 11 / 17 too few to rate 74.4% 35 / 46 76.1% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 163 / 460 35.4% 36.0% 127 / 358 35.5% 35.0%
To the body 106 / 156 67.9% 68.7% 63 / 87 72.4% 69.0%
To the legs 56 / 79 70.9% 79.1% 39 / 50 78.0% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
213.3% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1254.5% acc · 2.08/15 · norm 0.94
2663.4% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
529.4% def · norm 61.1%
13:4516.9% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
19:5222.9% of cage time · norm 18.7%
17:423:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
25:594:29 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.18/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
81.38/15 · norm 0.32

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