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Ketlen Souza vs. Piera Rodriguez

UFC 4-4-0 vs. 5-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-4-0
UFC record
5-2-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
32
AgeΔ 1 yrs
33
5'3"
HeightΔ 0"
5'3"
63"
ReachΔ 0"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 6.9 mo
7.2
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Piera Rodriguez hunts takedowns — 4.21 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Piera Rodriguez owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight 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

Piera Rodriguez

Full career not yet synced for Piera Rodriguez — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3364.13/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
3924.23/min · norm 3.77
3254.00/min · norm 4.00
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3013.25/min · norm 4.00
53.2%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
48.6%norm 44.5%
53.2%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 54.4%
20.37/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.16/15 · norm 0.00

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%)

Piera Rodriguez

Distance 77.4% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 17.6% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 5.0%)

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%)

Piera Rodriguez

Head 70.8% (norm 76.6%) · Body 22.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 6.9% (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 Rodriguez L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 289 / 576 50.2% 38.3% 247 / 625 39.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 43 / 51 84.3% 72.6% 115 / 142 81.0% 72.6%
On the ground 4 / 4 too few to rate 75.0% 30 / 40 75.0% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 194 / 456 42.5% 35.4% 208 / 571 36.4% 35.4%
To the body 85 / 110 77.3% 69.3% 143 / 180 79.4% 69.3%
To the legs 57 / 65 87.7% 77.9% 41 / 56 73.2% 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 Rodriguez L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 604 42.9% 39.7% 229 / 526 43.5% 39.7%
In the clinch 55 / 74 74.3% 71.2% 57 / 78 73.1% 71.2%
On the ground 11 / 17 too few to rate 74.4% 15 / 18 too few to rate 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 163 / 460 35.4% 36.0% 202 / 493 41.0% 36.0%
To the body 106 / 156 67.9% 68.7% 52 / 73 71.2% 68.7%
To the legs 56 / 79 70.9% 79.1% 47 / 56 83.9% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
213.3% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
2659.1% acc · 4.21/15 · norm 1.10
2663.4% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1881.8% def · norm 64.1%
13:4516.9% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
29:3131.9% of cage time · norm 19.0%
17:423:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
13:272:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.18/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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.