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Livinha Souza vs.
Ashley Yoder

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

3-3-0 Livinha Souza · UFC
3-8-0 Ashley Yoder · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
3-8-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
35.4
AgeΔ 3.4 yrs
38.8
5'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'7"
63"
ReachΔ 6"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
57.4
Layoff (months)Δ 23.7 mo
33.7
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Livinha Souza is a submission threat — 1.38 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Livinha Souza hunts takedowns — 2.54 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Ashley Yoder is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 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.

Livinha Souza

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.2 wins over .500

Ashley Yoder

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1141.75/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
5643.42/min · norm 3.77
2343.60/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
6814.13/min · norm 3.94
45.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
39.2%norm 44.5%
56.8%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
47.0%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.00

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

Livinha Souza

Distance 76.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 5.0%)

Ashley Yoder

Distance 86.9% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 5.0%)

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

Livinha Souza

Head 65.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 17.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 17.4% (norm 9.1%)

Ashley Yoder

Head 78.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 6.2% (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 Yoder L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 193 40.9% 38.3% 423 / 1252 33.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 20 / 29 69.0% 72.6% 48 / 69 69.6% 72.6%
On the ground 15 / 31 48.4% 75.0% 93 / 119 78.2% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 166 30.7% 35.4% 364 / 1135 32.1% 35.4%
To the body 28 / 43 65.1% 69.3% 136 / 216 63.0% 69.3%
To the legs 35 / 44 79.5% 77.9% 64 / 89 71.9% 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 Yoder L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 150 / 427 35.1% 39.7% 503 / 1067 47.1% 39.7%
In the clinch 42 / 64 65.6% 71.5% 131 / 157 83.4% 71.5%
On the ground 42 / 51 82.4% 74.4% 47 / 62 75.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 175 / 446 39.2% 36.0% 354 / 862 41.1% 36.0%
To the body 38 / 62 61.3% 68.4% 159 / 231 68.8% 68.4%
To the legs 21 / 34 61.8% 79.1% 168 / 193 87.0% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1145.8% acc · 2.54/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1227.9% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.10
240.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1666.7% def · norm 64.1%
11:1717.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
43:3326.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
23:055:19 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
33:023:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
61.38/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
60.55/15 · norm 0.29

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

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