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Loopy Godinez vs.
Tabatha Ricci

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

9-6-0 Loopy Godinez · UFC
7-5-0 Tabatha Ricci · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-6-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
32
AgeΔ 1 yrs
31
5'2"
HeightΔ 1"
5'1"
61"
ReachΔ 0"
61"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
0.6
LWWLL
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.

Loopy Godinez is a submission threat — 0.82 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Loopy Godinez hunts takedowns — 2.99 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Tabatha Ricci hunts takedowns — 2.37 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 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.

Loopy Godinez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Tabatha Ricci

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8874.43/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
5973.77/min · norm 3.77
7903.94/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
7584.79/min · norm 3.94
49.4%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
36.5%norm 44.5%
62.4%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
58.1%norm 54.4%
10.07/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Loopy Godinez

Distance 89.5% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 3.7% (norm 5.0%)

Tabatha Ricci

Distance 91.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 5.0%)

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

Loopy Godinez

Head 86.1% (norm 76.4%) · Body 10.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 9.1%)

Tabatha Ricci

Head 81.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 8.3% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Godinez L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Ricci L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 742 / 1606 46.2% 38.3% 480 / 1492 32.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 91 / 122 74.6% 72.6% 41 / 57 71.9% 72.6%
On the ground 54 / 67 80.6% 75.0% 76 / 87 87.4% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 692 / 1546 44.8% 35.4% 395 / 1332 29.7% 35.4%
To the body 143 / 190 75.3% 69.3% 81 / 136 59.6% 69.3%
To the legs 52 / 59 88.1% 77.9% 121 / 168 72.0% 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 Godinez L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Ricci L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 711 / 1983 35.9% 39.7% 658 / 1653 39.8% 39.7%
In the clinch 59 / 87 67.8% 71.5% 79 / 128 61.7% 71.5%
On the ground 20 / 29 69.0% 74.4% 21 / 27 77.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 520 / 1682 30.9% 36.0% 489 / 1433 34.1% 36.0%
To the body 177 / 295 60.0% 68.4% 184 / 271 67.9% 68.4%
To the legs 93 / 122 76.2% 79.1% 85 / 104 81.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

4042.6% acc · 2.99/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
2534.7% acc · 2.37/15 · norm 1.10
3676.6% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1954.3% def · norm 64.1%
56:1428.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
39:4225.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
27:092:01 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:511:24 per 15 · norm 3:00
110.82/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.09/15 · norm 0.29

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

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