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Luana Carolina vs. Ariane da Silva

UFC 6-4-0 vs. 6-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0
UFC record
6-8-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
32
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.7
Layoff (months)Δ 3.7 mo
16.4
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ariane da Silva carries real power — 0.28 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.10 Women's Flyweight norm.
Luana Carolina is a submission threat — 0.56 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Luana Carolina rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.94 Women's Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Luana Carolina

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.9 wins over .500

Ariane da Silva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 79
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6044.53/min · norm 3.93
Sig. strikes landed
6504.05/min · norm 3.93
4673.51/min · norm 3.84
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7054.40/min · norm 3.84
50.7%norm 45.5%
Striking accuracy
41.1%norm 45.5%
52.1%norm 56.1%
Striking defense
50.6%norm 56.1%
10.11/15 · norm 0.10
Knockdowns
30.28/15 · norm 0.10

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

Luana Carolina

Distance 78.9% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 15.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 4.5%)

Ariane da Silva

Distance 88.2% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 4.5%)

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

Luana Carolina

Head 69.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 20.7% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 7.6%)

Ariane da Silva

Head 69.9% (norm 78.1%) · Body 22.5% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Carolina L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med da Silva L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 430 / 940 45.7% 40.3% 514 / 1393 36.9% 40.3%
In the clinch 132 / 183 72.1% 73.9% 91 / 122 74.6% 73.9%
On the ground 42 / 68 61.8% 74.4% 45 / 65 69.2% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 321 / 823 39.0% 36.0% 321 / 1104 29.1% 36.0%
To the body 183 / 247 74.1% 69.5% 251 / 356 70.5% 69.5%
To the legs 100 / 121 82.6% 82.3% 78 / 120 65.0% 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 Flyweight: 47 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 Carolina L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs da Silva L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 316 / 762 41.5% 39.0% 524 / 1185 44.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 107 / 145 73.8% 73.8% 65 / 81 80.2% 73.8%
On the ground 44 / 67 65.7% 73.4% 116 / 160 72.5% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 262 / 688 38.1% 35.0% 431 / 1056 40.8% 35.0%
To the body 148 / 204 72.5% 69.0% 130 / 196 66.3% 69.0%
To the legs 57 / 82 69.5% 78.7% 144 / 174 82.8% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
342.9% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 0.94
Takedowns landed
538.5% acc · 0.47/15 · norm 0.94
3265.3% def · norm 61.1%
Takedowns stopped
3468.0% def · norm 61.1%
22:0016.5% of cage time · norm 18.7%
Control time
22:2013.9% of cage time · norm 18.7%
40:294:33 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
43:124:02 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.56/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
30.28/15 · norm 0.32

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