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Luana Santos vs. Casey O'Neill

UFC 6-1-0 vs. 7-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-1-0
UFC record
7-2-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
26
AgeΔ 3 yrs
29
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
67"
ReachΔ 2"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4
Layoff (months)Δ 3 mo
1
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Luana Santos is a submission threat — 0.97 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.36 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Casey O'Neill is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Luana Santos hunts takedowns — 2.14 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Luana Santos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.66 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Casey O'Neill

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 62
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.57 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1952.53/min · norm 3.60
Sig. strikes landed
6787.60/min · norm 3.93
1892.45/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4785.36/min · norm 3.84
53.6%norm 46.5%
Striking accuracy
52.1%norm 45.5%
64.4%norm 52.8%
Striking defense
57.6%norm 56.1%
00.00/15 · norm 0.07
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.10

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

Luana Santos

Distance 89.3% (norm 80.4%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 7.3%)

Casey O'Neill

Distance 87.1% (norm 87.5%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 4.5%)

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

Luana Santos

Head 71.7% (norm 75.5%) · Body 20.9% (norm 15.0%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.7%)

Casey O'Neill

Head 85.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 9.3% (norm 14.5%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Santos L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med O'Neill L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 174 / 325 53.5% 38.5% 551 / 1133 48.6% 40.3%
In the clinch 17 / 34 50.0% 74.3% 31 / 41 75.6% 73.9%
On the ground 4 / 5 too few to rate 70.8% 96 / 127 75.6% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 115 / 261 44.1% 37.7% 519 / 1111 46.7% 36.0%
To the body 57 / 76 75.0% 71.1% 94 / 121 77.7% 69.5%
To the legs 23 / 27 85.2% 80.8% 65 / 69 94.2% 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 Bantamweight: 41 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 Santos L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs O'Neill L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 149 / 478 31.2% 41.3% 384 / 1007 38.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 30 / 43 69.8% 75.0% 63 / 80 78.8% 73.8%
On the ground 10 / 10 too few to rate 74.2% 31 / 40 77.5% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 426 28.9% 37.7% 356 / 982 36.3% 35.0%
To the body 43 / 67 64.2% 73.2% 88 / 108 81.5% 69.0%
To the legs 23 / 38 60.5% 80.9% 34 / 37 91.9% 78.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1137.9% acc · 2.14/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
834.8% acc · 1.35/15 · norm 0.94
685.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1470.0% def · norm 61.1%
42:3355.2% of cage time · norm 26.3%
Control time
21:3024.1% of cage time · norm 18.7%
4:400:54 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control lower is better
13:152:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.97/15 · norm 0.36
Submission attempts
50.84/15 · norm 0.32

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