Luana Santos vs.
Mariya Agapova
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Luana Santos
Full career not yet synced for Luana Santos — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500
Mariya Agapova
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 15 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Luana Santos
Distance 89.3% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 7.5%)
Mariya Agapova
Distance 77.8% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 10.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.4% (norm 4.9%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Luana Santos
Head 71.7% (norm 75.2%) · Body 20.9% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.8%)
Mariya Agapova
Head 72.3% (norm 78.1%) · Body 20.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 7.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Santos L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med | Agapova L/A | Acc | Women's Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 174 / 325 | 53.5% | 38.3% | 136 / 281 | 48.4% | 39.9% |
| In the clinch | 17 / 34 | 50.0% | 73.3% | 31 / 39 | 79.5% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 35 / 41 | 85.4% | 74.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 115 / 261 | 44.1% | 37.7% | 130 / 261 | 49.8% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 57 / 76 | 75.0% | 70.0% | 56 / 75 | 74.7% | 69.5% |
| To the legs | 23 / 27 | 85.2% | 80.9% | 16 / 25 | 64.0% | 82.6% |
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: 40 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 46 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/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med | vs Agapova L/A | Opp acc | Women's Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 149 / 478 | 31.2% | 41.3% | 82 / 221 | 37.1% | 38.8% |
| In the clinch | 30 / 43 | 69.8% | 74.7% | 15 / 20 | too few to rate | 74.1% |
| On the ground | 10 / 10 | too few to rate | 74.2% | 34 / 46 | 73.9% | 73.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 123 / 426 | 28.9% | 38.1% | 80 / 206 | 38.8% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 43 / 67 | 64.2% | 73.2% | 29 / 42 | 69.0% | 69.0% |
| To the legs | 23 / 38 | 60.5% | 80.9% | 22 / 39 | 56.4% | 78.7% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Santos has more cage time on record.