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Luana Santos vs.
Tainara Lisboa

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

6-1-0 Luana Santos · UFC
2-2-0 Tainara Lisboa · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-1-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
26.3
AgeΔ 9.1 yrs
35.4
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
67"
ReachΔ 0"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 8.1 mo
9.6
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW
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.

Luana Santos is a submission threat — 0.97 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Luana Santos hunts takedowns — 2.14 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Tainara Lisboa hunts takedowns — 1.67 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight 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.

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

Tainara Lisboa

Full career not yet synced for Tainara Lisboa — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1952.53/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
1082.01/min · norm 3.56
1892.45/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
1552.88/min · norm 3.51
53.6%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 46.65%
64.4%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
45.6%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.08

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%)

Tainara Lisboa

Distance 77.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 20.5% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 7.5%)

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%)

Tainara Lisboa

Head 77.0% (norm 75.2%) · Body 20.1% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 8.8%)

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 Lisboa L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 174 / 325 53.5% 38.3% 65 / 188 34.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 17 / 34 50.0% 73.3% 41 / 50 82.0% 73.3%
On the ground 4 / 5 too few to rate 70.8% 2 / 6 too few to rate 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 115 / 261 44.1% 37.7% 65 / 188 34.6% 37.7%
To the body 57 / 76 75.0% 70.0% 38 / 49 77.6% 70.0%
To the legs 23 / 27 85.2% 80.9% 5 / 7 too few to rate 80.9%

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 Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Lisboa L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 149 / 478 31.2% 41.3% 105 / 205 51.2% 41.3%
In the clinch 30 / 43 69.8% 74.7% 18 / 29 62.1% 74.7%
On the ground 10 / 10 too few to rate 74.2% 32 / 51 62.7% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 426 28.9% 38.1% 115 / 230 50.0% 38.1%
To the body 43 / 67 64.2% 73.2% 18 / 26 69.2% 73.2%
To the legs 23 / 38 60.5% 80.9% 22 / 29 75.9% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1137.9% acc · 2.14/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
631.6% acc · 1.67/15 · norm 0.91
685.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
853.3% def · norm 62.5%
42:3355.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
11:2321.1% of cage time · norm 26.55%
4:400:54 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
26:007:14 per 15 · norm 3:19
50.97/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
10.28/15 · norm 0.34

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

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