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Macy Chiasson vs.
Yana Santos

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

8-6-0 Macy Chiasson · UFC
7-5-0 Yana Santos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-6-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
35
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36
5'11"
HeightΔ 5"
5'6"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.2
Layoff (months)Δ 4.9 mo
10.1
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLL
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.

Macy Chiasson carries real power — 0.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Macy Chiasson hunts takedowns — 1.87 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Yana Santos carries real power — 0.10 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.08 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.

Macy Chiasson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Yana Santos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 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

4903.21/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
6774.41/min · norm 3.56
4212.76/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
4793.12/min · norm 3.51
46.1%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
57.9%norm 46.65%
44.9%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 52.45%
20.20/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.08

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

Macy Chiasson

Distance 65.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 18.5% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 16.4% (norm 7.5%)

Yana Santos

Distance 68.9% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 27.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 7.5%)

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

Macy Chiasson

Head 72.3% (norm 75.2%) · Body 21.7% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.8%)

Yana Santos

Head 53.1% (norm 75.2%) · Body 29.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 17.5% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Chiasson L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Santos L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 237 / 692 34.2% 38.3% 381 / 806 47.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 150 / 197 76.1% 73.3% 261 / 318 82.1% 73.3%
On the ground 103 / 175 58.9% 70.8% 35 / 46 76.1% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 268 / 769 34.9% 37.7% 227 / 621 36.6% 37.7%
To the body 173 / 231 74.9% 70.0% 279 / 344 81.1% 70.0%
To the legs 49 / 64 76.6% 80.9% 171 / 205 83.4% 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 Chiasson L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 233 / 519 44.9% 41.3% 271 / 731 37.1% 41.3%
In the clinch 135 / 178 75.8% 74.7% 116 / 142 81.7% 74.7%
On the ground 53 / 67 79.1% 74.2% 92 / 142 64.8% 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 255 / 544 46.9% 38.1% 300 / 774 38.8% 38.1%
To the body 127 / 170 74.7% 73.2% 145 / 194 74.7% 73.2%
To the legs 39 / 50 78.0% 80.9% 34 / 47 72.3% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1935.8% acc · 1.87/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
847.1% acc · 0.78/15 · norm 0.91
2062.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1651.6% def · norm 62.5%
52:0934.2% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
45:1829.5% of cage time · norm 26.55%
37:383:41 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
37:293:39 per 15 · norm 3:19
40.39/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
10.10/15 · norm 0.34

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

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