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Mallory Martin vs.
Polyana Viana

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

1-3-0 Mallory Martin · UFC
4-8-0 Polyana Viana · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
4-8-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
32
AgeΔ 2 yrs
34
5'4"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
63"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
56
Layoff (months)Δ 53.3 mo
2.7
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Polyana Viana is a submission threat — 1.51 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Mallory Martin is a submission threat — 0.48 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Mallory Martin's takedown defense leaks — 25% stopped, vs a 64% Women's Strawweight 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.

Mallory Martin

Full career not yet synced for Mallory Martin — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Polyana Viana

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1163.73/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
2522.82/min · norm 3.77
1946.23/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
2452.74/min · norm 3.94
40.7%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
40.8%norm 44.5%
52.3%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
52.9%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.00

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

Mallory Martin

Distance 91.2% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 5.0%)

Polyana Viana

Distance 89.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 5.0%)

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

Mallory Martin

Head 89.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 9.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 0.7% (norm 9.1%)

Polyana Viana

Head 71.8% (norm 76.4%) · Body 18.6% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Martin L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Viana L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 95 / 260 36.5% 38.3% 203 / 553 36.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 16 / 19 too few to rate 72.6% 23 / 34 67.6% 72.6%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 75.0% 26 / 30 86.7% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 93 / 256 36.3% 35.4% 119 / 443 26.9% 35.4%
To the body 22 / 27 81.5% 69.3% 79 / 115 68.7% 69.3%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 77.9% 54 / 59 91.5% 77.9%

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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Martin L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Viana L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 162 / 363 44.6% 39.7% 184 / 440 41.8% 39.7%
In the clinch 28 / 38 73.7% 71.5% 18 / 20 too few to rate 71.5%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 74.4% 43 / 60 71.7% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 141 / 328 43.0% 36.0% 123 / 345 35.7% 36.0%
To the body 42 / 67 62.7% 68.4% 62 / 99 62.6% 68.4%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 79.1% 60 / 76 78.9% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

225.0% acc · 0.96/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.10
125.0% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
733.3% def · norm 64.1%
6:5522.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
6:397.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
5:252:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
45:017:33 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.48/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
91.51/15 · norm 0.29

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

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