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Manon Fiorot vs.
Valentina Shevchenko

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

8-1-0 Manon Fiorot · UFC
15-3-1 Valentina Shevchenko · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-1-0
UFC record
15-3-1
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
36.5
AgeΔ 1.9 yrs
38.4
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
65"
ReachΔ 1"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
9.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0.9 mo
8.7
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWDL
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.

Valentina Shevchenko hunts takedowns — 2.65 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Valentina Shevchenko owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Flyweight norm.
Manon Fiorot outworks the Women's Flyweight division — 5.66 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.91 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.

Manon Fiorot

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.67 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.9 wins over .500

Valentina Shevchenko

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 153
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7265.66/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
11003.04/min · norm 3.91
4593.58/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
7262.00/min · norm 3.81
42.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
52.6%norm 44.9%
66.9%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
63.5%norm 55.95%
10.12/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
20.08/15 · norm 0.09

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

Manon Fiorot

Distance 91.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 4.9%)

Valentina Shevchenko

Distance 81.0% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 4.9%)

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

Manon Fiorot

Head 82.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 12.3% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.7%)

Valentina Shevchenko

Head 76.1% (norm 78.1%) · Body 10.6% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fiorot L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Shevchenko L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 622 / 1571 39.6% 39.9% 790 / 1693 46.7% 39.9%
In the clinch 73 / 112 65.2% 73.3% 104 / 155 67.1% 73.3%
On the ground 31 / 44 70.5% 74.7% 206 / 242 85.1% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 471 / 1417 33.2% 34.9% 722 / 1590 45.4% 34.9%
To the body 167 / 212 78.8% 69.5% 150 / 221 67.9% 69.5%
To the legs 88 / 98 89.8% 82.6% 228 / 279 81.7% 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 Flyweight: 46 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 Fiorot L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Shevchenko L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 419 / 1313 31.9% 38.8% 529 / 1739 30.4% 38.8%
In the clinch 34 / 67 50.7% 74.1% 153 / 183 83.6% 74.1%
On the ground 6 / 8 too few to rate 73.4% 44 / 69 63.8% 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 246 / 1066 23.1% 35.3% 265 / 1251 21.2% 35.3%
To the body 106 / 186 57.0% 69.0% 215 / 351 61.3% 69.0%
To the legs 107 / 136 78.7% 78.7% 246 / 389 63.2% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

929.0% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
6461.5% acc · 2.65/15 · norm 1.02
2187.5% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
4276.4% def · norm 58.95%
17:3113.6% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
113:4931.4% of cage time · norm 19.15%
4:270:31 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
51:082:07 per 15 · norm 3:03
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
70.29/15 · norm 0.32

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

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