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Mara Romero Borella vs.
Kalindra Faria

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

2-5-0 Mara Romero Borella · UFC
0-3-0 Kalindra Faria · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
40.2
AgeΔ 0.2 yrs
40
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
69"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
70.5
Layoff (months)Δ 24.9 mo
95.4
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL
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.

Kalindra Faria is a submission threat — 0.66 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Women's Flyweight norm.
Mara Romero Borella hunts takedowns — 1.83 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Kalindra Faria's takedown defense leaks — 20% stopped, vs a 59% Women's Flyweight 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.

Mara Romero Borella

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Kalindra Faria

Full career not yet synced for Kalindra Faria — 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 -1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1672.54/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
512.23/min · norm 3.91
1632.48/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
331.44/min · norm 3.81
38.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
56.0%norm 44.9%
71.2%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
45.0%norm 55.95%
00.00/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

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

Mara Romero Borella

Distance 91.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 4.9%)

Kalindra Faria

Distance 61.5% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 9.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 28.6% (norm 4.9%)

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

Mara Romero Borella

Head 80.7% (norm 78.1%) · Body 4.8% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 7.7%)

Kalindra Faria

Head 81.3% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Borella L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Faria L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 137 / 402 34.1% 39.9% 20 / 56 35.7% 39.9%
In the clinch 13 / 18 too few to rate 73.3% 8 / 9 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 17 / 20 too few to rate 74.7% 23 / 26 88.5% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 100 / 355 28.2% 34.9% 38 / 74 51.4% 34.9%
To the body 14 / 21 too few to rate 69.5% 9 / 12 too few to rate 69.5%
To the legs 53 / 64 82.8% 82.6% 4 / 5 too few to rate 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 Borella L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Faria L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 125 / 517 24.2% 38.8% 17 / 40 42.5% 38.8%
In the clinch 22 / 30 73.3% 74.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 74.1%
On the ground 16 / 18 too few to rate 73.4% 13 / 17 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 465 20.2% 35.3% 26 / 51 51.0% 35.3%
To the body 44 / 68 64.7% 69.0% 2 / 4 too few to rate 69.0%
To the legs 25 / 32 78.1% 78.7% 5 / 5 too few to rate 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

844.4% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
266.7% acc · 1.31/15 · norm 1.02
466.7% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
120.0% def · norm 58.95%
16:4025.3% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
5:4625.2% of cage time · norm 19.15%
13:323:05 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
9:055:57 per 15 · norm 3:03
10.23/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.66/15 · norm 0.32

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

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